Overtime games will be decided by a shootout style competition. Each team will get three shots at the end zone from the 2-yard line. Whichever team reaches pay dirt more will win.
As an alternative to an onside kick, teams can try to convert a fourth-and-12 play. If they make it, they will keep the ball.
Will there be any widely known players?
There is no Walker or Donald Trump in the new U.S.F.L. About as big as names get is quarterback Paxton Lynch of the Michigan Panthers, who started four games for the N.F.L.’s Denver Broncos in 2016 and ’17. The Panthers had the No. 1 choice in the U.S.F.L. draft last month and selected Shea Patterson, a quarterback who finished his college career in 2019 at the University of Michigan.
Other players include Luis Perez (Generals), a former Texas A&M-Commerce quarterback who starred in the A.A.F. and XFL, and Jordan Ta’amu (Bandits) from the University of Mississippi and the XFL.
How about coaches?
The names of some of the head coaches may be more familiar than the players. They include Jeff Fisher (Panthers), who led the Tennessee Titans to the Super Bowl in the 1999 season; Skip Holtz (Stallions), a longtime college coach and a son of Lou Holtz; and Kevin Sumlin (Gamblers), a former college coach at Arizona, Texas A&M and Houston.
What are the players being paid?
Players will get $4,500 a week, and practice players will get $1,500. There are also victory bonuses of $850 per win.