. ▁William ▁Old enburg ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Gener als ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁Donald ▁Trump . ▁ ▁The ▁league ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁teams ▁based ▁in ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁two ▁largest ▁mark ets ▁were ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁own ers ▁with ▁the ▁deep est ▁po ckets . ▁ ▁Trump ▁and ▁Old enburg ▁both ▁went ▁on ▁signing ▁sp rees . ▁ ▁Trump ▁po ached ▁several ▁NFL ▁star ters , ▁including ▁Cleveland ' s ▁Q B ▁Brian ▁Si pe . ▁Old enburg ' s ▁Express ▁went ▁after ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁highly ▁regarded ▁colleg iate ▁players . ▁ ▁This ▁combined ▁with ▁a ▁general ▁lack ▁of ▁quality ▁Q B s ▁( only ▁nine ▁Q B s ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 - team ▁league ▁finished ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁season ▁with ▁Q B ▁ratings ▁above ▁ 7 0 ) ▁and ▁H B s ▁( even ▁in ▁an ▁ 1 8 - game ▁season ▁only ▁six ▁r ush ers ▁broke ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁yard ▁mark ) ▁t ipped ▁off ▁another ▁explos ion ▁in ▁league ▁sp ending ▁as ▁US FL ▁teams ▁ra ided ▁the ▁NFL ▁and ▁college ▁ranks ▁to ▁keep ▁up . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁season ▁The ▁US FL ▁went ▁to ▁a ▁seven - man ▁offici ating ▁crew ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁adding ▁the ▁side ▁judge . ▁After ▁a ▁game ▁ 1 ▁blow out ▁ 5 3 – 1 4 ▁road ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁expansion ▁Jackson ville ▁Bull s , ▁Washington ▁Feder als ▁head ▁coach ▁Ray ▁J auch ▁was