2012 UFL season The 2012 UFL season was the fourth season of the United Football League . Four teams began what was originally scheduled to be an eight - game schedule beginning September 26 , 2012 . The league ceased operations on October 20 , 2012 , after four weeks , extensive financial problems and dismal attendance figures . At the time of the cessation , the Las Vegas Locomotives had compiled a perfect season to date , thus by default giving them their third UFL Championship . The league officially intends to resume the season some time in spring 2013 , but no dates have been given . Offseason developments . The league , which had coerced the resignation of commissioner Michael Huyghue after the 2011 season , had closed all of its offices and remained completely silent throughout most of winter , spring and early summer 2012 , raising doubt about a potential 2012 season or even if the league , which has suffered heavy financial losses throughout its existence , would continue at all . League management will rest with two of its owners , Bill Mayer and William Hambrecht , while football operations will be handled by Las Vegas team president , head coach and general manager Jim Fassel . For the first time in league history , there was no expansion , contraction , or relocation of any UFL franchises , with all four teams and markets returning from the previous season . The Hartford Colonials , which had been officially " suspended " prior to the 2011 season , did not return and were removed from the league ' s Web site . On September 5 , 2012 , an anonymous source tipped " The Virginian - Pilot " that the start of the 2012 season , originally slated for September 19 on the schedule released July 26 , would be delayed one week . The league confirmed the news the next day , also indicating that the championship game would be delayed two weeks instead of one . Difficulties in securing workman ' s compensation insurance prompted the delay . Players began reporting for training camp the week of September 17 , with the abbreviated camps expected to run through the following weekend . By kicking off for its fourth season , the UFL achieved a feat not matched since the American Football League by lasting more than three seasons as a fully professional league . By Week 2 , the league began experiencing severe financial shortfalls , sparked in part by drastically reduced attendances at all three stadiums at which the league had played to that point ( the Locomotives ' Week 2 attendance at kickoff was only 601 fans ) , as well as the UFL ' s continued , systemic delays in payment stemming back to at least the 2010 season . The delayed payments ( players were only paid $ 1 , 000 of the $ 7 , 000 owed to them after their first two games ) prompted rumors of possible strike action or walkouts from the league ' s players beginning in Week 3 . One agent who represents 3 UFL players went so far as to recommend that his clients not practice or play lest they risk injury . Virginia Destroyers owner and UFL president Bill Mayer and Sacramento owner Paul Pelosi in a joint on - air interview with CBS Sports Network on October 5 , confirmed that the UFL had indeed not yet issued game checks to its players for 2012 , but promised that the league would fulfill its wage obligations to its players and coaches . The Destroyers players again threatened to not play the week 4 contest without a personal guarantee of payment , which the ownership had not yet offered , and that the team ' s earlier promise of a payment by October 31 would not be sufficient . After the week 4 contests were held , the league suspended operations and arranged to pay for all of its players to return to their homes . Rule changes for 2012 . Prior to the season , the UFL made two notable on - field rule changes : The league expanded each team ' s roster from 50 to 54 players , 4 of which are designated as " practice squad " players . The league also moved its kickoffs back up from the 30 - yard - line to the 35 - yard - line , consistent with changes made by the NFL ( in 2011 ) and NCAA ( also in 2012 ) . Stadium changes . The Sacramento Mountain Lions , on August 6 , announced that they would be moving to Raley Field , a baseball park in West Sacramento , California . The Mountain Lions , 2011 ' s attendance leader , played their previous two seasons at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento but chose not to extend their two - year lease on that stadium . The Virginia Destroyers will return to the Virginia Beach Sportsplex . The Omaha Nighthawks are to return to TD Ameritrade Park . The Las Vegas Locomotives ( which had previously contemplated a move to Salt Lake City , Utah ) remain for now in Las Vegas despite poor attendance in 2011 ; at UNLV ' s Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney after discussion and negotiations with Cashman Field , a Triple - A baseball stadium currently home to the Las Vegas 51 ' s . Only after the Locos paid back rent from the 2011 season did Sam Boyd Stadium agree to host the team for the 2012 season , but only for the first two games . Media changes . In 2011 , the UFL lacked national exposure for its games after two - year deals with Versus and HDNet expired , with the league relying instead on limited regional TV coverage . On July 26 , 2012 , the league announced a broadcast deal with CBS Sports Network that will see the network carry all of the league ' s games in 2012 . Though the deal with CBSSN brings the UFL national TV exposure , the league receives no rights fee from the network , and in fact pays the network upfront for production costs ( roughly $ 150 , 000 per telecast ) . An additional caveat of the CBSSN deal prevents live games from being simulcast online , as opposed to previous seasons . Local radio broadcasts were abandoned in Virginia and Las Vegas for 2012 ; radio deals for Omaha and Sacramento continue , however , with Nighthawks games airing on KOZN and the Mountain Lions being heard on KHTK or , should a schedule conflict arise , KTKZ . Schedule . The eight - week 2012 UFL schedule ( 4 home and away games for each team ) was originally announced on August 1 , 2012 . Due to the above mentioned delay , the league released a revised schedule ( shown below ) on September 6 , essentially moving the original Week 1 games , which would have been played on September 19 and 21 , to the end of the schedule ( November 14 and 16 ) . The Championship Game , which was originally scheduled for November 16 , was also moved to December 1 , allowing teams to have a 2 - week break between the end of the regular season and the title game , a first for the UFL . Two other firsts are also included in the schedule : No team will have a bye week during the regular season , and each team will have an unbalanced schedule ( 3 games with two teams and 2 games with the third team ) . With the suspension of the season on October 20 , 2012 , no games will be played beyond that date . As of that date , each team had played every other team once and one team twice , with two home games and two away games . The October 17 game between the Locomotives and the Nighthawks would end up serving as the " de facto " UFL Championship Game for the 2012 season ; had the Nighthawks won that game , they would have tied for the league ' s best record with Las Vegas . Had the season continued as scheduled , the remaining games would have been played as follows : The 2012 UFL Championship Game would have been played on December 1 at 9 : 00 p . m . Eastern Time . No venue had been chosen for the game at the time of the cessation . Attendance figures are based on gate draw , not ticket sales . The Locomotives sold 5 , 277 tickets for their Week 1 game and 3 , 500 for Week 2 .