RIP XFL

This is obviously true, but 1) it probably would have stabilized at a number at some point, and not dropped to 0.0 and 2) it was on Saturdays and Sundays during a typical dead period. I imagine it was pulling in more males 18 to 45 - what advertisers want - than the usual fare available on those days.

 

"Do I still get a Championship ring?"
- Ol Ball Coach

 

That league was so short-lived, the St. Louis team didn't even have time to move to Memphis.

 

Working beyond the usual Presidential bluster, one wonders what the actual tenor of the conference call among the commissioners was last weekend. Vince McMahon was among those on on it.

A report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Future of BattleHawks doubtful after XFL suspends operations, informs teams of layoffs) noted that refunds for 2021 season-ticket deposits began being issued to customers early this week. The XFL was looking at a) closed stadiums due to the likelihood of no vaccine by next February, b) the notion of college football delaying its season to the winter and spring, c) the NFL potentially having a later start with a longer training camp, and thus pushing the season a few weeks deeper into February (as mentioned by tapintoamerica).

If I'm McMahon, I put the league on ice, maintain all trademarks and logos and purchase some AAF trademarks and logos. Then punt until 2023, assuming relative normalcy has returned by then. Return with a reshuffled league that incorporates some of the more successful AAF markets: San Antonio, Orlando and San Diego. If costs can be kept in control, there's a market for this.

 

Another spring league bites the dust.

{yawn}

 

Like it was never even there.

 

Yeah, but the numbers were already dropping to a point where it wasn't really a viable league... and they were still going down. It pulled terrible numbers with no competition.

If they thought there was any future they wouldn't be folding. This league is an ex-parrot.

 

When do the deep dives on The Athletic start showing up?

 

Stand for the flag, take a knee for god and, ya know, the league's future.

 

Seattle is a weird sports town. They have obnoxious Seahawks fans, hipster soccer fans, and fans who supported a team in a third-rate football league, while it is supposedly a great city for outdoor activities.

 

How 'bout a "30 for 30"?