Perhaps most infamously, Trump bought into the upstart United States Football League in the 1980s and sought to compete directly with the NFL, a move widely seen as helping to doom the nascent league.

The UFL, or the United Football League, is the result of the XFL and USFL merging in December 2023 ... them opportunities to be NFL players in the future. The league is fairly small, however.

The Bears are signing former Lions wide receiver Maurice Alexander to a reserve/future deal, according to NFL insider Aaron Wilson.