Xfl

Anyone going to watch?

Thoughts on the longevity?

I say 2 years max lol

I'm definitely going to watch.

Given the financial model of the league (one guy, who has lots of money and lots of stake in it, funding it), I think it will last.

I also think Oliver Luck will do a good job running the league.

I might give it a look to know how it's like, but I'll admit I'm a 100% or 0% guy, and I don't see myself investing too much time into second rank football.

Plus some of the "arcade" rules (https://www.xfl.com/rules) really make no sense to me...
Reading them again my initial thought is I flat out hate it : the punt ones are absurd and take away one strategic aspect of the game, the kick off ones make little sense and the extra point ones belong on a smartphone game, not a football field ... oh and I just re-read the overtime ones, basically if the defense makes 2 consecutive penalties the offense automatically scores, how effin dumb is that ?

When I began writing it I didn't intend this post to be that much of a clear cut anti XFL rules rant... but then I read them again and I just can't.

I heard on sports talk radio that we have a really good team in DC. Cordale Jones as QB and a WR from the Steelers.. Eli rogers or something like that.

Checked out the roster, Simmie Cobbs at WR.

https://www.xfl.com/en-US/teams/washington-dc/dc-defenders-depth-chart

I heard on sports talk radio that we have a really good team in DC. Cordale Jones as QB and a WR from the Steelers.. Eli rogers or something like that.

Checked out the roster, Simmie Cobbs at WR.

https://www.xfl.com/en-US/teams/washington-dc/dc-defenders-depth-chart

Okay, how many people did a double take when they read of a WR named DeAndre Thompkins?

Okay, how many people did a double take when they read of a WR named DeAndre Thompkins?

Lol yeah ... I was like what the .. if the games had a Flint Tropics vibe to it with free corn dogs and roller skate jumps over cheerleaders .. like a party weird atmosphere .. I could get into it.

I'm going to the DC Defenders game tomorrow. Audi Field is spectacular. I think the league will get some viewers up until a certain point. It's going to take a beating when March Madness hits, as well as The Masters.

It's football. Therefore my brain will have no choice but to force me to watch.

Wish SD had a team. I'd go to a game or 2. I went to one in the last league that played and folded a year ago, it was fun.

It is football, if they broadcast Pop Warner football I would watch it. To me nothing is "second rate" as long as it is competitive.

This team is playing better football than any team in DC in the past 5 years.