2023 USFL season

The league stated their intentions to expand the locations in which teams play, from one (Birmingham, Alabama) in the previous season, to two or four.[1] As of October 2022, the league had not yet committed to returning to Birmingham as one of the hubs.[3] In November, the league announced an agreement with Birmingham to continue hosting two of the league's eight teams in the city, the Stallions and the Breakers, at Protective Stadium.[4]

On November 15, 2022, the league announced that it had secured an agreement to play games at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (formerly known as the Liberty Bowl) in Memphis, Tennessee.[5]

For the North Division, the league has contacted two stadiums in Michigan, Ford Field in Detroit and Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, as potential locations for a North Division hub, with the Panthers as the host team.[6] It was later reveled that Ford Field will be the home of the Michigan Panthers and Philadelphia Stars, while Rynearson Stadium will host the teams practices.[7][8]

On January 25, 2023, the league announced that the New Jersey Generals and the Pittsburgh Maulers (who will sport a new gold-and-black uniform color scheme to emphasize the team's Pittsburgh identity) will play its home games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, with the Generals as the host teams.[9] The stadium will also be the site of both the North Division playoff game and the 2023 USFL Championship game, as it was in 2022.

On November 15, 2022, in conjunction with its agreement to play at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, the USFL announced that the Memphis Showboats would be replacing the Tampa Bay Bandits for the 2023 season.[5] The seven other teams in the league will return as they were in 2022.

For the 2023 season the league intend to change the clock stopping rules, so every game will be played in a three-hour window, while kickoffs will be from the 20-yard line.[14]

On December 15, 2022, USFL player representatives (United Football Players Association and United Steelworkers[17]) and the league parent company FOX Sports tentatively agreed on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement starting at the 2023 season, six months after the league players voted to unionize. The proposed agreement increases minimum salaries and provides a stronger benefits package than they previously received, and slightly higher than most XFL salaries. USFL players’ minimum salaries will be $5,350 per week, up from the current $4,500 per week payout ($2,500 for inactive players) and $150 a week toward 401K contributions, while weekly performance bonuses will be cancelled. During training camp, all USFL players will get $850 a week.[18] The new deal also include a $400 per week housing stipend. For the first year of the CBA, the roster size will stay at 50 (40 active/10 inactive), while from the second year going forward the makeup changes to 42 active and 8 inactive.[19] The proposed CBA includes an annual opt-out option. The agreement was approved by the union members on January 9, 2023.[20]

As of 2022 season, USFL players and staff are still able to receive a college degree "tuition-free and debt-free", through a partnership with for-profit universities Strategic Education’s Capella University and Strayer University.[21]

Telecasts for the 2023 season were produced by Fox Sports and NBC Sports with Fox, FS1, NBC, USA network and Peacock airing all games.

Fox will likely bring back its lead XFL broadcast team from 2020, Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt, for USFL coverage.[22] Kevin Kugler and Mark Sanchez serve as the second broadcast team. Brock Huard reports from the sidelines during selected games.[23]

The NBC crew features Jac Collinsworth and Paul Burmeister handling play-by-play duties alongside analysts Jason Garrett, Michael Robinson and Cameron Jordan. Zora Stephenson and Corey Robinson are sideline reporters and Sara Perlman hosts halftime and post-game coverage.[24]

• 2023 XFL season