MJWalker45
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2 hours ago, Sodboy13 said:
I can't believe they're going with the "NSFL" acronym, which kills off the legacy/nostalgia marketing angle they just became able to fully embrace last year, and is both one letter more than the entity that will happily sue anything that comes within 100 yards of its IP, and one letter change away from an email with a surprise Goatse attachment.
You could simply rename it the United Spring Football League and cover all the bases without mucking things up. Alas.
I am reminded of my conclusion that XFL 1.0 could have never gotten off the ground without Vince McMahon pushing for it, and never could have survived with Vince McMahon running it. The poor decision makers are here, and they are emboldened.
I wonder if NSFL is simply the placeholder while they try to decide if they are picking one league name over the other, or completely changing the name to something else. If they decide to simply rebrand as The Spring League, which is what this version of the USFL came from, I think they deserve all the hate they'd get.
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The American is looking to bring in Army to the fold. The trick here is that Army-Navy would remain in it's regular slot, but the AAC championship would be played the week before. So, in theory, Army and Navy could play each other for a championship before playing each other for the Commander-In-Chief Trophy.
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5 minutes ago, McCall said:
Am I off-base to think that the Texas teams would do better with the hub model than other cities, seeing as how there are probably plenty of transplants from Dallas and Houston in San Antonio, and vice versa and etc.? Not saying I'm for it, because I still loathe the idea of hub cities. Just feels like there would be enough Texans from one metropolis in another. Or am I very wrong with that theory?
I think people expect people from Texas to just show up no matter what. But to counter that, we had decent amounts of fans come in from Dallas/Ft. Worth for the Renegades game, and even more for the XFL Championship. Houston was a much smaller group. To get those Dallas fans from the Arlington/DFW area in they'd need to play Saturday evening games or 12 PM Sunday kickoffs to give them time to make the trip down. A flight from Love or DFW to SAT is 30 minutes, but that's around $250-$400 per person depending on when you buy those tickets. So $1600-$2000 in travel and even more for hotels is a lot to ask anyone for spring football at the moment. Better to have the Renegades and Gamblers/Roughnecks play at home and use the fan base that's already local to those area. And if your counting on people originally from Dallas that live in San Antonio to root for anyone other than the Cowboys, that's a losing proposition unless they're giving out free or reduced tickets. Granted, I'd be happy not to see so many Steelers jerseys next year at Brahmas games. Apparently there are a lot of Steelers and Hines Ward fans in San Antonio.
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On 9/27/2023 at 12:01 PM, monkeypower said:
Would it have any impact? Some of the travel would be a bit further but they're still playing the same amount of games.
but it's a fairer distribution if they play more teams in the league.
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3 minutes ago, GDAWG said:
Arlington may end up being hubbed to San Antonio
I'm hoping the April start is only for 2024, and a mid-February/first week of March schedule is used from 2025 onwards. I also think enough Brahmas fans may help out attendance at Renegades games. I'd also hope that means that both teams practice locally like USFL teams do instead of half the league working out of Arlington, and the other half working out of Birmingham during the week.
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16 minutes ago, Cujo said:
Those were phenomenal markets, especially STL and DC!
Just in general, having the any game at a neutral site (aside from a championship game) is sad and reeks of poverty. And we saw in the UFSL how empty those neutral game stadiums were. Having 200 fans at the game and having a "Pittsburgh" team that will never play in the state of Pennsylvania is a real slap in the face.
The XFL had stated they didn't expect to break even before 2027. $60 million in losses was no small thing, but it wasn't going to put them under immediately. I have seen that those team that don't play in 2024 are still capable of coming back in once they confirm a place to play. I would hope that means a 16 team league in 2025, and hopefully with some level of buy in from the NFL with it. Both leagues coordinated with the top college leagues to get more reps for game officials, so I hope that we can see that extended to NFL refs, team personnel and, most importantly, the players. If I'm sitting on the practice squad all year, I'd be chomping at the bit to go play 10 games and build up my game film profile for the rest of the league to see.
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16 minutes ago, Cujo said:
The heavy rumor remains a late spring start with 10-12 teams and 6 hub cities (UGH!)
- Arlington Renegades
- Birmingham Stallions
- Canton [Fill in the blank}
- DC Defenders
- Houston Gamblers
- Memphis Showboats
- Michigan Panthers
- New Orleans Breakers
- Orlando Guardians
- San Antonio Brahmas
- Seattle Sea Dragons
- St Louis Battlehawks
I just don't see who from the XFL teams has to get screwed over to make 6 hubs. San Antonio, St. Louis, Arlington, Seattle, and Washington D.C. all earned the right to keep teams in their home markets. Houston dropped off from 2020, but I think we all expect the Roughnecks to be dropped for the Gamblers. Starter was rumored to take over the USFL uniform contract this coming season, so I wonder if they get the call to replace uniforms for the new league or do they go with Under Armour to build off of what they already created with the XFL. Most of the USFL looks transfer right over, save for the side panels on the jerseys.
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On 9/19/2023 at 11:42 AM, gosioux76 said:
Even if this were true, the Gamblers are only a few small moves away from matching the simple but outstanding look of their USFL 1.0 brethren. That G logo is an icon of the USFL.
That logo was the only good thing for the Gamblers 2.0. The team was one of the worst in the new league, and the wide stripes up the sides haven't been a good look for a while now.
The new Roughneck logos were an improvement, but the 2023 uniform was a mess. Especially the helmet.
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8 hours ago, Berlin Wall said:
But was it their actual new logo? They still have the shield crest on their website. In EA FC 24 they also use the shield logo.
I thought it was just for this year's kits.
My understanding was the roundel was completely replacing the shield when they made the change. Maybe I misread that.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66947132
Arsenal's women's team will not be wearing the same alternate jersey as the men. Stella McCartney assisted with the design. Apparently the jerseys have been "too clingy".
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20 hours ago, GDAWG said:
They jump up from AAL to replace San Antonio apparently. San Antonio is playing in three different leagues over four years.
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2 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:
Georgia Tech has a perfectly serviceable helmet when they just wear the plain metallic gold with “GT” in white with navy blue outlines. I get wanting to play up the bee theme, but they’ve always looked great when they’ve kept it simple.
That was Russell trying to come up with something to keep them in the game. And boy did it fail.
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5 minutes ago, WBeltz said:
Seattle (Home)
Hopefully they change both kits instead of just swapping out the badges on the away kit, or even worse just using the old crest for another year.
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12 minutes ago, officeglenn said:
Aston Villa are going to ditch their new crest after only one season, and start consultations to come up with a new one in time for their 150th anniversary in 2024.
They never should have changed to that. I'm guessing whomever wasn't consulted has been raising a stink. And the unintentional closeness to Chelsea doesn't help with Chelsea using chrome badges that change the colors as well.
It doesn't help that even the league, or the broadcast partners, won't update your logos.
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11 hours ago, TalktoChuck said:
Damn, I miss Russell's college football uniforms.
I don't miss that uniform though. Those were rough.
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The new logo reminds me of Aston Villa's previous logo. And that's a good thing.
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2 hours ago, WideRight said:
After reading the news/rumors coming out, I am not holding out much hope for a USFL-dominant version of a merged league. I had hoped that the USFL's stronger financial position would mean that the XFL would all but get absorbed into a bigger, stronger, USFL, but that does not seem to be in the cards. Too bad, I much prefer the USFL's look and retro feel to the crazy red-bull & vodka induced designs, but it looks like we will see a mish-mash of both, at least as far as teams go. Too bad.
I think for most leagues, that's what should be happening. If everyone works under the same aesthetic a league can be pretty bland. When you also have everyone using the same field layouts that is just as boring as well. As long as they don't keep hubs, which means some XFL teams will move out of their actual stadiums, I think the different looks run up against each other could create some pretty nice looks. And except for Houston and Arlington, I don't really think there are any out there looks for the XFL. San Antonio is different because they don't have a white away jersey, but it's still a conventionally designed uniform.
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14 minutes ago, GDAWG said:
They come over from the NAL:
It's a good move to a better league for them.
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35 minutes ago, Cujo said:
NFL Reverse Retros would just be nothing more than a slew of fashion jerseys from the early 00s.
I was surprised they didn't go with black even back then.
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Footy Headlines is reporting this as the 2024 France Euros uniform. It is not 100% confirmed.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2023/08/france-2024-home-kit.html
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Week 4 schedule:
Detroit vs. Green Bay
Atlanta vs. Jacksonville
LA Rams vs. Indianapolis
Baltimore vs. Cleveland
Minnesota vs. Carolina
Cincinnati vs. Tennessee
Tampa Bay vs. New Orleans
Miami vs. Buffalo
Denver vs. Chicago
Washington vs. Philadelphia
Pittsburgh vs. Houston
Las Vegas vs. LA Chargers
Arizona vs. San Francisco
New England vs. Dallas
Kansas City vs. NY Jets
Seattle vs. NY Giants
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10 hours ago, rams80 said:
This draft looks to be comparatively loaded at QB. They will be fine.
Unless Caleb Williams just looks at whomever the top five teams are and says, "I can squeeze another year of college ball out of this" either Chicago or Arizona will be able to ruin another young QB next year. Chicago put Fields back in after a concussion for crying out loud!
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Raya wore black shorts for Arsenal today. I actually like these over just wearing all one color.
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2 hours ago, Unocal said:
Today just felt like a letdown. ND winning would have been more interesting than another boring Buckeye rerun.
Ohio State seems to win games like this on the road, but not at home. Last year's win was the first Top 10, non B1G game in a long time.
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56 minutes ago, GDAWG said:
This new merged league should continue to be friendly to the NFL, while not being a developmental league of the NFL at the same time. No spring football league should block anybody (players, coaches, front office and league personnel) from going to the NFL if they get an opportunity to. As messed up as the AAF was, they did the whole "players can sign with the NFL at the end of the season" thing during the lead up to the league. The XFL and USFL allows this as well. Heck, a league official from the XFL left for the Cleveland Browns recently.
Most leagues want their players to stay until the end of the year. What would be the outcry be if a starting QB leaves in Week 8 when they're top of the league? Keeping them past the day the season ends doesn't make sense though.
2024 International (National Team) Soccer Kits
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Reportedly, the US uniform is supposed to be a fauxback to the 1924 national team uniforms. Plain white shirt with the badge centered on the jerseys again, ala a hockey jersey, but slightly larger than usual rather than the larger logos worn then.