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Post by Alice Syndrome on Feb 10, 2018 0:30:48 GMT -5
Quit while you're behind.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 0:37:49 GMT -5
Make it a woman's league. It's the one essentially untapped niche that could be marketed as a theoretically viable alternative; where your stars are actually your stars and won't be off to the NFL the moment a contract is offered. Sorry, but that's the rock Sisyphus can't carry over the hill. Women's sports in the States will be curiosity at best. The WNBA hasn't expanded in years and some teams (Dallas, Washington) will play in tiny arenas (the Mystics will move to the practice facility where the Capital City Goofballs... I mean Go-Gos will play) Women's soccer leagues come and go. Also, trying to convince your average (I.e. highly uneducated) sports fan to follow women's football that doesn't involve lingerie is too tall a feat.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 0:47:21 GMT -5
1. NO WWE Branding! Wrestling sucks and is stupid to most sports fans, and nothing kills interest to something more than a wrestling body involved because people will make jokes about the games being "fake" and stuff.
2. Good football at a good price. Don't overcomplicate things. Utilize NCAA rules for everything, and market this to the consumer as an affordable alternative where a family of four could get tickets, food, and merchandise for under $120. ESPN does an annual team value index which shows how great or terrible a team is overall (Cleveland Browns & Carolina Hurricanes will be dead last this year, because they charge too much for trashy action), and finding the nice balance between profit & fan friendliness should be examined.
3. Build community involvement. Did any of the OG XFL teams do stuff in their cities? These new teams should, which means they need to not have a demented old crank owning them.
There's more, but these are my main points.
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Post by SirLucas on Feb 10, 2018 8:03:17 GMT -5
I am curious to see how many of these games will be broadcasted on the Network. If so, how much cross over appeal will there be with Network subscription is Vince planning to get?
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 10, 2018 8:20:47 GMT -5
Target areas screwed over by NFL owners, ones with recent franchise departures or ones where there are constant threats unless they get a free billion dollar stadium, paid for by the city.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Feb 10, 2018 10:17:39 GMT -5
low IQs, beer, and remotes with dead batteries.
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Post by repomark on Feb 10, 2018 10:48:53 GMT -5
I have always thought one of the major things lacking in the NFL was a system of promotion and relegation. The fact that the team with the worst record is rewarded with the first draft pick the following year means it creates an incentive for teams to lose games - especially when they know they cannot make the playoffs.
Clearly a pipe dream and unlikely to ever happen, but if the XFL could ultimately become the NFLs second division - you could have a situation where there is a playoff tournament (running in parallel with the actual playoffs) where the best teams in the xfl play the worst in the nfl for a place in the NFL next season - and the first draft pick. The losing teams drop to the XFL (or NFL 2). It works in my head but that is probably the only place it works!
I think learning from the USFL’s mistakes could also be a good idea. A salary cap is definitely a necessity to avoid teams over spending and going bust. The original model of spring/summer football the USFL tried would have the benefit of not going head to head with the NFL, but the down side of making it arguably harder to attract NFL or college players who would then effectively have no off season in the first year of the XFL.
As has been said, the majority of the league should be cities who do not already have an NFL team (or recently lost one). San Antonio, Austin, San Diego, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Birmingham (or somewhere in Alabama) are all good suggestions. If going further afield, London might also work, as might Mexico City.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 10, 2018 11:14:17 GMT -5
Overseas teams at this point would be a millstone around the leagues neck as running international tours is hugely expensive and a massive gamble if you can't guarantee a return. The odd nfl game is a novelty so draws based on that, put a team here and you'd get diminishing returns due to competing with more mainstream sports.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 10, 2018 11:19:47 GMT -5
Depends on how you judge success.
If they're content with being an extreme niche product with low overhead/visibility, then MAYBE they succeed.
Further than that? No chance, no chance in hell
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Post by segaz on Feb 13, 2018 15:21:34 GMT -5
Make sure players talk about how the XFL has the best football in the world and they're sick of that company up north. Then have them quit the company after a couple games. Fans if you're thinking of changing to the competition, do not! We hear the Dallas Cowboys are just about to win the Superbowl! That'll put butts in seats! Do you think Vince has been planning this ever since it's failure? Was it a driving force behind getting the network?
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