▁Bl itz ▁struggling ▁and ▁the ▁fans ▁stay ing ▁away ▁in ▁dro ves , ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁near ▁financial ▁collapse . ▁The ▁league ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁Bl itz ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁season ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁league ' s ▁TV ▁de als ▁which ▁called ▁for ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁Chicago ▁mark ets . ▁With ▁ 4 ▁games ▁to ▁go , ▁a ▁press ▁conference ▁was ▁held ▁announ cing ▁that ▁Edd ie ▁Ein horn ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁new ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁US FL ' s ▁Chicago ▁franch ise . ▁At ▁the ▁press ▁conference , ▁it ▁was ▁stated ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁new ▁team ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁the ▁Bl itz , ▁Ein horn ' s ▁franch ise ▁would ▁retain ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁all ▁Bl itz ▁players ▁and ▁co aching ▁staff — strong ly ▁imp lying ▁the ▁team ▁would ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁season . ▁The ▁expansion ▁Houston ▁G amb lers ▁ro ok ie ▁Q B ▁Jim ▁Kelly ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Miami ▁emer ged ▁as ▁the ▁league ' s ▁second ▁super star ▁carrying ▁his ▁team ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁central ▁conference ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 3 – 5 ▁record . ▁Kelly ▁threw ▁ 4 4 ▁T D s ▁and ▁p iled ▁up ▁over ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁yards . ▁The ▁G amb lers ▁would ▁fall ▁to ▁the ▁event ual ▁league ▁runner ▁up ▁Arizona ▁W r ang lers ▁in ▁the ▁play offs , ▁ 1 7 – 1