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Keenan Curran - XFL
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RayWill
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NikeGrizz said:
Hadn't heard they were trying this again. you would think with the failure of the newest attempt at ta second league this would go by the wayside, but see McMahon will own it all out right and has put forth a bond amount to guarantee three years worth of funding so maybe.
BozAngelesGriz
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Playing off the “taking a knee” Kappernick PR fiasco that the NFL had a couple years ago...but i don’t think it has the momentum, even now, to get off the ground. They’re doing away with the sleazy faux-stripper cheerleaders and aren’t allowing any players with criminal records. Interesting concept, but I expect it to fail. The NFL is a monster; people love it and love to hate it.
mtgrizrule
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Heard an interview with Moose Johnston. He said, he's part of the Dallas personnel staff. The XFL will be a development league for the NFL, especially for QBs and OL. They will also experiment with changes the game may need to consider.
The NFL just doesn't have the roster space, even with scout teams, to focus on developing so many players. The XFL has no intent to compete with the NFL.
The NFL just doesn't have the roster space, even with scout teams, to focus on developing so many players. The XFL has no intent to compete with the NFL.
alabamagrizzly
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mtgrizrule said:
This. Anyone who thinks the XFL has expectations to compete with NFL is just silly. They’re max deals are gonna be about 200k and most of that will be to great college players that aren’t nfl eligible yet. Should be strictly viewed as a developmental league that will be fun to watch in the spring/summer time.
IdaGriz01
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My first thought was in line with others above. Then I read the Wikipedia article about this new try: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFL_(2020)#Season_structurealabamagrizzly said:
If the article is reasonably accurate, then they’ve made some good decisions … even though it is still basically a creature of pro wrestling (re: McMahon). The article is quite long, so I will summarize some key observations … but I won’t go into the “behavioral” aspect (i.e., no convicted felons, etc.)
In any case, two things stand out:
(1) They plan a season that carefully avoids any hint of competition with the NFL. The season will supposedly start during the weekend after the NFL Super Bowl. Good idea. Fans will likely be feeling a kind of “withdrawal” period and, if the XFL can put together a good product, they will get viewers. Their post-season will be over by the end of April. With all due respect to other sports, that is pretty much a “dead zone” for a lot of fans. I can see a whole new round of fantasy football … and betting.
(2) Rule changes to speed up their game.
(a) Simplistically, all passes caught behind the line of scrimmage are laterals, so the receiver can throw downfield. Is a dropped pass that goes forward a fumble? TBD.
(b) No fair catch, but cover guys must give the receiver 5 yards. Goes with trying to revive the kickoff as an exciting play -- rules seem still a little fuzzy on this one.
(c ) No extra point kick. Must run a play from scrimmage. One point for starting at the 2-yard line, two points from the 5, and three points from the 10-yard line.
(d) Overtime also decided by scrimmage plays from the 5-yard line -- one point for scoring by the offense, one point the other way if the defense forces a turnover. Five tries allowed for each team … TBD what happens after that, but have not ruled out ties.
(e) Except for the two-minute period, the clock would only stop on a change of possession (TBD, apparently, how much time they get for the changeover). Also shorter play clock (30 sec).
There are other possible changes, including one to allow more players in motion in the backfield, as in the CFL. (Personally, this is one of my favorite things about Canadian football.)