LadyStanley
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Once again, the XFL and USFL are back. And once again, we ask … why?
The XFL and USFL are back because America loves football ... and broadcasters have an inventory need to fill.
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I do wonder if people will be football out by the time the Usfl starts their season. Don’t think both these spring leagues will survive.I mean, best of luck to them but even NCAA football is getting stale for me. Football in the Spring is just weird.
Ideally you’d love to see some type of agreement with the nfl. Where basically there are 8 teams and an entire division supplies players for each team with their PS players since they have 16 of them this 64 players less vets.Why do people keep thinking that spring football is a good idea? Hasn't the long history of utter failure of the concept been enough to finally get people to give up on the idea?
Baby stepsStill no Chicago team for either league, so I frankly still don't care. At least if there was a Chicago team, I'd maybe have a passing interest in either, but as it stands now these leagues seem to be interested in automatically having a national brand despite not remotely having a brand appeal nor having a footprint where most people live. All for a staggeringly low quality version of the game.
St. Louis just had 38k people show up for their game yesterday. I'd say that's great progress. It was fun to watch on tv because the crowd was into it.
Funny they lost 2 football teams and they’re called “ hardcore” while LA continues to get crapped on for losing team . I hate double standards.STL is a legit NFL market that got jobbed hardcore by Kroenke. This is them being football fans just as much as it’s the market collectively trying to show a prospective NFL buyer that their market works for pro football.
And if anything, the league waiting this long to have a home game in their strongest market is inane.
Funny they lost 2 football teams and they’re called “ hardcore” while LA continues to get crapped on for losing team . I hate double standards.
The XFL gets the post Kentucky Derby slot? Could be big ratingsNews: MLB-RSNs, USFL, XFL
An update on how Major League Baseball is handling the RSN collapse. Plus: scheduling news for the USFL and XFL.www.sportsmediawatch.com
ESPN announced Monday that it has moved a third XFL game off of FX, replacing the network’s primetime DC-Orlando game April 2 with a St. Louis-Houston matinee on ESPN. DC-Orlando will now air on ESPN April 1 in a window originally set aside of San Antonio-Vegas, which moves up to ESPN2 in an afternoon window originally occupied by St. Louis-Houston.
NBC is set to carry a primetime game following the Kentucky Derby on May 6 and also has a pair of primetime playoff games — including the championship on July 1. FOX has six primetime games, including three straight on Sunday nights in June.
The USFL will get a slot that usually belong to the Stanley Cup Playoffs