Posted January 25, 20187 yr Very interesting news: Vince McMahon: XFL to return in 2020 without gimmicks Darren Rovell WWE founder and chairman Vince McMahon announced Thursday he is giving a professional football league another go. It will be called the XFL, the same name of the league McMahon and NBC tried for one season in 2001, but it won't rely on flashy cheerleaders and antics as its predecessor did, he said. MORE: http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22213241/vince-mcmahon-gimmick-free-xfl-return-2020
January 25, 20187 yr Author I'm not sure there's space for another pro football league in America. Is he misinterpreting the NFL's (very relative) decline? Do people want something different than the NFL, or do they just not want to watch as much football anymore?
January 25, 20187 yr The main hurdle is that all good sports names are already taken. It's a proven fact.
January 25, 20187 yr The timing is weird, since arena football just flopped. Maybe he sees that as an opening. I don't.
January 25, 20187 yr I smell Trump; he and Vince are buddies. Cool, he can talk Vince through the bankruptcy.
January 25, 20187 yr "People don't want social and political issues coming into play when they are trying to be entertained," McMahon said.
January 25, 20187 yr Amazing how they got the audience to accept Sgt. Slaughter as a face again, after his stint as an Iraqi sympathizer.
March 18, 20205 yr Honestly the XFL should Break All the Rules and just play. They'd get on prime time. It would be HUGE.
March 18, 20205 yr At least the players are getting paid in full for 2020. The same can't be said for the other sports.
April 14, 20205 yr https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/29030763/xfl-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-suspending-operations
September 6, 20204 yr the rock bought the xfl for $15M — and johnny boy sez he ain’t coming back: https://nypost.com/2020/09/06/johnny-manziel-wont-join-the-rocks-xfl-venture/
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