CFL- XFL merger

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(03-28-2021, 09:35 AM)Nately120 Wrote: This seems like something the NFL would do on its own rather than make a deal with two other football leagues.  That'd be pretty wacky if the 2020 Bengals QB room was Burrow, Finley, and Allen who was in Montreal.  Also, wouldn't there need to be 32 minor league teams in this case?  Or would our minor league squad merge with the defense of an NFC team, or something?  Well even then you'd need 32 teams so your players were working from your playbook.  

Would a league that is televised backup practice squad scrimmages get any interest?  Even if it does, I dont see why the NFL would send its players and branding to the CFL/XFL for it.  Or is this a way to double the size of your practice squad and make someone else pay for it and then you can just pluck their best players from their league at will? 

I recall the Steelers trying to get Landry Jones from the XFL when they needed depth after Ben went down and the  XFL saying no. 

Presumably 32 minor league teams with one for each. Break it down into AFC and NFC leagues. Then break that down into East and West 8 team conferences. Say an AFC East team plays all 7 teams in their conference, then they have the best record at the end. So they play the best AFC West team (the other 7 teams play just generic games against the other 7) for the AFC Minor League championship. Then the winner of that plays the NFC Minor League champion while the other 15 play the other 15 in a generic game for 1 cross-conference game. Like a mini-minor league SB.  So 9 game season, I guess? (I'm just kind of thinking this up as I am typing.)

I think the league would get some interest televised BECAUSE it would get NFL branding. I think there's a lot of people on this board who would watch the Bengals minor league team, doubly so if they play the Ravens/Browns/Steelers minor league teams. It would also help the NFL spread to the rest of the week while not making NFL scheduling impossible for rest days and the like. NFLm on Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday Night or something like that.

I would assume the team owner has to find a venue and run it's operating costs (while getting it's revenue) and the NFL team would pay the player costs. It could be not just for player development, either. Maybe you really like a young coach called Zac Taylor, but you want him to get some OC experience? Send him to the minor leagues to get that OC and maybe even HC experience before calling him up to be your NFL HC.

Yeah, it would just be a way to expand the backup parts of rosters while ensuring that those players are all in game shape and have at least a general understanding of your schemes. Injuries are going to happen in the NFL, and that could greatly increase the level of backup play. Maybe there's a limited number of guys you can send down on NFL minimum contracts to develop. Guys who you want to get playing experience, but are too raw to risk give playing time for the NFL team right now.

The draft would likely expand again to 9 rounds, with the final 3-4 rounds being mostly guys you'd send to your minor league team.