81.   The minister said earlier proposals for football betting were shelved because the local football league was not professional then.

82.   The plummeting ratings mirror what happened to the USFL, another outdoor spring football league.

83.   The quick demise of the upstart football league proves that the young men of America are far more discerning than society gives them credit for being.

84.   The track record of second-tier football leagues in the United States is not good.

85.   The wrestling programming company folded its XFL football league, a joint venture with NBC, after the inaugural season turned out to be a flop.

86.   The XFL football league, the creation of World Wrestling Federation head Vince McMahon, is set to start early next month.

87.   There, some sailors formed an organized football league, playing opposing fleets in night games watched by thousands of the local residents.

88.   The WWF said the contract would include paying William Morris for the setup of the XFL, a new professional football league scheduled to start next year.

89.   The World Wrestling Federation said it remains committed to its XFL football league despite declining television ratings and a report to the contrary.

90.   There will be no fair catch on punts and no point after touchdown kicks in the XFL, the new football league developed by NBC and World Wrestling Federation.