XFL to return in 2020

Raoul said:
Who knows. There is a growing sentiment that the NFL is increasingly bureaucratic and dysfunctional, involving everything from deflate gate, to Goodell's tenure as commissioner, to CTC, to kneeling before the anthem. So maybe McMahon thinks now is the time to strike while fans are annoyed.
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Yet it's the biggest it's ever been....despite all that.
 
Zen said:
Yet it's the biggest it's ever been....despite all that.
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Actually ratings are down nearly 10%, which has probably facilitated the feasibility study behind whether or not bringing back a rival league could work.
 
rcoobc said:
Why would anyone watch this rather than NFL / college football?
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American football nuts will watch this as well as the other stuff. How many football fans watch the Prem, Ia Liga and various other leagues?

You'll also get a fair few people who are not fans of the NFL (like me) who will give the XFL a go out of morbid curiosity to see what madness Vince hopefully comes up so.
 
Dobba said:
WWE chief Vince McMahon says he is reviving the XFL, a professional football league that flamed out quickly nearly two decades ago in a previous incarnation.

The league will begin play in 2020, and McMahon insisted that the two-year run-up will enable the re-born XFL to “get it right.”

Plans call for eight teams with 40 players each, and four teams in the postseason. The season will begin in late January or early February and run for 10 weeks, through the springtime.

No broadcast or streaming deals are in place as yet.

Before McMahon’s news conference, a short sizzle reel played, with a theme song and on-screen graphics emphasizing some themes that were not in the mix during the XFL’s initially ill-fated first run, including “safety” and “fantasy.”

McMahon said the NFL’s recent troubles, from kneeling anthem protests to TV ratings woes, did not factor into his decision to revive the league. “I’ve always had this plan to relaunch,” he said.

While the earlier incarnation featured hard-hitting action that occasionally veered into brutality, safety will be a centrepiece of the new effort.

Vince says he wants no players with any sort of criminal record. Even if you had a DUI, you will not be welcome to play in the XFL.
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Someone should ask vince why he doesn't apply this to WWE.
 
Anything to fill the offseason. I'm on board, Money Manziel please.
 
Raoul said:
If the NFL were smart, owners would each get a USFL team and use them sort of like a AAA baseball affiliate during the offseason. That way there would be no competition and 2nd tier players would have a chance to show their stuff and get NFL season recalls.
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Would serve the league better to run a developmental league concurrent with the NFL season, then perhaps introduce a shortened spring league.
 
You know every player is going to be juiced to the gills in typical Vince fashion.
 
At least Arnie’s 6th Day film won’t seem so out of date anymore.

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So American football fans, is Vince’s notion that the game as presented by NFL needs to be changed a valid one? Is it spoiled by too many rules and format issues or is Vince barking totally up the wrong tree?
 
SparkedIntoLife said:
So American football fans, is Vince’s notion that the game as presented by NFL needs to be changed a valid one? Is it spoiled by too many rules and format issues or is Vince barking totally up the wrong tree?
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There are always improvements that can be made. But it is hardly spoiled. The NFL has always been willing to change as needed and that will continue.

With the anthem thing and "no criminals" he is targeting a specific Trump voting demographic.
 
Talking about shortening the game time is a bit of a good decision I think, no half-time, well say goodbye to shows like at the Superbowl then!

Be interesting to see what this actually turns out like.
 
RedRom said:
Talking about shortening the game time is a bit of a good decision I think, no half-time, well say goodbye to shows like at the Superbowl then!

Be interesting to see what this actually turns out like.
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It will be crap football given the players and coaches that will be available. Even the best team in the XFL would get steamrolled by the worst NFL team and would be worse then most good College teams.

He is largely playing to Trumps base with this league. His wife is close to Trump. I wonder if the rumored other investors are also close to Trump.
 
JustAFan said:
It will be crap football given the players and coaches that will be available. Even the best team in the XFL would get steamrolled by the worst NFL team and would be worse then most good College teams.

He is largely playing to Trumps base with this league. His wife is close to Trump. I wonder if the rumored other investors are also close to Trump.
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Why would it be worse than most college teams? Assuming he has some decent money to pay, I have no clue how rich he is. What is it like less than 1% of college players will earn a pro contract? Should he not then be able to get the best of the remaining 99% along with the CFL? There are a lot more colleges than CFL and XFL teams so why would they not be better than college teams?
 
limerickcitykid said:
Why would it be worse than most college teams? Assuming he has some decent money to pay, I have no clue how rich he is. What is it like less than 1% of college players will earn a pro contract? Should he not then be able to get the best of the remaining 99% along with the CFL? There are a lot more colleges than CFL and XFL teams so why would they not be better than college teams?
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Yeah, don't see them being worse than college teams.
 
limerickcitykid said:
Why would it be worse than most college teams? Assuming he has some decent money to pay, I have no clue how rich he is. What is it like less than 1% of college players will earn a pro contract? Should he not then be able to get the best of the remaining 99% along with the CFL? There are a lot more colleges than CFL and XFL teams so why would they not be better than college teams?
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Because if they were good they'd be in the NFL (a small handful might move on to the NFL). The coaching will be those not in the NFL or college it won't be good. He does not want to be a feeder to the NFL so I'd imagine players contracts won't allow them out easily which will turn players away.

The best college teams will have better players and be better coached.

If there was a wealth of talent to fill more teams to a high level the NFL would simply have expanded and made even more money.
 
It's something to watch during the off season so I'm all for it no matter the quality and there's always the joy of picking a new team to break your heart
 
JustAFan said:
The top college teams would destroy the teams the XFL will field
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No chance, the top college teams still have walk-ons and full of NFL no-hopers. They would be fairly comparable, if not worse.
 
freeurmind said:
Someone should ask vince why he doesn't apply this to WWE.
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Cause he´d have to close it.

This will obviously fail. WWE is now PG13 with no foul language, no head shots and everything. I´m not sure what exactly the old man thinks his product can provide that the NFL can´t. Does he really believe there is a Redneck/Nazi League market, because of the whole Kaepernick thing? By the time this league starts Trump will already be packing his bags.
 
JustFootballFan said:
I´m not sure what exactly the old man thinks his product can provide that the NFL can´t.
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Lots. Less of stupid rules and probably more physical action (not sure how this factors in with concussion debates, though). It's a short season and off season is just too huge to be left blank. Lots of decent players who can add to action of a secondary league.
 
Edgar Allan Pillow said:
Lots. Less of stupid rules and probably more physical action (not sure how this factors in with concussion debates, though). It's a short season and off season is just too huge to be left blank. Lots of decent players who can add to action of a secondary league.
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The NFL is less physical, because of the long-term effects related to concussions, something WWE is also aware of, hence the ban of major blows to the head like chair shots or other hard surface weaponry. So how will the XFL provide more physicality without dangerous hits?
 
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