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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I'm wondering how the WNBA has managed to stay afloat.It won’t. The demand just isn’t there except for a few fanatics. There’s no way the revenue the league will bring in will cover its costs. I’d say it will last one season or less. People use the time after the NFL season completes to get projects around the house done, spend more time with the family, etc. And that doesn’t even touch on the quality of the game on the field.
Niche market and low salaries.I'm wondering how the WNBA has managed to stay afloat.
Don't forget the NBA pumps millions into the league so it stays solvent.Niche market and low salaries.
That was Vince McMahon’s theme song. I don’t see this league doing any better than the first iteration. Maybe it will be less ridiculous and over-the-top, but I just don’t think the demand is there.
I'm wondering how the WNBA has managed to stay afloat.
Does that mean you'll spend your time on an XFL message board instead of this one? That would be great!I'll tune if the Bruins or Celtics aren't on and...if they are I'll flip to the xfl on commercial...hope the league succedes...**** Goodell and the NFL
The NFL is a completely different product than the XFL is and will be. The NFL has a completely different season than the NFL would have. I agree that adding two more games is absurd, but there’s a better chance getting unmet demand out of two more games of the NFL than there is with the XFL. Ask yourself if you really think that there is unmet demand for lower-end segment of offseason football? If you’re having trouble, let the thread help you. The synopsis of most responses in this thread are “if I’m not doing anything else/if I remember it’s on, I’ll check it out.” This has a VERY high probability of failure and it doesn’t exactly take an analytical mind to figure that out. That’s especially true if McMahon has other investors to make happy. That makes it imperative that they come out of Week 1 strong, especially in their first year where they’re likely to have a negative net profit or break even anyway. I don’t think it’s going to be profitable enough to last after one season and McMahon will need to do what he did before - retrench back to the WWE.Perhaps you could explain that to the NFL, as it's trying to add games to its schedule...
The NFL is a completely different product than the XFL is and will be. The NFL has a completely different season than the NFL would have. I agree that adding two more games is absurd, but there’s a better chance getting unmet demand out of two more games of the NFL than there is with the XFL. Ask yourself if you really think that there is unmet demand for lower-end segment of offseason football? If you’re having trouble, let the thread help you. The synopsis of most responses in this thread are “if I’m not doing anything else/if I remember it’s on, I’ll check it out.” This has a VERY high probability of failure and it doesn’t exactly take an analytical mind to figure that out. That’s especially true if McMahon has other investors to make happy. That makes it imperative that they come out of Week 1 strong, especially in their first year where they’re likely to have a negative net profit or break even anyway. I don’t think it’s going to be profitable enough to last after one season and McMahon will need to do what he did before - retrench back to the WWE.
If you have another sample of football fans to work with then by all means, use it. I didn’t. This thread was the only sample I could work with in order to drive home a point that you apparently agree with anyway. Point taken on the mindset of the fans here.I don't expect the league to work. That being said, the idea that I should use a thread from a Patriots fan forum as proof, when most of the fans who post there are parochial as hell to start with, and are so depressed over the recent playoff loss that most of them are probably popping Valium and Ambien as if they are Tic Tacs, is just not an idea that I'm going to sign off on.
I wonder what he figured out in the 19 years in between?
Does that mean you'll spend your time on an XFL message board instead of this one? That would be great!
Interested to see how their rule changes work out.