It promises to be different from the short-lived 2001 version, this time with no cheerleaders, no real "in your face" promises of violence, and promises of a safer, quicker game.
If there is a time for a competitor to the NFL, this is it. The older league appears to be staggering. Although the anthem protests are a definate factor, the NFL has other problems. Those problems are high ticket prices, teams holding cities hostage for new stadiums, an increasing gulf between players and fans and what seems to be a general sort of contempt for those same fans.
Anger the customers and you will not be in business long.
Like the old XFL, the new one will be playing in the Spring. McMahon is calling for a "re imagining" of the game. No politics, no players with police records, less rules and safer. It certainly seems like a re-imagining.
It is probably what the game of football needs.
The NFL has become slothful and lazy. Competition brings out the best. Things have changed since 2001. It does not matter which network agrees to carry XFL games. They can be streamed live on a variety of digital devices. TV networks themselves may be in danger.
Every now and again, you, the fans, have to yank the chains to show sports leagues who the boss truly is.
Fans can live without the NFL....the NFL cannot live without the fans.
Keep that in mind.
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