N/S Your take on the XFL

TheOak · 02-12-2020, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by hitta

You try to pretend like everything that has occurred has been due to the free market playing out, but it hasn't.

No Sir. I am under zero illusion that a pure free market exists, just like I am under zero illusion that any company exists without the assistance of public tax dollars. Even one man S-Corps (Sole Proprietorships) get assistance (financial backing) from the SBA. Similarly I am not under the illusion that the XFL is a small business trying to get started. You are singing that song very loudly 'the small guy with no power is lucky and has no chance'.

What you may or may not know is that the XFL is not a fledgling company, it is an extension of WWE Wrestling (5.7BN valuation), Alfa Entertainment (3.2BN valuation), and Vince McMahon's (Net Worth is 2BN)... The CEO and Commissioner Oliver Luck ran for Congress, was drafted by the Houston Oilers, was GM of 2 NFL Europe teams, and was Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs of the NCAA...

Vince McMahon sold $272MM in stock to start the XFL... when the XFL walks into an office, it isn't fu0king Gepetto the pore cobbler with hat in hand looking for a handout. Its the paragraph above leveraging all of its might.

You've been sold on an ideal and its not reality.

Anything further and I am repeating myself.

02-12-2020, 09:27 AM	#8
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,050	Re: N/S Your take on the XFL Originally Posted by hitta You try to pretend like everything that has occurred has been due to the free market playing out, but it hasn't. No Sir. I am under zero illusion that a pure free market exists, just like I am under zero illusion that any company exists without the assistance of public tax dollars. Even one man S-Corps (Sole Proprietorships) get assistance (financial backing) from the SBA. Similarly I am not under the illusion that the XFL is a small business trying to get started. You are singing that song very loudly 'the small guy with no power is lucky and has no chance'. What you may or may not know is that the XFL is not a fledgling company, it is an extension of WWE Wrestling (5.7BN valuation), Alfa Entertainment (3.2BN valuation), and Vince McMahon's (Net Worth is 2BN)... The CEO and Commissioner Oliver Luck ran for Congress, was drafted by the Houston Oilers, was GM of 2 NFL Europe teams, and was Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs of the NCAA... Vince McMahon sold $272MM in stock to start the XFL... when the XFL walks into an office, it isn't fu0king Gepetto the pore cobbler with hat in hand looking for a handout. Its the paragraph above leveraging all of its might. You've been sold on an ideal and its not reality. Anything further and I am repeating myself.
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