LeGOATski Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 5 hours ago, Fleezoid said: At least now they're playing home games in the home team sites. Watching a game with 12 people in the stands was pretty pathetic. It had zero effect on me, surprisingly. They still played the football game. 10 hours ago, Mr. WEO said: you mean they should quit college and move to, say, Birmingham to play? I know, the thought of simply playing pro ball full time is weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChronicAndKnuckles Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/20/2024 at 9:39 AM, Sweats said: I tried watching it, i really did, but wow, is it bad.....like, i mean really bad football. Agreed. The CFL is so much more entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 4 hours ago, LeGOATski said: It had zero effect on me, surprisingly. They still played the football game. I know, the thought of simply playing pro ball full time is weird Any college student who was 3 years post HS graduation was free to try out for the XFL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) On 2/20/2024 at 8:34 AM, frostbitmic said: The NCAA is the NFL's equivalent to the minor leagues. In some respects maybe but there aren't as many NFL concepts or coaching in the college game . I think this league can & will continue to coach up players that have really good potential to be good NFL players . There are always guys like Diggs, Nakua, & others that show up in the NFL i often wonder how many of those guys after not being picked up by the NFL go back to a oil rigs or a truck driver & never get a second look or chance to be better & i think this could give them that chance . Edited February 23 by T master 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) People forget that the original USFL had real football players who were stars: Jim Kelly Steve Young Sam Mills Reggie White Herschel Walker Gary Zimmerman Kent Hull Doug Flutie and many more... I just picked a handful that stood out to me Levy and Polian worked as coach/executive There were real star players and executives involved. It wasn't guys who can't even make an NFL practice squad. That's the real issue facing spring football, IMO. It's hard to imagine an equivalent today, with a bunch of really solid, well-known players with a few huge names and older coaches added in to sell tickets. Edited February 22 by TheFunPolice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonley1180 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Does anyone know if the UFL will adopt the same draft eligibility rule that the NFL has? - "To be eligible for the draft, players must have been out of high school for at least three years and must have used up their college eligibility before the start of the next college football season." If they could poach top prospects out of high school I think the league would be interesting. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/21/2024 at 10:40 AM, Dancing Fool said: I thought that the equivalent to the NCAA for other sports was the NCAA. Are you unable to see a functional difference between college ball and minor leagues? Not in this case, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 On 2/22/2024 at 10:15 AM, T master said: In some respects maybe but there aren't as many NFL concepts or coaching in the college game . I think this league can & will continue to coach up players that have really good potential to be good NFL players . There are always guys like Diggs, Nakua, & others that show up in the NFL i often wonder how many of those guys after not being picked up by the NFL go back to a oil rigs or a truck driver & never get a second look or chance to be better & i think this could give them that chance . When did they start that? On 2/22/2024 at 10:58 AM, TheFunPolice said: People forget that the original USFL had real football players who were stars: Jim Kelly Steve Young Sam Mills Reggie White Herschel Walker Gary Zimmerman Kent Hull Doug Flutie There were real star players and executives involved. It wasn't guys who can't even make an NFL practice squad. Kelly, Young and Walker went there, not because then NFKL didn't want them, but for better pay. Since then, all of these come and go incarnations of USFL/XFL/whatever almost exclusively have filled their rosters with guy s who couldn't get drafted or stay on a roster. Why do people endlessly claim that each new iteration will be a great developmental league for the NFL? It's not based in any reality---over decades. This has never been true. It's just mediocre to bad football that dies of fan disinterest. The new UFL is absolute proof of this failed concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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