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As we've come to expect from Jeff Pearlman's books, Football for a Buck is deeply reported, deftly told, smart, hilarious, sad, riveting -- and prescient. Through the stories of USFL businessmen, coaches, benchwarmers, and stars who later became household names -- Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Herschel Walker, and yes, Donald Trump -- Pearlman captures the troubled lavishness of mid-80s America and foreshadows so many of the issues that professional football -- and the country -- are experiencing today. Oh, and there's a lot of sex and drugs. --Seth Wickersham, ESPN The Magazine senior writer If foreshadowing was passing yards this book would be Jim Kelly. A definitive history of a wild and wooly football league fondly remembered three decades after its demise; but also a definitive preview to the 45th president. --L. Jon Wertheim, author of This is Your Brain on Sports and Strokes of Genius

As we've come to expect from Jeff Pearlman's books, Football for a Buck is deeply reported, deftly told, smart, hilarious, sad, riveting -- and prescient. Through the stories of USFL businessmen, coaches, benchwarmers, and stars who later became household names -- Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Herschel Walker, and yes, Donald Trump -- Pearlman captures the troubled lavishness of mid-80s America and foreshadows so many of the issues that professional football -- and the country -- are experiencing today. Oh, and there's a lot of sex and drugs. --Seth Wickersham, ESPN The Magazine senior writer If foreshadowing was passing yards this book would be Jim Kelly. A definitive history of a wild and wooly football league fondly remembered three decades after its demise; but also a definitive preview to the 45th president. --L. Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated When I started this book, I wasn't interested in the USFL. By the time I fished it, I wanted a sequel, a USFL movie, and Tampa Bay Bandits action figures. Jeff Pearlman's joy for this wild old league is contagious as hell. Great read. I'm in. GO MAULERS!! --Kyle Brandt, co-host of NFL Network's Good Morning Football Wonderful anecdotes . . . Fascinating and hilarious reading on a half-dozen levels. Just great for football fans who like to laugh. --Booklist

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JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times best-selling author of eight books, including Gunslinger, Showtime, Sweetness, Boys Will Be Boys, and The Bad Guys Won.

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