USFL '86: Chicago, or, The Glitz Blitz

 

No one still knew the source of Constantin Ortega's fortune, and the sudden murder-suicide of a number of Reagnnite-Northside Alderman and a prominent member of the John Birch Society--all claiming to have found "documents" revealing such the origins--only spurred questions and conspiraces on computer network electronic message boards. 

The Blitz weren't even particularly popular beyond a small cult. The Bears impressive, but ultimately disappointing, season couldn't sway Walter, who still had one more year left on the $7 million deal Ortega underwrote, the checks still clearing. The landing of two top prospects--Ohio State's Keith Byers and Purdue's Jim Everett--led to a more generic, and believable, conspiracy that the league was propping them up: (both got 5-year, $3 million packages; that they also both got street-illegal Soviet "Ohkta" minivans, a project under Morenov currently being test marketed in Canada and the Bloc.

But what of the deaths? Nevermind that, fellas, we got a Big 10 all-star team and Todd Bell to help us forget about the Cubs and White Sox. Season tickets sales held steady.