Peter King of SI.com reports that Mets owner Fred Wilpon will own a professional football team in the new United Football League, which is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2009. The report notes that the franchise will be located in New York and will play at Citi Field next season.

The UFL will have six teams located in the following cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Orlando, New York and Hartford. There is the potential for the league to expand to eight teams prior to the start of the season. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will be one of the owners and the latest rumor has him owning the Los Angeles franchise. The Hartford franchise will play at the UConn football stadium.

Like King said, I can’t wait to see the chewed up grass during August and September at Citi Field in the middle of a playoff race. This is shaping up to be an awful location and disaster in the making.