According to the UNGL's Web site, the start of the season had been pushed back from February to May because of a "dishonest commitment made by the league's primary investor.

The League originally struck a deal with the City of Salem for use of their Stadium in April 2009, then 10 days later canceled their season.

Salem civic facilities director Carey Harveycutter said UNGL officials have not been talking with him about getting back in business with the city.

Harveycutter called UNGL president Ben Eison on Friday, August 21, 2009 after learning of the league's announcement.

Harveycutter said he told Eison, "As I left it last spring, if you will execute the contract and provide the cash deposits called for, then we will talk."

In the statement to the media, the league said, "We were very hopeful that this announcement would not have to be made (or at the very least we might have been able to delay our season start a bit), if we had been able to secure certain assurances and arrangements from the investor group we had been working with these past 4 months.