Brianmoorman4jesus Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 No football league will ever work unless they have an affiliation with the nfl. (Minor league) The nfl DOES NOT need another league...but another league NEEDS the nfl. 6
DrDawkinstein Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Rico said: I'll wait for Doug Whaley to confirm. You'll have to ask the owners, he wasnt privy to that info 1 minute ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: No football league will ever work unless they have an affiliation with the nfl. (Minor league) The nfl DOES NOT need another league...but another league NEEDS the nfl. Or avoids getting hit by a global pandemic halfway through their first season. 3 3
Warcodered Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 Wow if this is true the Virus really smothered the life out it. 1
Seasons1992 Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rico said: I'll wait for Doug Whaley to confirm. I'm on it. 1 1 1
May Day 10 Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 Yeah. I'm not a big fan of mcmahon or the concept of the xfl, but this is sad to see. Poor employees and players. It did seem like the league was exceeding expectations, then, boom, poof. 5
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 This is really disappointing. I had Guardians season tickets with a bunch of friends. We had a great time at the games. It was decent football and a great atmosphere. 4
Paulus Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 Until next year, folks! Honestly, it was a pretty good product this time. 1
J-GunJoshAllen17 Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 It's weird people in this thread are acting as if the virus had nothing to do with this and it was just a poor decision by Vince. I thought it had a pretty good chance of surviving before the entire world had to shut down. 9
LeGOATski Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 Not surprised, considering the economy. Horrible luck. 1
Rochesterfan Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, J-GunJoshAllen17 said: It's weird people in this thread are acting as if the virus had nothing to do with this and it was just a poor decision by Vince. I thought it had a pretty good chance of surviving before the entire world had to shut down. How do you figure? Before the shutdown they were losing viewership week over week. The league was never going to survive without getting a paying TV contract and the stations were barely breaking even on the coverage. He realized after part of a season that this was a money losing proposition. Especially if he was going to need to pay more to get any talent back. The only reason it lasted longer than the AAFL was Vince got the big time coverage from FOX at the start for the rights to WWE. The fact that The stations were covering the XFL without charging Vince was a huge advantage the AAFL did not have and even with that advantage the XFL was hemorrhaging money because of travel and cost of venues. Vince said he was prepared to pay up for 2 seasons of loses, but the loses - along with other losses in WWE revenue- was more than he was willing to chance. I am not convinced there would have been a season 2 even if the pandemic had not happened. They had not yet lost viewership to the NCAA March madness or to things like the Masters. 36 minutes ago, May Day 10 said: Yeah. I'm not a big fan of mcmahon or the concept of the xfl, but this is sad to see. Poor employees and players. It did seem like the league was exceeding expectations, then, boom, poof. Agreed - I feel for the employees and staffers there and across the country. I enjoyed watching a few of the games - wish I could get my time back on a few others. Wish for the best for the employees.
Alphadawg7 Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, chknwing334 said: This is really disappointing. I had Guardians season tickets with a bunch of friends. We had a great time at the games. It was decent football and a great atmosphere. Yeah I was going to the LA games and had a great time. Football was decent enough as well.
Malazan Posted April 10, 2020 Posted April 10, 2020 55 minutes ago, Warcodered said: Wow if this is true the Virus really smothered the life out it. Hastened it's end, but XFL was going to die before it ever began
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