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The United Football League opened camp in Orlando, Florida and Casa Grande, Arizona today. The first official practice today was the New York Sentinels at 8:30 AM at the Citrus Bowl. This followed team meetings yesterday as the league and the coaching staffs work overtime to get the players ready to play come October 8.

UFLAccess.com News Director Nation Hahn had the chance to speak with UFL GM Rick Mueller regarding the new league and the first day of camp.

Nation Hahn: How did practice go today?

Rick Mueller: Well, I’m in Orlando. I watched the New York and Florida practices today. I thought it went well. For it being the first day it was very well organized. The Coaches did a good job.

NH: What was the process for pulling together the prospect pool and then the rosters?

RM: It was a pretty good effort and a group effort. It began back in April with a pool of 1,200 players that were on the street – college guys and free agents. We narrowed it down and put 20 guys per team on a list, held workouts, then the draft in June. That brought us to 44 – we then started signing and it just went from there. The evaluations came from the league and the staff. We signed a lot of quality players prior to the NFL cut. We had a great number that we were happy with prior to September 1 – so we were able to fill out the roster in the last week or so with the last 10 or 12 guys rather than scrambling to fill the team out.

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