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MalarkeyToboggan posted:I just wonder what the thinking was behind putting it in so many cities that already have NFL teams. Like what crowd are they hoping to attract? I can't imagine "NFL fans" will care enough when they already have real teams in the city. I'll go to a Dallas XFL team game before I pay to see the cowboys. I mean if it's reasonably priced. Cowboys tickets ain't cheap.
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MalarkeyToboggan posted:I just wonder what the thinking was behind putting it in so many cities that already have NFL teams. Like what crowd are they hoping to attract? I can't imagine "NFL fans" will care enough when they already have real teams in the city. The same crowd. I thought that was obvious when they said their season would start after NFL playoffs It's a way of getting some version of pro football in the area in some fashion basically year-round, which isn't a terrible concept until you consider the quality and history of XFL, and the fact the brains behind it are still behind this iteration
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blugu64 posted:I'll go to a Dallas XFL team game before I pay to see the cowboys. I mean if it's reasonably priced. Cowboys tickets ain't cheap. yea this has to be the goal, right? Get in where they know people want football, undercut the NFL prices.
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exploded mummy posted:almost every major city or metropolitan area in the US has a professional football team within city limits or within a 2 or 3 hour drive Seems like they could get more fan buy-in if they were putting the teams in places that were still fairly well populated, but don't have much else to call their own. For example -Austin -Raleigh/Durham -Portland -Columbus -Oklahoma City -Mexico City Or just look at where most of the AAF teams are located.
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sexpig by night posted:yea this has to be the goal, right? Get in where they know people want football, undercut the NFL prices. I also go to the local arena football games sometimes because it's fun and really trashy. Halftime was dudes in a quad shooting a tshirt cannon at the crowd, a human contortionist, and a plate spinner and they handed out mini footballs to the crowd to try and knock over the plates. A+ money well spent.
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blugu64 posted:I also go to the local arena football games sometimes because it's fun and really trashy. Halftime was dudes in a quad shooting a tshirt cannon at the crowd, a human contortionist, and a plate spinner and they handed out mini footballs to the crowd to try and knock over the plates. A+ money well spent. arena football rules, yea. Like, if the XFL's plan is to be the lower rent NFL I'm in, that'd be a genuinely good thing to do for everyone. It's Vince, though, so he's probably gonna on That Prestige Hunt.
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Is the Seattle team just there for other teams to hate? Because no one in Seattle is going to give a drat until they make the playoffs.
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As someone in the Philly area I’m sure as hell not going to root for a DC or New York team. Welp no XFL for me other than lolling at it.
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I can't imagine how you could look at the Chargers and think your football would draw a single dime in LA.
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VJeff posted:I can't imagine how you could look at the Chargers and think your football would draw a single dime in LA. Does KISS still own the Arena League team? I saw an episode of the reality show and they were something like 1-11 at that point in the season.
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Skwirl posted:Does KISS still own the Arena League team? I saw an episode of the reality show and they were something like 1-11 at that point in the season. 2 years after that season they made playoffs! and then completely disintegrated quote:The Kiss lost to the Gladiators 56-52 in front of 4,692 fans in San Diego. [7] Shortly after the game, team captain Donavan Morgan announced his retirement.
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No Hartford team? It’s practically Vince’s backyard and they have a stadium big enough.
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Kevyn posted:No Hartford team? It’s practically Vince’s backyard and they have a stadium big enough. It’d never work. After all, if wrestlers lose every drat time they’re in their hometown, you expect Vince’s team to do any better?
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ShadowedFlames posted:It’d never work. After all, if wrestlers lose every drat time they’re in their hometown, you expect Vince’s team to do any better? that was more of a wcw trope
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Well hell, announce the "Big Show" as an eligible receiver.
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Well the theory of a Spring feeder league is that the schedules don't overlap so you don't have to pick one over the other
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live stream of the official announcement here https://twitter.com/xfl2020/status/1070354686568390656
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 Kickoff weekend of Feb 8-9 2020 Teams are indeed St Louis, DC, Dallas, Houston, LA, NY, Seattle and Tampa
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Whelp, Dallas team is playing a mile from where the Cowboys play. I'll go to one game, and then probably be out.
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blugu64 posted:Whelp, Dallas team is playing a mile from where the Cowboys play. I'll go to one game, and then probably be out. I had no idea Globe Life was staying around after the Rangers' new stadium was done. Why do you need an outdoor multi-sport venue when you have AT&T Stadium and the new Rangers ballpark in the same square mile?
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Colostomy Bag posted:Welp, there goes that league. Maybe they'll "test"
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Rastor posted:Well the theory of a Spring feeder league is that the schedules don't overlap so you don't have to pick one over the other Will NFL prospects risk injury playing in the XFL though? They will have to compete with well rested players in NFL training camp, and I doubt that the experience or money is worth the risk. The players will probably be people who spent a few years riding the bench in the NFL before being cut, and who don't have a realistic shot at a comeback.
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Rastor posted:Well the theory of a Spring feeder league is that the schedules don't overlap so you don't have to pick one over the other I mean any money I would spend in a given year on football will be used for the XFL local team and not the NFL local team
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Konstantin posted:Will NFL prospects risk injury playing in the XFL though? They will have to compete with well rested players in NFL training camp, and I doubt that the experience or money is worth the risk. The players will probably be people who spent a few years riding the bench in the NFL before being cut, and who don't have a realistic shot at a comeback. Well yeah the reality is that being a feeder league / minor league to the NFL has been tried before and never played out. In practice the NFL's feeder league is the College Football system. The XFL is definitely going to be NFL bench warmers and college kids who fell short of being drafted. Possibly some CFL converts.
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Rastor posted:Well yeah the reality is that being a feeder league / minor league to the NFL has been tried before and never played out. In practice the NFL's feeder league is the College Football system. I was going to say their competition would be the CFL not the NFL. I'm not sure that the NFL Europe tier level of players is a good niche to go for but I'm not wasting money on a gridiron football league in 2018
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Kevyn posted:No Hartford team? It’s practically Vince’s backyard and they have a stadium big enough. I didn't expect it to happen but it's pretty disappointing to get passed over again in favor of cities that have already rejected 2nd-tier leagues 17 times. Or at the very least something near Worcester, Providence, or Manchester. Yeah the cities aren't huge but the metro areas are large and overlapping.
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Dave Meltzer posted:Here is an update on the XFL. They expect to announce their broadcast agreements in the next few weeks. There was far more interest in them than people think. Stations want live sports and football more than any other live sport.
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I probably made this joke earlier in the thread, but instead of a coin toss they should give the choice to whichever team honors the troops the hardest.
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The radical game changing innovation of the new XFL will be players with no knees. The world’s first all amputee football league so no player can take a knee and destroy America.
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DariusLikewise posted:I see Vince McMahon still hasn't moved on from cable Cable is so thirsty for content that I wouldn't be surprised at all if someone way overpaid for it.
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I'm just curious to see if the XFL and AAF both last long enough for a desperation merger/buyout. Setting up an XFL-AAF Super Bowl at the end of the 2020 season makes a lot of sense too, but I imagine neither wants to give the other that level of validation (especially Vince).
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General Dog posted:I probably made this joke earlier in the thread, but instead of a coin toss they should give the choice to whichever team honors the troops the hardest. Every touchdown is celebrated with the national anthem. Field goals get the pledge of allegiance.
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