Spring Football Leagues (USFL and XFL)

[John Price]

TSN+

TSNPlus

www.tsn.ca

XFL available in Canada over paid service.

 

[John Price]

Arena Football League prepares comeback in 2024 with 16 franchises

Indoor league that halted play in 2019 will return with a mix of new and old teams

www.ballysports.com

 

[Unholy Diver]

Arena Football League prepares comeback in 2024 with 16 franchises

Indoor league that halted play in 2019 will return with a mix of new and old teams

www.ballysports.com

A third of the teams have folded and moved to new cities since that article came out this morning

 

[Terry Yake]

arena football was cool back in the day, but there's a reason why the league died out

and lol @ another spring football league. when will they realize that shit doesn't work

 

[Unholy Diver]

arena football was cool back in the day, but there's a reason why the league died out

and lol @ another spring football league. when will they realize that shit doesn't work

As long as there are people with more money than they know what to do with, we will keep doing this every 5-10 years

 

[John Price]

"That shit doesn't work" yet 3 of them are coming in the foreseeable future.

Already getting market saturation

Two things: which one is the NFL feeder league where the undrafted players go? XFL was looking into it but AFL might be interested too.

And #2, why did the AFL immediately start with 16 franchises? Given recent financial troubles and bankruptcy? why start big? Start small, and then grow big. They are starting off with a lot of franchises, immediately.

 

[Terry Yake]

so a bunch of spring football leagues starting up means spring football is a success? don't think that's how it works. more like you have a bunch of guys with money who are starting these leagues up hoping one finally sticks

there's a reason why these leagues come and go and it mainly has to do with the fact that people aren't interested in watching a "minor" league. the USFL has the best shot at staying alive because they've got fox running the show and don't need to worry much about travel costs because they're using the hub model, but they'll most likely end up losing money too

 

[John Price]

so a bunch of spring football leagues starting up means spring football is a success? don't think that's how it works. more like you have a bunch of guys with money who are starting these leagues up hoping one finally sticks

there's a reason why these leagues come and go and it mainly has to do with the fact that people aren't interested in watching a "minor" league. the USFL has the best shot at staying alive because they've got fox running the show and don't need to worry much about travel costs because they're using the hub model, but they'll most likely end up losing money too

USFL had great ratings for what it was and XFL 2.0 did great before the once in a century pandemic shut it down

 

[GKJ]

USFL had great ratings for what it was and XFL 2.0 did great before the once in a century pandemic shut it down

Fox and ABC were dropping the XFL even before the pandemic, because of the ratings. this was explained multiple times.

 

[StreetHawk]

Fox and ABC were dropping the XFL even before the pandemic, because of the ratings. this was explained multiple times.

These spring leagues, they depend more on tv than in stadium fans but the sound is nothing without a full stadiums. playing at 1/4 capacity doesn’t do much for tv viewing.

 

[DanielPlainview]

The USFL is in a much better position to succeed being owned by a major network

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

XFL 2023: Everything you need to know, including some unique rules

With the XFL poised to kick off a new season, let's look at the league's rules, changes since 2021, and expectations.

www.espn.com

 

[John Price]

The fun returns this afternoon on ABC and other ESPN properties.

 

[GKJ]

Something I’m wondering here is if guys are going to play in both leagues. Kyle Sloter is here in the XFL, and he played in the USFL last year, and then was on the Jaguars practice squad.

 

[John Price]

Something I’m wondering here is if guys are going to play in both leagues. Kyle Sloter is here in the XFL, and he played in the USFL last year, and then was on the Jaguars practice squad.

It may be possible there's no exclusivity rights from what I see. Perez played for NJ Generals last year. He plays for Vegas this year.

XFL ends around USFL starting time so USFL may take some talent. We'll see.

 

[GKJ]

Sloter isn’t even the starter here, so these leagues will have different opportunities.

 

[John Price]

Vegas self destructing.

 

[John Price]

Opening game is strong so far. Arlington tried to extend their 1 pt lead in the red zone but was denied going for it on 4th down. Vegas took the ball down 1 and then threw a pick six. A tale of two halves, as Vegas was in control in the 1st half but in the 2nd half it has been all ARL.

Arlington could potentially win this with 2 pick sixes, and no offensive TD's.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Something I’m wondering here is if guys are going to play in both leagues. Kyle Sloter is here in the XFL, and he played in the USFL last year, and then was on the Jaguars practice squad.

It could be Rick Rude on both Raw and Nitro all over again, only in minor leagues with a lot less people watching