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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Mar 25, 2020 15:21:30 GMT -5
I kinda actually feel bad for Vince on this one. I was prepared for this to fail and to bask in the schadenfreude but it seemed like he actually learned a lesson from the first time. Shame it's probably doomed again, this time for reasons entirely out of his control. Cancelling early is one thing, the good players getting picked to NFL squads is gonna be another. I don't see how this is sustainable Because there going to be a whole new crop of college players coming down the pipe. There also going to be other players getting cut and released. Jordan being young and wasn't in a elite school, once people saw what he could do, of course he was going to pick up. This was the one point of the XFL really a way for players to get a second chance to the NFL or get there first. The XFL is already financed and already talked about 2021. Yes a lot of teams will have a bunch of new faces. There not going to be such thing is long term contracts at this point with how they pay.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Mar 25, 2020 15:45:25 GMT -5
TE Khari Lee signed with the Falcons
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Post by sfvega on Mar 25, 2020 16:17:08 GMT -5
Cancelling early is one thing, the good players getting picked to NFL squads is gonna be another. I don't see how this is sustainable Because there going to be a whole new crop of college players coming down the pipe. There also going to be other players getting cut and released. Jordan being young and wasn't in a elite school, once people saw what he could do, of course he was going to pick up. This was the one point of the XFL really a way for players to get a second chance to the NFL or get there first. The XFL is already financed and already talked about 2021. Yes a lot of teams will have a bunch of new faces. There not going to be such thing is long term contracts at this point with how they pay. As I mentioned, there's a couple things in play. The new draft class and the signed guys in the NFL. People forget that NFL rosters are bloated until September then they make their cuts. Walker will probably be fine, but who's to say Ta'amu even makes the opening day roster? Signed to the NFL doesn't mean guaranteed in the NFL come October. If he does, there are draft picks who will be cut, and even more who will take up a roster spot from a previously NFL-caliber player. Again, come January, there will be no shortage of talent for the XFL. Their best players were fringe NFL players. There will be more fringe NFL players out there. The NFL expands rosters to 55, but will still have 90 guys in training camps and they can't keep all of them. It's the same as the CFL, a few of the real standouts go to the NFL but the machine keeps churning out players to take their place.
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Post by XIII on Mar 25, 2020 17:16:13 GMT -5
I kinda actually feel bad for Vince on this one. I was prepared for this to fail and to bask in the schadenfreude but it seemed like he actually learned a lesson from the first time. Shame it's probably doomed again, this time for reasons entirely out of his control. Cancelling early is one thing, the good players getting picked to NFL squads is gonna be another. I don't see how this is sustainable I mean the NFL was going to pick up the top performers and give them a shot anyways. Not a huge deal really. Tons of guys talented enough to play at XFL level out there.
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Post by bob on Mar 26, 2020 8:33:41 GMT -5
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Post by warden on Mar 26, 2020 18:47:07 GMT -5
After looking at the first few pages of this thread there sure was a lot of vitrol towards the XFL, which is understandable given the fact that first one was terrible. Even though all I remember about it was this os the xflllllllll! He hate me and guys running for a football in the middle of the field. And on opening day I was ready for a disaster but when I saw that opening kickoff and how different it was I was suddenly intrigued.
And as I kept watching over the weeks I enjoyed most of the games I watched and then it dawned on me that I had actually lost interest in football but hadn't really realized it. I mean I would catch an nfl game here and there and some playoffs and usually the superbowl but other than that I didn't really watch it. As a kid I use to watch it a lot. Maybe it was because of all the rules the nfl keeps throwing or maybe its cause there are too many teams or maybe it's just cause the xfl is something new. Whatever the case I await its return it is the one league I really miss since all the sports went on lockdown
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Post by Spider2024 on Apr 2, 2020 18:55:20 GMT -5
It worked for them before when they signed XFL standout Tommy Maddox. He got them to the playoffs in 2002, then played terribly in 2003 which netted the #10 overall pick for the Steelers which they used to draft Big Ben. Why wouldn't they go to that well again?
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Post by Lupin the Third on Apr 3, 2020 8:46:34 GMT -5
Houston Roughnecks: 2020 XFL Champions.
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Post by WR91 on Apr 6, 2020 20:24:33 GMT -5
Houston Roughnecks: 2020 XFL Champions. How sway? lol
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 10, 2020 11:34:42 GMT -5
That’s a real shame, because it really looked like they’d learned from the mistakes of the first attempt. I suppose you couldn’t account for... *checks notes* ...a viral pandemic shutting down all professional sports worldwide.
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Post by WR91 on Apr 10, 2020 11:41:25 GMT -5
Terminated or laid off because those are two very different things? Hmmm.
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Post by DerktheDerk on Apr 10, 2020 11:42:13 GMT -5
Hell of a run, boys.
Vince is the Walt Disney of wasting a shit load of money.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Apr 10, 2020 11:57:01 GMT -5
So sad, that it looks like the XFL is over. It was really good and had a possible future going into 2021. Not that looks like it not to be. I feel bad for everyone who got laid off. They had so much great talent.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Apr 10, 2020 12:01:12 GMT -5
Well......f***.
I was hoping for this to last at least two seasons, but now the rebranded XFL didn't even last as long as the AAF.
All because of a pandemic.
Ladies, gentlemen, and all the rest in the technicolor rainbow in between, pouring one out for the XFL:
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Post by warden on Apr 10, 2020 12:07:40 GMT -5
And here I was this morning with hope that we would get to see a full season in 2021 and now this comes in and shoots it to pieces.... I will never love again..... Shame though if this is the end. The new XFl had promise it was fun to watch and the teams were cool. Damn you virus *shakes fist*.....Someone cue the matrix gif of that lady in white say "Not like this"... I don't have the heart
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 10, 2020 12:10:33 GMT -5
This league is cursed, beyond cursed. This wasn't even a terrible attempt it looked like it was doing some innovative things and were putting on decent games with decent talent, in some cases drawing good crowds, but... they're cursed, the XFL is just outright cursed
Vince probably took a huge financial loss here. And that might even explain why suddenly, at least the Revival have been let go immediately without an issue, this might have a huge domino effect because they already took a hit with Mania, this is just another big one after "Guaranteeing" everything was ok going into what 2022?? Yeah how things change...
But yeah, stop trying to make this happen Vince... it's really gotten the fork stuck in it.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Apr 10, 2020 12:20:21 GMT -5
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 10, 2020 12:31:45 GMT -5
and this one actually looked decent too
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Post by chrom on Apr 10, 2020 12:34:18 GMT -5
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