This guy is jealous of Jerry Jones.
If Mark Cuban was a voice of sanity, this might work but I just don’t see it working with this loon at the helm. What’s the matter Mark? Jerry Jones isn’t returning your calls?
Of course, if there was truly more appettite for pro football than what is currently available, the ratings for the Arena Football League would be through the roof.
I miss the USFL. It was creative and entertaining. It needed more time to build it’s springtime niche and it could have been a great longstanding spring league. Instead Trump and some others got greedy and ruined the whole thing. Somehow, Cuban and Trump have more in common than just being “reality show” hosts. They’re both a little nuts.
Yes, the demand for pro football exceeds the supply IN THE OFFSEASON. Playing a new league on Friday night when the NFL is already playing on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday is a recipe for football fatigue.
Because the NBA stinks. Too much hip-hop and not enough focus on the fundamentals and true competitiveness.
the thing I remember about the xfl is the cheerleaders. They had the word stripper written all over ‘em...
Cuban is a jerk and a fool... How does that saying go.. A fool and his money...
I went to the first game of the New York/New Jersey Hitmen in the XFL. I have to say, it was quite exciting in the pregame and up through the first 5 minutes. The problem was ENDLESS penalties because McMahon was too cheap to have a real training camp. Had he spent more money on the training camp, the XFL might have had a shot at being significantly more popular than arena football.
Mark Cubam looks like he is trying to keep his name in the news since his Mavs are long gone from the NBA playoffs. Go Spurs!
They would be stupid to put a franchise here in Texas if they play in the fall on Friday nights. High school football owns Friday nights here in the Texas in the Fall.
You don’t schedule anything on Friday night if you want attendence for your event and that includes college football.
They left one failure out. The CFL tried to crack the US market at one point. It didn’t work. Prehaps the writer is too young to remember the Shreveport Pirates (I’ve forgotten the other US teams.)
Someone please give this writer a history lesson! In 1922 The American Professional Football Association changed its name to the National Football League (the same year the Chicago Staleys became the Bears). Since that time, rival pro leagues playing American football have included the AFL I in 1926, the AFL II in 1936, the AFL III in 1940, the All America Football Conference in 1946 (which gave the NFL the Browns, Colts, and 49ers), the AFL IV in 1960, the Continental Football League in 1965, the WFL in 1974, the USFL in 1983, and the XFL in 2001.
That hasn't been tried before.....
Wait, those teams (and their sorry league) folded long ago.
The road to bankruptcy is plagued with 2nd football leagues (the WFL, USFL, XFL).