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UFL Access is a web publication dedicated to coverage of the United Football League, a new professional football venture that kicked off in the United States in 2009 with its “Premiere Season.” Play continues in September 2010 with five teams.

Access provides breaking league news and critical analysis of the methods, business practices, and on-the-field product provided by the UFL.

Staff

Billy Kirk, Editor

Billy Kirk began writing for online publications beginning in August 2004. Since that point he has served as news director and editor of several websites, acted as copy editor and creative consultant for a creative group based out of Knightdale, NC, and attended a government-sponsored Digital Media Summit in Toronto. To date, he has written over 2000 articles.

Kirk graduated in 2008 and holds a BA in Media Production from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In February of that year he hatched the idea for UFL Access and co-launched the site with former News Director Nation Hahn. He will also serve as editor of NASL Access.

In his spare time, Kirk enjoys thinking about finishing his half-written comedy screenplay – an irreverent and dubious examination of interpersonal relations – and frequenting local bars. He also enjoys making people wonder what he really does for a living. Kirk resides in Chapel Hill, NC.

Dusty Sloan, News Director

Dusty Sloan has been a member of UFL Access since Jan. 2009. Recently, Sloan also became a freelance writer for the United Football League’s official Web site, www.ufl-football.com. Sloan has been a professional sports writer since the age of 16, beginning at his hometown paper, the Ashland (Ohio) Times-Gazette in April 1993. Sloan also was the sports editor at the Times-Gazette for several years, and also recently was a freelancer for ThisWeek Newspapers in Columbus, Ohio.

A professional football historian, Sloan, 33, has been married to wife Mandy for two years. Sloan resides in Ashland, Ohio.

Ron Bodine

Ron Bodine has been an opinion editorial contributor for UFL Access since April of 2009 and manages a football history-themed web page. Ron has worked in the Health Care industry for over ten years and has a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Care Management from Southern Illinois University. He is a native of the greater Washington, DC area.

Additional Access Contributors: Fran Stuchbury, Jason Gillow, and Minh Quan Dang.