XFL Round 2?
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Clay Travis with some pretty good ideas for this.
https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/bring-back-xfl-new-rules-play/
I'm all in on his "make it more fun/entertaining and less rigid like the NFL".
https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/bring-back-xfl-new-rules-play/
I'm all in on his "make it more fun/entertaining and less rigid like the NFL".
His 11 ideas and some of the top comments would make an amazing product.
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His point on gambling is a good one, but it's only a matter of time before the NFL embraces it, and probably not much time either.
Just read through that article and some top comments and I would def be in for watching something like that. I think they should rebrand it away from XFL though as the stigma from it's failure may be hurtful.
The comment about the player who scored the TD has to kick the PAT is so awesome. I want/need to see a dude like Vince Wilfork out there kicking the ball.
How about marking the ball back from where it crossed the goal line?
Like rugby. Barely cross at the sideline? Place the ball 3 yards back from that spot and give it a kick
January 2020
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22213241/vince-mcmahon-gimmick-free-xfl-return-2020
Features of Returning XFL
• 8 teams to start
• 40 man rosters
• 10-game season beginning in January
• Two-hour game-time goal
• Any player with a criminal record precluded from playing
• Players won't receive forum to take personal stance on social issues on playing field
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22213241/vince-mcmahon-gimmick-free-xfl-return-2020
Features of Returning XFL
• 8 teams to start
• 40 man rosters
• 10-game season beginning in January
• Two-hour game-time goal
• Any player with a criminal record precluded from playing
• Players won't receive forum to take personal stance on social issues on playing field
Guessing these games will be as staged as WWE, and even well beyond how staged the NFL is! (kinda :jimlad)
I am intrigued by this statement (from the ESPN article):
One of the ways McMahon envisions enticing major media partners is to offer them something the NFL hasn't: more creative feeds of the same game.
"I don't think people want to see the same thing when they're streaming as they see on television," McMahon said. "That's boring. I think fans want it shot in a totally different way, and I think there's an immersive opportunity that's more interactive to the game."
I am a big fan of ESPN's "Above the Rim" footage of college basketball games & also their "All 22" feed for college football - no announcer feed but you still get the crowd noise. If the XFL can do something like that I would probably watch."I don't think people want to see the same thing when they're streaming as they see on television," McMahon said. "That's boring. I think fans want it shot in a totally different way, and I think there's an immersive opportunity that's more interactive to the game."
1, 2, 3, 6, and 10 (no punts past midfield) aren't bad ideas.
4, 5, 9, and 11 start the new league down the same path as the XFL.
Like I said earlier there is a certain segment that is going to really love a hyper-violent, melodramatic, very non-pc culture and that is the exact audience of the WWE. The audience is going to have to be much broader to make this work financially. Garbage football surrounded by antics, melodrama and spectacle is exactly what the XFL was.
I had to chuckle at the suggestion in the article where fans could suggest plays to run. Shoot, Jim Walden was on the sharp edge of the spear on that one!
