LeGOATski Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Betting odds seem to be factoring in home field advantage. If so, that's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PromoTheRobot Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) Due to baseball running late, Stallions/Gamblers starting on FS2 instead. Edited April 23, 2022 by PromoTheRobot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: Due to baseball running late, Stallions/Gamblers starting on FS2 instead. Ooh some real excitement - push back football for a baseball game - that should drive viewership. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Gotta say this league has some real clean uniforms & logos. Glad they rehashed their 80’s look, that was the last simple uniform era in all of sports before the 90’s kinda went over the top with things. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Augie Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 17 hours ago, Rochesterfan said: Ooh some real excitement - push back football for a baseball game - that should drive viewership. My son was offered a position on the all-star baseball team. When I asked him if he was interested he asked “do I have to?” Of course not (my secretly relieved self told him). He said “good, in baseball, half the guys are standing around, and the other half are sitting!”. From the mouths of babes……. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 23 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: If they were only going to play in 1 place, I think they should have picked a dome in an area with a ton of people. It would have just looked a little better on tv. Maybe like a 30k seat dome in one of the most populated cities in America or something. The football itself is ok. 22 hours ago, Buffalo Timmy said: Next year they should go to a city with a 15000 seat dome like the Fargodome. Obviously if they could find it in a city that is much larger that would help also. Last week I went to the UCF spring game and it is just too hot to sit for 3 hours in the sun. The league needed a lot of extras besides a stadium. A hotel large enough to host all the players and staff. Meeting rooms, food service, training spaces and fields. Birmingham had everything they wanted. Next year the plan is to move to each city. Bit they have a long way to go before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) 14-0 Breakers over TB. No fans in the stands. Edit: finally showed the stands better. Couple hundred fans. Decent drive by TB to get a FG. These guys could have used a few more weeks to gel. Offenses seem a bit disjointed. Edited April 24, 2022 by davefan66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 New Orleans lookin pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 How do you like the electronic first down measurement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Kinda pathetic that ESPN doesn't even show the scores, standings etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Well, 2 of the 4 games this weekend were high scoring and close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) On 4/24/2022 at 9:08 PM, Mike in Horseheads said: Kinda pathetic that ESPN doesn't even show the scores, standings etc Why would they promote a league that is OWNED by rival sports networks Fox and NBC? Week 2 ratings are out. A predictable drop. Edited April 26, 2022 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Why would they promote a league that is OWNED by rival sports networks Fox and NBC? They are supposedly, The World Wide Sports Leader Edited April 26, 2022 by Mike in Horseheads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: They are supposedly, The World Wide Sports They even cover WWE on their website. Is ESPN doing something with the XFL next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: Why would they promote a league that is OWNED by rival sports networks Fox and NBC? Week 2 ratings are out. A predictable drop. There were so many spectators at the stadium it hurt the TV ratings. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Why would they promote a league that is OWNED by rival sports networks Fox and NBC? Week 2 ratings are out. A predictable drop. That is not going to cut it no matter what they have going on. 800,000 on NBC on a Sunday afternoon by week 2. They are dead in the water. The drop was worse than AAFL and XFL both and about what they saw in week 4+5. It is going to be hard pressed to support the number of players needed and the games are not very good. Edited April 26, 2022 by Rochesterfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Having a Sunday night primetime game behind a paywall service for a league you are trying to build a fan base is stupid. This was not thought through very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 12 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said: Having a Sunday night primetime game behind a paywall service for a league you are trying to build a fan base is stupid. This was not thought through very well. I didn't look but a lot of Peacock is free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: I didn't look but a lot of Peacock is free Only on premium part- should just be on NBC sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Just now, Buffalo Timmy said: Only on premium part- should just be on NBC sports Not saying it shouldn't Timmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Doesn’t really matter much after the drop off from week 1 to week 2. They are not getting the viewership of the last 3 leagues that have tried this. The slippage in viewership is worse and the games are not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Rochesterfan said: Doesn’t really matter much after the drop off from week 1 to week 2. They are not getting the viewership of the last 3 leagues that have tried this. The slippage in viewership is worse and the games are not good. Yep, I recorded a game the 1st week and watched about the first half. I left it on my DVR until this week, when I needed to make space to record the draft. I don’t plan on watching any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 8 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said: Not saying it shouldn't Timmy I know- my annoyance is at them not you, I know you are trying to help, but you can't fix their stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Rochesterfan said: Doesn’t really matter much after the drop off from week 1 to week 2. They are not getting the viewership of the last 3 leagues that have tried this. The slippage in viewership is worse and the games are not good. Not surprising. At this time of the year fans watch the NHL/NBA playoffs or baseball. The only football that people care about and will watch are the NFL and CFB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, Greg S said: Not surprising. At this time of the year fans watch the NHL/NBA playoffs or baseball. The only football that people care about and will watch are the NFL and CFB. This was exactly my sentiment when the league first started. NBA Playoffs and the beginning of baseball is a terrible time to start a new league. Should have started at the end of May, and should have all games available on youtube with a few of the games available on the TV contract. Makes sense though, the league owner loves to throw away money on upstart football leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetermansRedemption Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 21 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: This was exactly my sentiment when the league first started. NBA Playoffs and the beginning of baseball is a terrible time to start a new league. Should have started at the end of May, and should have all games available on youtube with a few of the games available on the TV contract. Makes sense though, the league owner loves to throw away money on upstart football leagues. I don’t understand how these owners have made millions in some other venture, but don’t have the business acumen to realize a secondary spring football league is just lighting money on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said: I don’t understand how these owners have made millions in some other venture, but don’t have the business acumen to realize a secondary spring football league is just lighting money on fire. Most millionaires and billionaires were failures in something else before they hit the jackpot with what made them their money. I think Fox Sports technically owns USFL, so as a multi billion dollar publicly traded company they will just light money on fire, and cancel the league. Think of it as a television production, they cancel those all the time. The only way a spring league will ever work is if it eventually functions as a feeder league for the NFL. I am not sure if you've heard of Overtime Elite (OTE) in basketball but thats starting to pick up steam as a feeder league for the NBA. They pay the kids, and then allow them to make profit off of their NIL, which is exactly why the NCAA finally gave in on the NIL deal. OTE pays their players 100k a year. If they dont get a pro contract when their pro eligibility starts the league also pays them 100k to attend the college they want to go to. OTE just signed the top college recruit of the 2024 class, so the money is enough to get the kids to bypass school. The XFL is looking to go to this model for football players. I think its pretty genius, and could work if they dont go bankrupt before they sign their 1st blue chip high school kid. I am excited to see if that model works in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineforty Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 just realized DirecTV has had these games in 4K.. c'mon NFL/networks.. you can do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 36 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: Most millionaires and billionaires were failures in something else before they hit the jackpot with what made them their money. I think Fox Sports technically owns USFL, so as a multi billion dollar publicly traded company they will just light money on fire, and cancel the league. Think of it as a television production, they cancel those all the time. The only way a spring league will ever work is if it eventually functions as a feeder league for the NFL. I am not sure if you've heard of Overtime Elite (OTE) in basketball but thats starting to pick up steam as a feeder league for the NBA. They pay the kids, and then allow them to make profit off of their NIL, which is exactly why the NCAA finally gave in on the NIL deal. OTE pays their players 100k a year. If they dont get a pro contract when their pro eligibility starts the league also pays them 100k to attend the college they want to go to. OTE just signed the top college recruit of the 2024 class, so the money is enough to get the kids to bypass school. The XFL is looking to go to this model for football players. I think its pretty genius, and could work if they dont go bankrupt before they sign their 1st blue chip high school kid. I am excited to see if that model works in football. This is what I've been saying too. It needs to be something that can compete with the NCAA, not the NFL. If they can take legit talent from the NCAA and pay these kids right out of high school as a true developmental league, eligible for the NFL draft, then that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 (edited) A senior/celebrity league that's only 7 on 7 flag football but still a real competition would be much more interesting. Still have FG and XP so kickers could possible showcase their skills. Retired NFL players along with current/retired athletes and other well-known whoevers playing flag football where they really want to win. Also opens the door to female athletes playing, which could help expand the sport. League opens each year with coaches picking their teams in a giant draft. Some players are known, some surprises. Make it a big TV event. There seems to be an endless appetite for competition shows and for sports. It's perfect. Injury risk is lower without tackling or smashing heads on the OL/DL and there's plenty of potential for fantasy leagues and betting still. Edited May 2, 2022 by TheFunPolice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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