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Post by chaimwitz on Mar 1, 2011 20:23:45 GMT -5
I used to watch every game. The product was below CFL but above Arena ball. if the product was below CFL standards then how come 80% of the XFL got signed to the nfl the very next season?
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Post by Danimal on Mar 1, 2011 22:53:28 GMT -5
I thought they tried to start too big, set expectations too high.
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Post by The Cool Pup on Mar 1, 2011 23:04:26 GMT -5
As I recall, the actual football was just modified football. And a saying here in Texas is "football is football," so I liked it for that alone.
That being said, it was handled poorly and could have actually done well if it didn't have wrestling all over it. I mean, The Rock was one of the first people on the first game broadcast.
Vince has wised up since then, it's a shame he probably won't try anything like that again.
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Post by molson5 on Mar 1, 2011 23:08:44 GMT -5
The hype was great. The product was not.
And the problem was not the quality of players. College football is huge in the U.S. and the talent on the field of any XFL game blew away any major college game (these were still pros, the best of the college ranks, the guys who got at least looks from the NFL).
But the rules favored defense too much. A fringe/alternative pro league HAS to have an exciting, high scoring brand of football. And that first game, if I recall, was like 10-7 or something, there was very little offense. If that game had been a 40-37 shootout, I really think more people would have tuned in the next week, and it could have caught on. All of the gimmicks (nicknames on the jerseys, TD celebrations encouraged instead of penalized, skycams), were all actually pretty subtle and "charming" in a way.....could have been a fun league. It's an interesting "what if". Pro sports have gotten so uptight. XFL could have changed all that.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 1, 2011 23:46:37 GMT -5
I had season tix for the L.A. Xtreme and even went to the Million Dollar Game. I was amazed at how bloodthirsty LA fans were when, in their first home game against the Demons, the Demon QB was sacked and injured and the majority of the fans cheered him getting carted off on a stretcher. Other than stupid LA fans, I did enjoy the football even though I knew it was nowhere near the NFL and never would be. How much were season tickets?
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Post by perpetualn00b on Mar 2, 2011 5:35:42 GMT -5
I used to watch every game. The product was below CFL but above Arena ball. if the product was below CFL standards then how come 80% of the XFL got signed to the nfl the very next season? Because the CFL actually has a huge overlap in terms of player ability with the NFL. It's only at the very highest echelons that you see a notable difference in the NFL's favour.
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