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Evidence That Vince McMahon Is Planning To Revive The Most Radical Football League Ever — The XFL
Business Insider ^ | 12-24-2017 | Tyler Lauletta

Posted on 12/24/2017 6:41:41 PM PST by blam

This. Is. The. XFL! Again?

It's starting to look like Vince McMahon is going to attempt to revive his radical football league and NFL rival — the XFL.

The failed league, which played its first and only season in 2001, originally attempted to compete with the NFL by branding itself as "REAL FOOTBALL," with fewer rules, harder hits, and no fair catches. Now, evidence is building that McMahon believes the time is right for the league to make a comeback.

Talk of an XFL revival started recently when Brad Shepard reported that McMahon was considering a revival of the league and was aiming to make an announcement in late January. A WWE spokesperson told Deadspin's David Bixenspan that McMahon "has established and is personally funding a separate entity from WWE, Alpha Entertainment, to explore investment opportunities across the sports and entertainment landscape, including professional football."

It didn't sound like a denial.

Bixenspan also found a number of trademarks that seemed to suggest McMahon's interest in bringing the league back — Alpha Entertainment registered both "URFL" and "UrFL" back in September, and VKM Ventures LLC, a company bearing McMahon's initials, filed to trademark "For the Love of Football" and "United Football League" at a similar time.

On Thursday, ESPN's Darren Rovell reported that McMahon had sold $100 million worth of WWE stock, and that the filing noted that the sale was "primarily to fund a separate entity from the Company, Alpha Entertainment LLC."

Considering all of the evidence, it looks like McMahon is serious about giving professional football another try, and it's not hard to imagine his reasoning.

The NFL's television ratings are down, and thanks to a slew of injuries to star players, the on-the-field product is not as good as it has been in recent years.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chitchat; football; mcmahon; nfl; protests; xfl
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To: Spktyr

“Reportedly that XFL quality of play is now superior to what’s being displayed in the NFL...”

There is no quality of play in the XFL.


21 posted on 12/24/2017 7:03:46 PM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: johniegrad

IN THE Spring again?


22 posted on 12/24/2017 7:04:42 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

He actually made it to the Super Bowl with the Panthers. His name IIRC is Rod Smart.


23 posted on 12/24/2017 7:04:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Joe Dallas

Unlike the crap play we currently have.


24 posted on 12/24/2017 7:05:55 PM PST by Midnitethecat
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To: Joe Dallas

That’s kind of the point. The NFL only kneels.


25 posted on 12/24/2017 7:07:41 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: blam

It might beat the NFL in the ratings.


26 posted on 12/24/2017 7:08:02 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Midnitethecat

The Cleveland Browns are the worse team in the NFL, and if they were to play Alabama, Clemson or Oklahoma, they would destroy them.


27 posted on 12/24/2017 7:09:14 PM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: Rebelbase

Yeah man, but...yikes!


28 posted on 12/24/2017 7:09:43 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Joe Dallas

The XFL was a bad product.

The USFL was actually pretty good.


29 posted on 12/24/2017 7:10:41 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Future Snake Eater

And remember Jesse Ventura announced the XFL games.


30 posted on 12/24/2017 7:10:49 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: blam

Harder hits and no fair catches? The XFL better get lots of liability insurance.

As it is, I think the nfl is going to be hit hard over brain injury lawsuits.


31 posted on 12/24/2017 7:11:49 PM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: fhayek
He Hate Me. All over again.

Best Jersey Name EVAH!

32 posted on 12/24/2017 7:11:52 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Ouderkirk

I agree,

I watched the USFL and it was a quality product with some players that could play in the NFL.

XFL was crap.


33 posted on 12/24/2017 7:13:10 PM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: blam

The XFL is in a position to be as serious a competitor to the NFL as the AFL was in the 1960s.

This proposition was met with universal derision in 2001. It would not be so easily dismissed in 2017.

And that says nothing good for the image and perception of the NFL.


34 posted on 12/24/2017 7:14:25 PM PST by Loyalist (Let us beat our teddy bears into swords and our tea lights into shields!)
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To: blam

Mean Gene can be the pre/post game announcer and do ALL the interviews.

THAT would be worth the price of admission.....


35 posted on 12/24/2017 7:14:32 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""In todays world:::WE, THE USofA are Rudyard Kiplings 'Tommy'")
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To: dfwgator

I remember the “no fair catch” thing...which was clearly negated by the purposeful (required?) low-angle kicks.

I remember stripper-type cheerleaders. Bring the whole family!

I remember the terrible “The 6th Day” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger that started off with an XFL game in a huge stadium and holographic stats/player profiles—the game of the future!


36 posted on 12/24/2017 7:18:53 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: fhayek
He Hate Me.

OK....that puzzled, me so I Googled it

Rod Smart....and it looks like he was a real cool cat!

37 posted on 12/24/2017 7:21:27 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: blam

if he can sign Tebow as a player/coach/manager for his flagship team, it’ll have a chance.


38 posted on 12/24/2017 7:25:00 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Joe Dallas

The XFL was abad product with a quality of players that had skill-sets less than the NCAA.


Yeah, it was great, wouldn’t it?


39 posted on 12/24/2017 7:26:35 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: sparklite2

wouldn’t = wasn’t


40 posted on 12/24/2017 7:27:06 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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