The spring-football league’s business director responds to the mayor’s message on the team’s future in the Magic City.

If you want the team, kindly show up,” Mike Repole wrote to the Birmingham football team’s fans in the wake of relocation ...

The UFL referred to recent rumors about franchise relocation ahead of its 2026 season as "unauthorized speculation." ...

The Michigan Panthers, who were brought back as part of the USFL in 2022 before joining the merged UFL, are rumored to relocate for the 2026 season.

Multiple reports indicated the impacted teams would all come from the USFL conference: the Birmingham Stallions, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats and Michigan Panthers.

Jun 8, 2025; Birmingham, AL, USA; Fans cheer during the first half of the USFL conference championship football game between the Michigan Panthers and the Birmingham Stallions at Protective ...

They lost to the Birmingham Stallions in the conference championship. Michigan beat the Stallions in this year’s USFL Conference Championship but lost to the DC Defenders in the UFL title game.

Larsen stated the Stallions, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats and Michigan Panthers will be relocated. All these franchises are a part of the USFL Conference of the UFL.

News broke late Tuesday night that the Panthers, along with the Birmingham Stallions, Houston Roughnecks, and the Memphis Showboats, will be relocating to Boise, Columbus, Orlando, and Kentucky.

The four teams that comprised the USFL Conference -- the Birmingham Stallions, Michigan Panthers, Houston Roughnecks and Memphis Showboats -- are relocating, per the report.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Birmingham Stallions Coach Skip Holtz and Stallions quarterback J’Mar Smith sounded off Wednesday on the rumor that the Stallions might leave Birmingham. “We ...