ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mike Repole isn't daunted or discouraged by the long odds facing pro spring football as a business model.

The sports business entrepreneur is simply wired a bit differently, and wants to show it as the newest investor in the young United Football League.

“If you told me something was a 99% chance, I’d have no interest,” said Repole, who is in charge of the UFL's business operations. “But if you tell me it was a 1% chance, I’d be super excited by it. That’s how my mind works.”

The league is set next year to join the USFL from the mid-1980s as the longest-running spring league at three seasons, with plenty of failed attempts since then. And the UFL is making some changes.

The league announced Tuesday that three of the eight teams are changing cities. Orlando, Flor

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