Other The XFL

[exe ex machina]

Surely this will be good for both leagues?

Well, it's one league now. Obviously the two separate leagues realized it wasnt financially viable on their own, so merge and try to survive better.

 

[exe ex machina]

 

[AJ_2000]

March 30 . Get that league in to February

 

[aussiedude]

 

[AJ_2000]

Ufl doesn't feel very XFL

 

[nobbyiscool]

The XFL at least had some name cache. Not sure why you'd invent something new.

Not that I think it matters, the more I read the more it's trying to become a bit more regionalised with some outliers. As such, the fact that teams like DC exist in a pretty southern league is probably more surprising than the amount of southern teams.

I think almost wholly committing to the south probably would've been a better idea, they're football crazy, it would've kept expenses down, and in the short term it would've made no difference in terms of the players they could recruit. You could've then expanded it from there. I haven't seen any evidence that markets like DC or Michigan are adding much.

Even if it meant creating more teams, I might've kept it below the old north/south parrallel going as far west as Texas and having Birmingham as my eastern-most team. Regional rivalries, regional sponsors, regional broadcasters. It's better than anything USFL or XFL have done so far - this isn't a path to glory, or to overcoming the NFL, but it might be a path to a sustainable Spring league.

 

[AJ_2000]

The XFL at least had some name cache. Not sure why you'd invent something new.

Not that I think it matters, the more I read the more it's trying to become a bit more regionalised with some outliers. As such, the fact that teams like DC exist in a pretty southern league is probably more surprising than the amount of southern teams.

I think almost wholly committing to the south probably would've been a better idea, they're football crazy, it would've kept expenses down, and in the short term it would've made no difference in terms of the players they could recruit. You could've then expanded it from there. I haven't seen any evidence that markets like DC or Michigan are adding much.

Even if it meant creating more teams, I might've kept it below the old north/south parrallel going as far west as Texas and having Birmingham as my eastern-most team. Regional rivalries, regional sponsors, regional broadcasters. It's better than anything USFL or XFL have done so far - this isn't a path to glory, or to overcoming the NFL, but it might be a path to a sustainable Spring league.

DC had a solid following behind St Louis. They got some decent crowds in at the Audi centre and had a great beer snake tradition going. More like a day in Bay 13 over any other kind of American football experience.