I read an article that the XFL expects to lose 400 million in either the first year, or first three years, I can't remember which. They're hoping that TV contracts will turn it around. Sounds like a winning formula to me.
I don't understand the mockery and hate before the actual product is on the field.
People like football, there is no football between Feb and June; this gives an opportunity to watch more football, why not give it a chance?
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I don't understand the mockery and hate before the actual product is on the field.
People like football, there is no football between Feb and June; this gives an opportunity to watch more football, why not give it a chance?
In that sense you’re 100% correct.
But I think they kind of asked for it by using the same name for this as before. The original XFL was such a monumental failure, and it’s name itself is more or less a punchline now.
I can’t fathom why they didn’t try to re-brand to a new name.
Haha, I was wondering the same thing. The O/U for this game is 51.5 and at the two minute warning it's 9-6. I haven't seen the whole thing, but the under looks pretty safe at this point!
you should take the under for all early games. Offensive lines are terrible and offenses are not in sync yet. This happened with the new football league last year as well.
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Its not bad football, the QB's need a lot of work, but getting an offense sync'd takes some time. I like the commentating teams right now, I like that they took the mic'ing of the coaches, and give an explanation of the terminology.
yeah, he had some polish on him, but this is a league with definate 2nd tier QB's. the timing was a bit off offensively all day, but it wasn't bad, looked like decent crowds, and not as gimmicky as XFL 1
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yeah, he had some polish on him, but this is a league with definate 2nd tier QB's. the timing was a bit off offensively all day, but it wasn't bad, looked like decent crowds, and not as gimmicky as XFL 1
Yeah, a little unpolished, but not gimmicky.
The game has potential, I like a couple of the rules. No kicks after touchdowns is great,
Its funny because the CFL had the coaches and QB's miked but the commentators didn't really explain what a 21 bear z drag x burst gun fighter meant. It was almost like the XFL commentators had sat down with the coaches before the game and got an idea of what their playcalls were so they could actually show what was being run, I really liked that. The offenses overall were pretty basic, I expect that to change as the coaches learn what they have. There were some nice plays, but overall the defenses won the day.
I also liked that the coaches were willing to do a lot of fourth down gambles. I actually liked what I saw. Its still second rate football, but second rate football can still be enjoyable.
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