01-25-2018, 08:20 PM
(01-25-2018, 07:01 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: At first I'm sure they wont have any top talent.. But some players might take a shot at playing starter over being a backup. It will all kinda depend on the wages I guess... A Backup QB in the NFL on base salary can still be making close to 500k to a mil a year... (which is ridiculous) So if players what an opportunity to showcase themselves over getting paid they might jump.
They could also by pass some of what the NFL does and not need 3 years out of highschool. I'm not sure how he will run the league. He said he wants it to be family friendly. and the WWE itself has gone that way after the Dengeration X era... (attitude era) which probly ended shortly after XFL.. (in the WWE that have zero tolerance for some of the things the NFL players do... NFL is still inconsistent on that) SO that might also limit the pool of players.
But there are a ton of players that just never get a shot in the NFL... and with the Arena league folding youll have those players also looking for homes in the football world.
It probly will fail.. If he builds it well enough it could find some loyal viewers or be like a minor league for them.. (probly ends with NFL buying them out)
It doesn't look like its gonna try and compete with the NFL for ratings starting when the NFL ends.
While the talent might not be up to par it doesn't stop college games from getting a ton of viewers the NFL games If the game was clean fast and called consistently they already have a better product that nfl
You realize that in XFL v 1.0 the top salary was 5k a game for quarterbacks right? It will be impossible for any other league to compete with the salaries that
It comes down to there not being enough talent to field talented teams. Maybe with 4 teams you could find enough between NFL has beens and undrafted college players that never caught on. With 8 teams you're talking high-school football quality ball.
I sincerely think that there is space for another football league. I thought that McMahon would pull from the reality TV appeal (let's be honest, the WWE is Keeping up with the Kardashians for dudes) and try to incorporate that with a new league. If you keep the league small, you could attract enough practice squad/fringe practice squad players. Mix that in with aging veterans that still want to play, and you could set up (real, not manufactured) storylines, kind of copying from the TV Shows like "undrafted" where the XFL could follow the few players that have NFL potential.
Like Poo mentions, run the league from sometime after the draft (let the dust settle on undrafted to fill up rosters) and then run it to the end of July, right in time for NFL preseason where some of the players might have put something on film that NFL coaches would like to see. That's why the XFL should use things like a running clock to speed up the game so that there is less wear and tear on the players as well.
As to the bold. That is complete and unadulterated bullshit. The players are the product, not the commercials or refereeing. Just ask the Packers without Rodgers and how good that product was.
