8 6 ▁to ▁purs ue ▁victory ▁over ▁the ▁NFL . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁season , ▁more ▁plans ▁were ▁announced ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁the ▁fall ▁schedule , ▁pool ▁financial ▁resources ▁and ▁avoid ▁cost ly ▁head - to - head ▁competition ▁with ▁NFL ▁teams . ▁ ▁Two ▁mer gers ▁were ▁announced . ▁ ▁The ▁Den ver ▁Gold ▁merged ▁with ▁the ▁Jackson ville ▁Bull s , ▁with ▁the ▁Bull s ▁as ▁the ▁surv iving ▁team . ▁ ▁Trump ▁bought ▁the ▁assets ▁of ▁the ▁Houston ▁G amb lers ▁for ▁an ▁und is closed ▁amount ▁and ▁merged ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Gener als . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁Gener als ▁were ▁the ▁surv iving ▁team , ▁G amb lers ▁coach ▁Jack ▁Par de e ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁the ▁merged ▁team ' s ▁new ▁coach . ▁ ▁Both ▁the ▁Gold ▁and ▁G amb lers ▁had ▁seen ▁their ▁attend ance ▁pl um met ▁to ▁uns ust ain able ▁levels , ▁as ▁their ▁fan b ases ▁were ▁not ▁willing ▁to ▁abandon ▁the ▁Den ver ▁Bron cos ▁and ▁Houston ▁O ilers , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁changes , ▁the ▁US FL ▁would ▁never ▁play ▁a ▁fall ▁game . ▁ ▁US FL ▁v . ▁NFL ▁law suit ▁In ▁another ▁effort ▁to ▁keep ▁themselves ▁af loat ▁while ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁attack ing ▁the ▁more ▁established ▁National ▁Football ▁League , ▁the ▁US FL ▁file d ▁an ▁ant it rust ▁law suit ▁against ▁the ▁older ▁league , ▁claim ing ▁it ▁had ▁established ▁a ▁mon opol