ARLINGTON, Texas — 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.

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The league is set next year to join the USFL from the mid-1980s as the longest-running spring league at three seasons

The league announced Tuesday that three of the eight teams are changing cities. Orlando, Florida, is in along with Columbus, Ohio, and Louisville, Kentucky

The other three existing markets are St. Louis, which has been the league's attendance darling; Washington, D.C.; and Birmingham, Alabama

“If you told me something was a 99% chance, I’d have no interest,” said Repole, who is

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