He Hate Me
Luckily Vince McMahon is rich enough to be able to loose money again on this venture... It's pretty much just like the XFL he started before, so I'm not sure how this would end any differently.. At BEST it would turn into an outdoor version of the Arena Football League.
The only slightly interesting thing is that the 8 teams in the league will all be owned by Vince himself so he will have ALL the control over every team and player.
P.S. he is not allowing any player with a record, so players like Johnny Manziel are OUT, which is very dumb because Manziel could have been the face of the league... now Vince will need to coax Tim Tebow away from baseball in order to get a big name into the league to increase viewership!
So it's basically going to be the NFL Developmental League without the support of the NFL?
Got it.
I'm intrigued. If he can truly take all the terrible things that the NFL has become (politicizing of the game, slow play, primadonna attitudes, etc) and churn out decent competition then I'll give it a shot. He seems pretty adamant that this isn't XFL version 2.0. Seems more like the possibility of the US version of the CFL.
XFLisnotXFL wrote:
Seems more like the possibility of the US version of the CFL.
Yup.
Assuming a game is ever played, it will fail.
I'm interested.
Simpler rules, faster game under 2 hours sign me up.
Timing is everything and so is presentation perhaps look at small stadiums or high school stadiums to fill versus an empty soldier field
Plus market prices should be cheap and like minor league baseball have tix with unlimited food and family night where kids are free.
Probably will fail but I'm intrigued and like local running shops should support the little man.
Rolls out in 2020 to help support Trump's reelection bid. #biglysad
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
Welcome back, XFL!
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22213241/vince-mcmahon-gimmick-free-xfl-return-2020
The San Francisco Demons had a mad logo and hat, baby!
flagpoledftw wrote:
Rolls out in 2020 to help support Trump's reelection bid. #biglysad
This was actually one of his questions he said politics nor crossover from wwe will be a part of the XFL and that he is taking the backseat as a silent owner and will only hire football people this go around.
Im listening and hope it does well, gotta support the little man.
Saywhat2 wrote:
I'm interested.
Simpler rules, faster game under 2 hours sign me up.
Timing is everything and so is presentation perhaps look at small stadiums or high school stadiums to fill versus an empty soldier field
Plus market prices should be cheap and like minor league baseball have tix with unlimited food and family night where kids are free.
Probably will fail but I'm intrigued and like local running shops should support the little man.
Vince McMahon is the little man?
A nice sense of humor is appreciated. Accept the golf clap.
It's like pro football, except worse and not financially viable! Take THAT kneelers!
Stone Cold Steve wrote:
Saywhat2 wrote:
I'm interested.
Simpler rules, faster game under 2 hours sign me up.
Timing is everything and so is presentation perhaps look at small stadiums or high school stadiums to fill versus an empty soldier field
Plus market prices should be cheap and like minor league baseball have tix with unlimited food and family night where kids are free.
Probably will fail but I'm intrigued and like local running shops should support the little man.
Vince McMahon is the little man?
A nice sense of humor is appreciated. Accept the golf clap.
In that business yes.
Prediction: Alabama takes the title in the first year.
McMahon said being the only owner of all of the teams will allow him to do whatever he wants.
"I can say, 'Here are the rules, and as long as you are playing football in the stadium for us, you follow these rules.'"
McMahon also said he would preclude any player with a criminal record.
"One thing we are not is a development league for the NFL," McMahon said.
But we aren't going to have much of what the XFL had, including the cheerleaders, who aren't really part of the game anymore.
McMahon told reporters that, unlike the last XFL, he doesn't have any plans to be visible during the league's games or with the league's content. Similarly, McMahon said that there will be no crossover with the league and WWE talent.
Saywhat2 wrote: Simpler rules, faster game under 2 hours sign me up. .
game duration is not really the point. it's game play that matters.
I find American football virtually unwatchable because there is nothing happening nine tenths of the time.
I saw a game a few years ago, I was locked in the Houston Astrodome for what felt like three days without food and water and saw something like 94 seconds of actual game play. I walked out of there and queued up to watch the World Book Reading Championships because that promised more excitement, and delivered.
every now and then I get drawn to YouTube to watch a video of some amazing thing that happened. these videos are all the same. 120 unidentifiable men in identical unforms bend over and wait for a man to run across the pitch followed by an indecipherable blur that lasts about one second then the crowd goes wild. I eventually figured out that the crowd can't tell what happened either. they just construct in their head a narrative that makes sense to them and then cheer in proportion to the amazement they would have felt if what they imagined had actually happened. how this qualifies as a sport is incomprehensible to me.
Cheers.
Cottonshirt wrote:
Saywhat2 wrote: Simpler rules, faster game under 2 hours sign me up. .
game duration is not really the point. it's game play that matters.
I find American football virtually unwatchable because there is nothing happening nine tenths of the time.
I saw a game a few years ago, I was locked in the Houston Astrodome for what felt like three days without food and water and saw something like 94 seconds of actual game play. I walked out of there and queued up to watch the World Book Reading Championships because that promised more excitement, and delivered.
every now and then I get drawn to YouTube to watch a video of some amazing thing that happened. these videos are all the same. 120 unidentifiable men in identical unforms bend over and wait for a man to run across the pitch followed by an indecipherable blur that lasts about one second then the crowd goes wild. I eventually figured out that the crowd can't tell what happened either. they just construct in their head a narrative that makes sense to them and then cheer in proportion to the amazement they would have felt if what they imagined had actually happened. how this qualifies as a sport is incomprehensible to me.
Cheers.
Yeah a study was done a few years ago that said in all we get 11 minutes of action in a 3-3.5 hour game.
Every play has a commercial timeout, and it just sucks the fun out of the game.
Obviously this thing isn't going to overthrow the NFL but ill give it a chance. You don't have to be the biggest dog to be the best.
Quite frankly my favorite NFL team is trash and definition of insanity and I sadly have season tix to a team that won't even playbest guys on the roster. I'm just begging for a more enjoyable alternative really.
Cut the time between plays and make the huddle illegal.
Force everyone to run a modified run-and-shoot style offense.
You'd get 70-80 points per game, fast, fun.