CaliforniaGlowin Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Battle hawks look like they will return too. 2 Quote Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 7 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said: Battle hawks look like they will return too. Yup! Glad to see them return. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 10 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said: Battle hawks look like they will return too. I hope that's true. The excitement here in St. Louis for that team was surprising and incredible. I bought tickets to bring my boys to their next home game until the pandemic killed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 A 5 year TV deal is overly optimistic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, GDAWG said: A 5 year TV deal is overly optimistic Did you expect them to put together a strategy that's predicated on the likelihood of the league not lasting that long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, gosioux76 said: Did you expect them to put together a strategy that's predicated on the likelihood of the league not lasting that long? I would have gone 2 years with options for years 3-5, which ESPN would pick up if the XFL lasts for more than 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, GDAWG said: I would have gone 2 years with options for years 3-5, which ESPN would pick up if the XFL lasts for more than 2 years. I suppose that's fair. But even then, I would presume contract length in these circumstances is as much a marketing ploy than it is a guarantee. Having a five-year deal in place might be enough to get sponsors to come on board, or make them willing to hear a pitch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 6 hours ago, GDAWG said: A 5 year TV deal is overly optimistic USFL is a 3 year deal. No way ESPN was going to give them less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 7:24 PM, Sec19Row53 said: No surprise that this is where they land. After all, ESPN hasn't covered the USFL at all. Here's why. ESPN doesn't cover you unless they broadcast you. It's not necessarily because they're partnering with the XFL but I'm sure that helped. 2 Quote Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 So who on ESPN will talk about the XFL on The Get Up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 10 hours ago, GDAWG said: So who on ESPN will talk about the XFL on The Get Up? Probably Greeny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Geoff said: ESPN doesn't cover you unless they broadcast you. It's not necessarily because they're partnering with the XFL but I'm sure that helped. Agreed. I foolishly think of Sportscenter as a news show about sports. On that basis, I expect it to cover things that ESPN doesn't cover (like the NHL in the past, Arena Football when it was still worth saving, the USFL now). I'm wrong of course, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't bug me. 3 Quote It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 2 hours ago, MJWalker45 said: Probably Greeny. Maybe him and Diana Russini, who I think covered the XFL 2.0 a bit two years ago. That might be it, because I can't see any of the other ESPN NFL folks wanting to talk about the XFL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 10:46 AM, gosioux76 said: I hope that's true. The excitement here in St. Louis for that team was surprising and incredible. I bought tickets to bring my boys to their next home game until the pandemic killed it. My cousin's husband and I were gonna go to that game, but hadn't bought tickets yet. They were opening up the upper level of seats at The Dome because of the demand for tickets. 2 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 22 hours ago, McCall said: My cousin's husband and I were gonna go to that game, but hadn't bought tickets yet. They were opening up the upper level of seats at The Dome because of the demand for tickets. They were hosting LA, which had some significance as well. I was gonna make the drive over to the game after seeing the first game in Arlington. And then Covid happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, Sykotyk said: They were hosting LA, which had some significance as well. I was gonna make the drive over to the game after seeing the first game in Arlington. And then Covid happened. It did, but they had high demand even against other teams. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 5/22/2022 at 8:52 AM, McCall said: My cousin's husband and I were gonna go to that game, but hadn't bought tickets yet. They were opening up the upper level of seats at The Dome because of the demand for tickets. Yes! Those were the seats we bought. My kids aren't really football fans, but the spectacle of it all, plus the inexpensive tickets, made it seem worthwhile. It's not very often that a spring league football team generates so much fan interest that local vendors produce gear based around a chant created by fans. I've never quite seen a new team from a fringe league take a city by storm the way the BattleHawks did. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 3 hours ago, gosioux76 said: Yes! Those were the seats we bought. My kids aren't really football fans, but the spectacle of it all, plus the inexpensive tickets, made it seem worthwhile. It's not very often that a spring league football team generates so much fan interest that local vendors produce gear based around a chant created by fans. I've never quite seen a new team from a fringe league take a city by storm the way the BattleHawks did. Yeah I was gonna print a shirt to wear that said "KA KAW MF". 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 https://xflnewshub.com/xfl-news/report-xfl-teams-cities-and-logos-coming-june-1st/ 2023 locations, logos and names coming next week. Also, teams will all practice in Dallas during the season, then fly out to the home team's stadium and back after the games. At least the San Antonio flight is like 45 minutes from the door closing to it landing in San Antonio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaTac Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Orlando, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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