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Vince McMahon is thinking about bringing back the XFL

Bucky

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As PFT’s Mike Florio posits, the time could be right for an alternate football league that gives fans dissatisfied with the NFL exactly what they want: unchecked violence, players standing for the national anthem, etc. And, as that “30 for 30” documentary noted, the problem with the XFL wasn’t its business model — indeed, innovations such as the sky-cam and in-game interviews were co-opted by the NFL — but rather the fact that the football itself was terrible because the league rushed to meet its debut date.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...bringing-back-the-xfl/?utm_term=.3290ac45ba4d

This is exactly what America could yearn for. Give me Johnny Manziel, Antonio Cromartie, Brandon Marshall, Victor Cruz, Ryan Matthews. That would be exciting.
 
If the XFL’s problem was that the football itself was terrible, I don’t understand how starting it back up, still taking rejects that aren’t good enough for the NFL, CFL or Arena football will change that?
 
Bucky said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...bringing-back-the-xfl/?utm_term=.3290ac45ba4d

This is exactly what America could yearn for. Give me Johnny Manziel, Antonio Cromartie, Brandon Marshall, Victor Cruz, Ryan Matthews. That would be exciting.
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The XFL was only profitable in Las Vegas, where sex and sleeze is the order of the day. However the XFL was a pioneer in popularizing several concepts that the NFL later adopted. The football itself was boring, not because of the game but because of the rules of the game. The players trained in either the NFL or College but XFL rules were different in both areas which led to player confusion. Player confusion led to penalties. Penalties led to a slower game not a faster one. All in all its something that could have work but it would have had to lose money for the first 2-3 years before it could break even and making money.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Unless they are going to play some exciting touch football so that the audience does not need to wonder if they are participating in brain injury I dont see this working.
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Unless there is unchecked warfare in the mix I aint watching it. I want to see old school football where pick plays were the norm and catching a pass over the middle was bloody dangerous. Were QB's were targeted for obliteration, and if they survived were as tough as nails. I wana see football were the safety and backers could blow up people and BE blown up. Were corners and receivers fought hand to hand the whole way down the field. Were running backs were so mean they scared the linebackers. I wana see a minimum of rules and maximum of freedom. That is no such thing as illegal formation, or motions or the like. Where every action garners a counter. REAL football.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Unless they are going to play some exciting touch football so that the audience does not need to wonder if they are participating in brain injury I dont see this working.
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I gather you played a lot of football?
 
PirateMk1 said:
Unless there is unchecked warfare in the mix I aint watching it. I want to see old school football where pick plays were the norm and catching a pass over the middle was bloody dangerous. Were QB's were targeted for obliteration, and if they survived were as tough as nails. I wana see football were the safety and backers could blow up people and BE blown up. Were corners and receivers fought hand to hand the whole way down the field. Were running backs were so mean they scared the linebackers. I wana see a minimum of rules and maximum of freedom. That is no such thing as illegal formation, or motions or the like. Where every action garners a counter. REAL football.
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This is America where the courts take a dim view of that sort of thing.
 
The Man said:
If the XFL’s problem was that the football itself was terrible, I don’t understand how starting it back up, still taking rejects that aren’t good enough for the NFL, CFL or Arena football will change that?
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Exactly why the NFL isnt going to expand. The talent pool just isnt deep enough for more football.
 
I believed Vince said he wanted to give a extra 25k if anyone who does not take a knee in the end zone but to run the ball out. This is the only thing that was good. The rest of the game has WCW written all over it though Gorilla Monsoon did well doing the colored commentating.
 
Bucky said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...bringing-back-the-xfl/?utm_term=.3290ac45ba4d

This is exactly what America could yearn for. Give me Johnny Manziel, Antonio Cromartie, Brandon Marshall, Victor Cruz, Ryan Matthews. That would be exciting.
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I think I'd rather see more of the Lingerie league.

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announcement coming soon!
 
Vince McMahon is a marketing genius and a shrewd business man.

This is history and game changing.
 
Maybe Colin Krapperdick will be able to get a QB job now?
 
Bucky said:
Vince McMahon is a marketing genius and a shrewd business man.

This is history and game changing.
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It’s neither history nor game changing. He’s literally done this same thing before and it didn’t work.
 
The Man said:
It’s neither history nor game changing. He’s literally done this same thing before and it didn’t work.
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Do you remember the move, The Burning Bed?

NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle (Jay Thomas) complains to Steelers owner Art Rooney (George Greif) that the Farrah Fawcett TV movie "The Burning Bed" beat "Monday Night Football" in 1984.

"There's something wrong, Pete," Rooney says. "The NFL doesn't get beat by Farrah Fawcett."
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'Monday Night Mayhem' a riveting drama

The NFL has sagging ratings and is struggling. The new XFL can take advantage just like the USFL did.
 
Bucky said:
Do you remember the move, The Burning Bed?



'Monday Night Mayhem' a riveting drama

The NFL has sagging ratings and is struggling. The new XFL can take advantage just like the USFL did.
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First off, the XFL will need to lure top college prospects right out of college, like the USFL did, in order to have a prayer of competing. But even that wasn’t enough for the USFL to sustain.
 
The Man said:
First off, the XFL will need to lure top college prospects right out of college, like the USFL did, in order to have a prayer of competing. But even that wasn’t enough for the USFL to sustain.
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Fans don't want to see athletes making political statements and disrespecting the military.

They will tune the NFL out and watch something else.
 
Bucky said:
Fans don't want to see athletes making political statements and disrespecting the military.

They will tune the NFL out and watch something else.
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Fans want to see top level play, without that Vince McMahon, or anyone, has no chance of creating a successful pro football league. No one in the U.S. wants to watch a league full of players that aren’t good enough to play in the NFL.
 
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