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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“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.
IN THE Spring again?
He actually made it to the Super Bowl with the Panthers. His name IIRC is Rod Smart.
Unlike the crap play we currently have.
That’s kind of the point. The NFL only kneels.
It might beat the NFL in the ratings.
The Cleveland Browns are the worse team in the NFL, and if they were to play Alabama, Clemson or Oklahoma, they would destroy them.
Yeah man, but...yikes!
The XFL was a bad product.
The USFL was actually pretty good.
And remember Jesse Ventura announced the XFL games.
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.
Best Jersey Name EVAH!
I agree,
I watched the USFL and it was a quality product with some players that could play in the NFL.
XFL was crap.
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.
Mean Gene can be the pre/post game announcer and do ALL the interviews.
THAT would be worth the price of admission.....
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!
OK....that puzzled, me so I Googled it
Rod Smart....and it looks like he was a real cool cat!
if he can sign Tebow as a player/coach/manager for his flagship team, it’ll have a chance.
The XFL was abad product with a quality of players that had skill-sets less than the NCAA.
wouldn’t = wasn’t
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