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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by Danno Well, good timing at least. Lose the gimmicks, make it more like pure football and it might work I agree with Danno. Great timing! Every little stab at the NFL only takes away from the already ...
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Re: Vince McMahon bringing back the XFL?
I agree with Danno. Great timing! Every little stab at the NFL only takes away from the already declining fan base. Goodell is stupid and his advertisers will pay for that stupidity.
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Hu Dat!
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Re: Vince McMahon bringing back the XFL?
I just listened to the press conference and Vince is so vague and dry. I think he is going to need a charismatic commissioner/leader to head it up that people can get behind - seems like Vince even admitted as much. Get the right person and it could work.
At the very least the NFL might actually give a slight thought in 2018-2019 about how they are running things with XFL coming in 2020. It can't hurt. |
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Good. Competition may be just what the doctor ordered for the NFL.
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At least it provides players that can't make it in the NFL to have an income and for a small few to make NFL rosters. He had absolutely no plan of what to do last time so if he hasn't worked it out it will fold again. Arena football had a plan and is good entertainment.
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The USFL, or something like it, would be the thing to bring back. It was successful the first time, but the NFL illegally monopolized the market, and though the fan interest was there, many of the owners mismanaged their money.
The USFL WON their antitrust case against the NFL, but for reasons I have yet to hear, they were only awarded 3 dollars in the case. That pretty much bankrupted that league. It is pretty obvious there was some type of collusion going on to keep the USFL from competing with the NFL. Get another USFL-type league back together, and get a commissioner with an actual plan, and let's see if the NFL can pull off another scam. One of two things will happen: Either the NFL is forced to start playing by the rules AND respecting all of it's fan base, or they will eventually fold, as is all but inevitable as things currently stand, in my opinion. Either way, it will work itself out for the better. |
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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Originally Posted by burningmetal
You'd have to define success? ![]()
Some good things - players - coaches that came from the league to the NFL that ended up being good pretty good in the NFL. Finacially they were off to a rocky start from the beginning and couldn't figure out the finacing and establishing a cap. |
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Originally Posted by Euphoria
It was successful in bringing in fan support, especially in how quickly it did so.![]()
What you mentioned about them having financial problems is what I alluded to when I said that many of the owners mismanaged their money. I'm not a fan of a cap, and don't agree with those who have said not having a cap was the problem. Baseball has never had a cap, and I'm not sure if the NBA does either, though I know both of those leagues have employed a luxury tax threshold, which I think is the best way to keep teams from going crazy, without simultaneously choking out any chance to gain a competitive advantage. I believe success deserves to be rewarded. Salary caps prevent that. It makes no sense when all leagues already give the worst team the first pick in the draft, or at least a very high pick, for those sports that use the lottery system. With the USFL, they just got too aggressive, and without at least having a luxury tax threshold, the bidding wars for players got out of control. They attempted to move the start of the league year from the spring to the fall, to compete head to head with the NFL, and filed that lawsuit against the NFL, but got screwed despite winning the suit. They just didn't have enough leadership at the top, when it came to finances, and also I strongly suspect that collusion was at play with the way that lawsuit played out. The XFL was a different story. It was just over the top silly, in my opinion. But maybe McMahon learned something, and will try to have more of an honest league. That would be hard to believe, coming from him. |
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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hes brewing something that will eventually open the nfl's eyes again, it comes back to what the fans want. no dick tater ship.
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I think it is great.
I thought it was fun and adding somethings to the game of football made it interesting to wacth like the kick off was fun or different. Who can't recall 'He HATES ME'. |
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