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===The 1984–1985 off-season=== * The owner of the [[Los Angeles Express (USFL)|Los Angeles Express]], J. William Oldenburg, stopped paying the team's bills late in the season after media and federal investigations revealed he had lied about his net worth. News of his financial troubles sent a collective shiver through the league in the middle of the 1984 season. With Chicago already gone, the potential loss of the Express might have put the league's contract with ABC in jeopardy. * Seeking a larger market, a larger stadium, and to share expenses, the Outlaws sought to merge with the [[Oakland Invaders]], but Oakland Invaders owner Tad Taube walked away from the deal rather than give control of the team to Outlaws part-owner and general manager William Tatham Jr.<ref name="Outlaws">{{cite web|title=Outlaws basic information|url=http://www.usfl.info/outlaws/|publisher=USFL|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706135312/http://www.usfl.info/outlaws/|archive-date=6 July 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * Weiser pulled the plug on his deal to buy the Federals and move them to Miami. Bandits minority owner Donald Dizney, a health care industry magnate unrelated to the differently-spelled [[Walt Disney|Disney]] family, stepped in 5 days later and bought the Federals. Under his ownership, the team was moved to [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], where they became the [[Orlando Renegades]]. * After the league officially announced plans to move to the fall in 1986 (see below), a number of teams moved elsewhere after their owners decided they could not directly compete with the NFL. The [[Portland Breakers|Breakers]] moved a second time, this time to [[Portland, Oregon]]. The defending champion [[Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars|Philadelphia Stars]] moved to [[Baltimore]], capitalizing on the [[Baltimore Colts relocation controversy|departure]] of the NFL's [[Indianapolis Colts|Colts]] to Indiana—until the Stars realized that the [[Baltimore Orioles]] still occupied Baltimore's only usable stadium during the spring and summer, forcing the team to settle in [[College Park, Maryland|College Park]], just outside Washington city limits, while retaining the "Baltimore Stars" name until the season moved to the fall in 1986. * The [[Michigan Panthers]] merged with the [[Oakland Invaders]], while the [[Pittsburgh Maulers (1984)|Pittsburgh Maulers]] folded after losing a reported $10 million in their only season.<ref name="1984–85">{{cite web|title=1984–85 off season|url=http://www.usfl.info/1985.html|publisher=USFL|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225183406/http://www.usfl.info/1985.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Einhorn, who along with Trump was one of the principal advocates of fall play, decided to sit out the 1985 season. ABC cleared this move due to the league's anemic ratings in Chicago, allowing the league to shut down the Blitz, who had lost nearly $6 million in 1984.<ref name="1984–85"/> * The assets of Diethrich's Arizona Wranglers (see Chicago Blitz of 1983) would be acquired <ref>http://www.usfl.info/wranglers/index2.html{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013191920/http://www.usfl.info/wranglers/index2.html |date=2008-10-13}}</ref> by the Tathams in a deal often referred to as a "merger", as the rosters were merged. The resulting [[Arizona Outlaws]] featured players from both teams but was run by the Tathams.
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