GDAWG Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, Ice_Cap said: So the XFL is the WWE of hackfraud spring leagues and the AAF is the WCW. Apropos. While true, both leagues are making moves. Meanwhile, in the Arena Football League: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, GDAWG said: While true, both leagues are making moves. Eh, I just don’t have faith in either league to survive beyond a year or two. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimball Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 3 hours ago, GDAWG said: If they are smart you play your games in the soccer stadiums. There's no way they're going to fill a 80-40,000 seat stadium. "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Ice_Cap said: Eh, I just don’t have faith in either league to survive beyond a year or two. I don't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 59 minutes ago, kimball said: If they are smart you play your games in the soccer stadiums. There's no way they're going to fill a 80-40,000 seat stadium. I don't live in Detroit, but Ford Field may be the only option for Detroit XFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Rumors are flying around that these are the 8 cities: Dallas Houston Los Angeles New York St. Louis Seattle Tampa Washington, D.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcut Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 29 minutes ago, Wings said: Rumors are flying around that these are the 8 cities: Dallas Houston Los Angeles New York St. Louis Seattle Tampa Washington, D.C. Outside of St. Louis, both spring leagues completely avoid the Midwest. The CCSLC's resident Geelong Cats fan. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Sounds like something from a Rocky & Bullwinkle story arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Wings said: Rumors are flying around that these are the 8 cities: Dallas Houston Los Angeles New York St. Louis Seattle Tampa Washington, D.C. That is stupid. They will get 0% of the coverage in an oversaturated sports market. There's a reason that Dallas has never been a market for alternate outdoor football leagues since the AFL. Yes, it'll be the Cowboys off-season, but even then Dallas XFL will be overshadowed by the Rangers, Mavericks and Stars. The local coverage goes in this order: Cowboys, High School Football, Mavericks, Rangers, Stars, College Sports, the occasional story about a local athlete who does good, Other High school sports, other college sports, other sports like when there's a NASCAR event or the rodeo, FC Dallas and Dallas Wings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJimmy Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 3 hours ago, Wings said: Rumors are flying around that these are the 8 cities: Dallas Houston Los Angeles New York St. Louis Seattle Tampa Washington, D.C. This league is already dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 So the rumor is that XFL Dallas will play at Globe Life Park.....which makes this even stupider and makes no sense when you have the Cotton Bowl, SMU, TCU, North Texas and Toyota Stadium in Frisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 11 hours ago, Wings said: Rumors are flying around that these are the 8 cities: Dallas Houston Los Angeles New York St. Louis Seattle Tampa Washington, D.C. That's a very disappointing list. As others have already mentioned I would have liked to see teams go to the non "obvious" locations. Especially cities that have lost franchises to relocation (not necessarily football) Hartford, San Diego, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 What months is this league playing? If it's Feb-March, then I can't imagine a lot of people wanting to go to the games in some of these cities. There's no way in hell I'm going to an outdoor sporting event in last year's February/March weather. If it's April-May, then it might work, but it can't go past Memorial Day because that's shore season for a lot of folks (at least east coast) and nobody is giving up a summer weekend to stay home and watch minor-league football. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 8 hours ago, GDAWG said: So the rumor is that XFL Dallas will play at Globe Life Park.....which makes this even stupider and makes no sense when you have the Cotton Bowl, SMU, TCU, North Texas and Toyota Stadium in Frisco. Au contraire, the rumor makes a lot of sense. The Texas Rangers will have vacated Globe Life Park for the new retractable roof Globe Life Field by the start of the 2020 season. Though the Cotton Bowl, SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium, TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium, North Texas' Apogee Stadium, or even Toyota Stadium would've been an even better fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 11 hours ago, buzzcut said: Outside of St. Louis, both spring leagues completely avoid the Midwest. Because Omaha would be such a great location for winter football. /Sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I really think it is a bad idea to go to cities that have all 3 spring leagues (4 with MLS) to compete with. How will the XFL team in NYC ever get any media play? Or LA? Or Dallas? etc. In my mind it makes more sense to go to cities that lack at least 1, maybe 2 of the spring sports. But, they have picked the cities. So now we wait for names/identities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, JH42XCC said: Au contraire, the rumor makes a lot of sense. The Texas Rangers will have vacated Globe Life Park for the new retractable roof Globe Life Field by the start of the 2020 season. Though the Cotton Bowl, SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium, TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium, North Texas' Apogee Stadium, or even Toyota Stadium would've been an even better fit. Won't Globe Life be turned into a parking lot for AT&T Stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, JH42XCC said: Au contraire, the rumor makes a lot of sense. The Texas Rangers will have vacated Globe Life Park for the new retractable roof Globe Life Field by the start of the 2020 season. Though the Cotton Bowl, SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium, TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium, North Texas' Apogee Stadium, or even Toyota Stadium would've been an even better fit. Still, there is a reason that no alternate pro football leagues since the AFL have been to Dallas. When Lamar Hunt founded the Texans, them and the Cowboys were the first pro sports teams in the area. Since then, there have been the Rangers, Mavericks, Stars, FC Dallas and Dallas Wings. Nobody is going to pay attention to Dallas XFL and it's going to be a major disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said: Won't Globe Life be turned into a parking lot for AT&T Stadium? I think i heard it will be converted to an amphitheatre of some kind. but when the league is set to play it might be that time between baseball season and no tenants will actually be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash61 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 LA over San Diego? St. Louis makes sense, but I feel like not picking San Diego is a missed opportunity to challenge the Fleet (AAF) straight on and make their mark. On September 20, 2012 at 0:50 AM, 'CS85 said: It's like watching the hellish undead creakily shuffling their way out of the flames of a liposuction clinic dumpster fire. On February 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, 'pianoknight said: Story B: Red Wings go undefeated and score 100 goals in every game. They also beat a team comprised of Godzilla, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, 2 Power Rangers and Betty White. Oh, and they played in the middle of Iraq on a military base. In the sand. With no ice. Santa gave them special sand-skates that allowed them to play in shorts and t-shirts in 115 degree weather. Jesus, Zeus and Buddha watched from the sidelines and ate cotton candy. POTD 5/24/12, POTD 2/26/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, nash61 said: LA over San Diego? St. Louis makes sense, but I feel like not picking San Diego is a missed opportunity to challenge the Fleet (AAF) straight on and make their mark. The three year lease which the AAF signed with the city likely blocked out the XFL and Petco Park really doesn't want football as they were weary of SDSU playing there until the finally consented in 2016, but an extension at Qualcomm was reached later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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