The XFL is BACK BABY!!!!

Well done wrote:

Well stated.

I’d rather watch the grass grow than watch American football.

I did watch part of a game last week though at a party. There are so many stoppages of play, timeouts, commercials, replay to see if the judge got it right, that it is a bore to try and watch.

What my father taught me about sports...."It's entertainment. Unless you work for the team, play for the team or own stock in the team, it doesn't really matter who wins and who loses." That philosophy has guided me for the last 25 years or so. If I get a chance to watch a game, sure, I'll watch it (although probably not all of it). If I don't, I really don't even say I "missed the game" because, in truth, I didn't miss it because I was doing other things and didn't care about the game in the first place.

Exactly. Sports is the original reality TV.

Ugh! Please no.

McMahon is trying to capitalize on all the Trumpsters boycotting the NFL right now.

I remember the XFL first using the overhead camera on the wires with view from behind the QB. But they used the shot for like every play. It made me think they were trying to make it look the way a video game looks. That shot during the snap works good though.

I was excited the first time out for the XFL, and I still have a VHS of the first game somewhere. As I recall though, after you get past the smoke and whistles you realize the teams are made up of players who aren't quite ready for the NFL, or those who have already faded out. Still, I'll probably watch it if comes back. At least they aren't trying to go head to head against the NFL. Apparently that's what killed the USFL. I saw a documentary a while back in which at least one of the other owners blamed Trump for pushing them to take on the NFL head to head. They had been doing okay prior to that. That might also play a role in Trump's attitude toward the NFL. Unfortunately for Herschel Walker his years in the USFL don't count in the NFL record books.

MelRnr wrote:

Ugh! Please no.

McMahon is trying to capitalize on all the Trumpsters boycotting the NFL right now.

I remember the XFL first using the overhead camera on the wires with view from behind the QB. But they used the shot for like every play. It made me think they were trying to make it look the way a video game looks. That shot during the snap works good though.

They used it exclusively for a few games this year.

I'm intrigued by it all.

He should go after college players. That's really where he could make in roads. You can come here and play and make a few hundred thousand dollars a year and still go to the NFL AND you can still get a degree if you chose to, otherwise you can play and get paid for your talent- just like every other endeavor in the USA.

No NCAA

no school

no need to pretend like you are going to school

no sneaking around to get paid or cars.. it's all legit.No "shamateurism"

Going to be another glorious failure.

NotPC wrote:

He should go after college players. That's really where he could make in roads.

no need to pretend like you are going to school,no sneaking around to get paid or cars.. it's all legit.No "shamateurism"

Bingo.

1. No age requirements. If there's grass on the field and you're good enough to play, you play.

2. No kick-off. Most dangerous part of the sport. You get the ball on your own 25 to start the game and switching offenses after a score.

3. No punts. Frees up a roster spot, and REAL MEN go for it on fourth down.

4. I'll allow Field Goals and PAT Kicks. I think there should probably be a foot somewhere in football. But for Jesus Christ kick PATs from the 2 yard line like a sane person.

5. None of this faking injury stuff. This ain't soccer. If you can't get off the field on your own power within the play clock, team needs to take a time out or you're out for the rest of the current offensive drive until the end of the next one.

6. Fumble out the endzone, ball comes out to the 10. If the offense has another down they get to use it. If it was fourth down, the defense gets the ball.

7. League provides balls 2 hours before game, and I don't care if it is deflated or not.

8. Players have to use a real school or club in introductions. High School is fine, Pop Warner team is fine, but no made up names. Only college grads can say college.

9. A catch is a catch, a fumble is a fumble, and no index cards for first downs.

You're welcome Vince.

Football in all forms college, NFL, and now XFL are violating one of the major tenets of entertainment. "Always leave 'em wanting more." We are fully saturated with football, it's a year round sport now the way they cover the off season. Heck the draft is covered with more intense coverage than most games.

We need LESS football, not more.

Is HeHateMe still alive? where he at?

According to the Wikipedia (which we know is NEVER wrong)

"After being released by the Oakland Raiders, Smart became a personal trainer, before appearing in Don’t Blame The Lettuce.[11]

He currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and purportedly works as a high school guidance counselor.[12] He also owns his own business, SmartSize."

What I remember most about the XFL was the cheerleaders who acted like strippers and were encouraged to sleep with the players.

Saywhat2 wrote:

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.

In what way is the billionaire (and steroid user, the apparent worse thing in the world, according to this forum) the little man?

Don't hire WWE to announce... wrote:

"One thing we are not is a development league for the NFL," McMahon said.

You're also not going to be a viable option Vince.

Jose el Plomero wrote:

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.

You're describing the Arena League. It's been around with a small amount of success for many years. It is an option for you to watch.

This league will never get off the ground. He made his announcement and took his shots at the NFL and got you excited about an anti-black league. You sheep will watch the Super Bowl and will continue to buy the jerseys, watch games, go to stadiums, etc. The overreach here is laughable. The make America great again attitude in this country will not last that long.

What would be great is if all of the talented high school players would attend HBCs and ignore the racist white fans, boosters and alumni at the major universities. Nothing more hypocritical than the white fans in the stands cheering for players they despise.

This is so viable you can't believe it.

Other than no kickoffs, no punts, no BS field goals, and games that don't take 3 or 4 hours, the XFL needs to avoid the big cities it went for last time, and instead have teams located in smaller markets. TV will still look the same, only those fans in Birmingham, Stillwater, Clive, Lexington, Pocatello, etc., will be tied to this mess far better than LA or Miami would.

If it's positioned like a big kid high school conference, rather than a reject NFL league, this can work. Even more so if it's subliminally Red State vs Blue State. Isn't Portland the most hated Democrat stronghold?

Beautiful Day wrote:

This is so viable you can't believe it.

Other than no kickoffs, no punts, no BS field goals, and games that don't take 3 or 4 hours, the XFL needs to avoid the big cities it went for last time, and instead have teams located in smaller markets. TV will still look the same, only those fans in Birmingham, Stillwater, Clive, Lexington, Pocatello, etc., will be tied to this mess far better than LA or Miami would.

If it's positioned like a big kid high school conference, rather than a reject NFL league, this can work. Even more so if it's subliminally Red State vs Blue State. Isn't Portland the most hated Democrat stronghold?

What then does "work" really mean?

The Arena League is already bigger than this.

If Wipeout can survive for six years, there's no reason an XFL not wedded to "pro" wrestling won't work. Think American Ninja Warrior. Entertainment is entertainment. Think of the ways you could tie this non-standard football game to today's communication technology. Cameras everywhere, telemetry everywhere. Hell, let the public make calls on questionable plays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqGh1sTpZPg