XFL returning?

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(01-26-2018, 11:00 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: Yeah it can happen sometimes... But rarely is a team good enough to go all the way with backups...   Hence Bradys 6th superbowl ring in just 9 days.

I guess I'm just wondering what you think a backup QB in the NFL should make, is all.

(01-26-2018, 01:49 AM)Bengal Dude Wrote: I'm looking forward to this. I'm glad Vince is actually giving this time to develop. Last time teams first met up 3 weeks before the first game. That's why the game was so sloppy. I think proper development with the backing of his new company will be beneficial. I could see this reducing the number of college players heading to the CFL. 

It's going to come down to money and influence.  The reason the USFL lasted more than one season is because it appeared at a time when NFL players were dissatisfied with their salaries and they were able to lure actual NFL talent there by paying out more than they honestly should have.  As for the CFL, it does seem like a punchline for those fixated on it being NFL-or-nothing, but it's been around since 1958 so if a player has a chance to play in the CFL or a reboot of a league that lasted a single year in the new XFL, I'm not sure the CFL is going to be the wrong choice there.

We shall see, but this looks like an expensive business plan for 2020 that is based around a PR move relevant in 2017.  Maybe in 2020 people will still be so mad at the NFL that they'll watch this stuff, but time will tell.

I also expect it not to be called the XFL, but rather something with America or USA or some other patriotic word (that isn't patriot) in the title.  Vince McMahon knows his audience, so I imagine this will be like a return to the Gulf War days of the WWF where Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior were draped head to toe in stars and stripes, and so on.

Here are some pics for a trip down memory lane!