YoloinOhio Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I'll wait for Doug Whaley to confirm. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 No football league will ever work unless they have an affiliation with the nfl. (Minor league) The nfl DOES NOT need another league...but another league NEEDS the nfl. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 vince just burned how much money? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Rico said: I'll wait for Doug Whaley to confirm. You'll have to ask the owners, he wasnt privy to that info 1 minute ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: No football league will ever work unless they have an affiliation with the nfl. (Minor league) The nfl DOES NOT need another league...but another league NEEDS the nfl. Or avoids getting hit by a global pandemic halfway through their first season. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Definition of insanity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Wow if this is true the Virus really smothered the life out it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rico said: I'll wait for Doug Whaley to confirm. I'm on it. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Yeah. I'm not a big fan of mcmahon or the concept of the xfl, but this is sad to see. Poor employees and players. It did seem like the league was exceeding expectations, then, boom, poof. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 This is really disappointing. I had Guardians season tickets with a bunch of friends. We had a great time at the games. It was decent football and a great atmosphere. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Until next year, folks! Honestly, it was a pretty good product this time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-GunJoshAllen17 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 It's weird people in this thread are acting as if the virus had nothing to do with this and it was just a poor decision by Vince. I thought it had a pretty good chance of surviving before the entire world had to shut down. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bangarang Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 The NFL is king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Not surprised, considering the economy. Horrible luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, J-GunJoshAllen17 said: It's weird people in this thread are acting as if the virus had nothing to do with this and it was just a poor decision by Vince. I thought it had a pretty good chance of surviving before the entire world had to shut down. How do you figure? Before the shutdown they were losing viewership week over week. The league was never going to survive without getting a paying TV contract and the stations were barely breaking even on the coverage. He realized after part of a season that this was a money losing proposition. Especially if he was going to need to pay more to get any talent back. The only reason it lasted longer than the AAFL was Vince got the big time coverage from FOX at the start for the rights to WWE. The fact that The stations were covering the XFL without charging Vince was a huge advantage the AAFL did not have and even with that advantage the XFL was hemorrhaging money because of travel and cost of venues. Vince said he was prepared to pay up for 2 seasons of loses, but the loses - along with other losses in WWE revenue- was more than he was willing to chance. I am not convinced there would have been a season 2 even if the pandemic had not happened. They had not yet lost viewership to the NCAA March madness or to things like the Masters. 36 minutes ago, May Day 10 said: Yeah. I'm not a big fan of mcmahon or the concept of the xfl, but this is sad to see. Poor employees and players. It did seem like the league was exceeding expectations, then, boom, poof. Agreed - I feel for the employees and staffers there and across the country. I enjoyed watching a few of the games - wish I could get my time back on a few others. Wish for the best for the employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, chknwing334 said: This is really disappointing. I had Guardians season tickets with a bunch of friends. We had a great time at the games. It was decent football and a great atmosphere. Yeah I was going to the LA games and had a great time. Football was decent enough as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 55 minutes ago, Warcodered said: Wow if this is true the Virus really smothered the life out it. Hastened it's end, but XFL was going to die before it ever began Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 40 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Not really sure this is upsetting news. I had no intention of watching any of the games, nor did anyone I know anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Another failed amateur football league. The XFL was, by miles, the best of them. There was some talent, solid exposure and interesting rules. I think that without the Coronavirus it would have had a decent chance to see year 2. With the WWE stock crashing though it became difficult. I just really wish that I would have bet a parlay that each league would last no more than a year. I would have gotten great odds at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 hour ago, May Day 10 said: Yeah. I'm not a big fan of mcmahon or the concept of the xfl, but this is sad to see. Poor employees and players. It did seem like the league was exceeding expectations, then, boom, poof. As a washed up football player, it sucks losing another league to try and continue your dream. The NFL would be better if they had another professional league that could develop players, especially qbs. I think PJ Walker is better than Matt Barkley and it’s because he got to play in live games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 What? Who could have seen this coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 McMahon really needs to give up on this idea of running a football league and focus on making pro wrestling great again(doubt it ever happens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 hour ago, J-GunJoshAllen17 said: It's weird people in this thread are acting as if the virus had nothing to do with this and it was just a poor decision by Vince. I thought it had a pretty good chance of surviving before the entire world had to shut down. Correct. And not only that, how do you know when a XFL season would begin with the NFL possibly running into the Spring of 2021? Would not surprise me to see the XFL revive once the world returns to normal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgoteam Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Disappointing, how much infrastructure (cant think of better word) would they have? If everything gets back to normal and the economy could it be dusted off and brought back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCowlingsTaxiService Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 In related news, water at room temperature is wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: The XFL is completely divorced from the WWE as its own entity. So I don't think that the WWE stock was much of an impact. I think Vince just looked at the money he would have to burn through in order to keep the league's infrastructure in place and the possibility of keeping it on TV and passed. Sad as they did a much better job this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 This is too bad, I wanted to see the XFL succeed. At the very least, it would have become a minor league for the NFL where borderline NFL caliber players could play. IMO, the NFL needs something like this as college is not doing anything to prep these young guys for the pros and there is no where else for borderline pro players to learn and get better, aside from the practice squads. I don't believe the XFL was ever in competition with the NFL, otherwise the season would have coincided, which would have been dumb for the XFL to even attempt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Happy Gilmore said: This is too bad, I wanted to see the XFL succeed. At the very least, it would have become a minor league for the NFL where borderline NFL caliber players could play. IMO, the NFL needs something like this as college is not doing anything to prep these young guys for the pros and there is no where else for borderline pro players to learn and get better, aside from the practice squads. I don't believe the XFL was ever in competition with the NFL, otherwise the season would have coincided, which would have been dumb for the XFL to even attempt. Division 1 football has been the minor league for over 100 years and it is doing just fine. The league is filled with young studs who came in prepped for the league AND they have hundreds of schools to chose from with plenty of players The NFL used to be a 10+ round draft. The talent didn't just disappear. There are dozens and Dozens of UDFAs yearly who are talented enough to play in the league and even stick The cream always rises to the top in the NFL. The XFL was about trying to make Vince money, it didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Jerk Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Rico said: I'll wait for Doug Whaley to confirm. He's not privy to that information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I enjoyed the league. That's too bad but not a shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden*Wheels Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 58 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Correct. And not only that, how do you know when a XFL season would begin with the NFL possibly running into the Spring of 2021? Would not surprise me to see the XFL revive once the world returns to normal. KAKAW! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cba fan Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Division 1 football has been the minor league for over 100 years and it is doing just fine. The league is filled with young studs who came in prepped for the league AND they have hundreds of schools to chose from with plenty of players The NFL used to be a 10+ round draft. The talent didn't just disappear. There are dozens and Dozens of UDFAs yearly who are talented enough to play in the league and even stick The cream always rises to the top in the NFL. The XFL was about trying to make Vince money, it didn't very very few UDFA make an impact in NFL. All the others their football careers are then over. If they had an outlet to continue to develop they could have a chance. Not a great on but a chance that is now otherwise dead. Many good NFL players came out of USFL when it folded. And NFL Europe developed a bunch of NFL roster players of which gave Bills Fred Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I think had Covid not happened XFL could have continued. NFL needs a feeder league. A shame it didnt work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Just now, cba fan said: very very few UDFA make an impact in NFL. All the others their football careers are then over. If they had an outlet to continue to develop they could have a chance. Not a great on but a chance that is now otherwise dead. Many good NFL players came out of USFL when it folded. And NFL Europe developed a bunch of NFL roster players of which gave Bills Fred Jackson. Over 30% of the NFL is UDFAs. And there are still semi pro league's around the USA Of you are talented enough the NFL will find you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Maybe Cam Phillips makes a 3rd stint?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, DJB said: I think had Covid not happened XFL could have continued. NFL needs a feeder league. A shame it didnt work out McMahon supposedly had 3 years of the league funded so it appears he was will to have it he a loss for that long. Officially they are suspending operations so who knows if they won't take another shot in 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Lol. How convenient. They can hide behind the virus. You'll see a lot of this... Already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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