Ten years ago, very few would have predicted that professional football would become a growth industry, at least beyond the NFL. However, with Vince McMahon announcing in January that he’s bringing the XFL back, it appeared that the NFL would soon have some company at the top of the professional football world.
Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow may be pursuing a career in professional baseball these days, but as the new XFL football league prepares for its 2020 debut, he isn’t shutting the door on going back to the gridiron.
Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “The Herd,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shrugged off the XFL posing a threat to his league, saying the NFL is focused on improving its own game. The XFL, set to reopen in 2020, says it will differ
With the XFL on the road to returning to professional football, it is unsurprising that the liberal sports media just had to ask proprietor Vince McMahon if he would be open to hiring anti-American protest inventor Colin Kaepernick.
During Friday’s “First Take” on ESPN, Will Cain brushed off the notion that the XFL will fail like it did the first attempt, arguing that the NFL should be worried this time around because the league is losing viewers while college
Wrestling magnate Vince McMahon announced that he is bringing the XFL back to professional football to begin playing by 2020. So far we have some general information about the plan, but there is still a lot to be realized.
Friday, ESPN “First Take” moderator Molly Qerim weighed in on the XFL’s plan to keep politics and social issues out of the league, something the NFL has failed to do, calling it “divisive.” Domonique Foxworth stated, “This idea they are
Thursday on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” co-host Michael Wilbon weighed in on the XFL’s comeback in 2020, calling Vince McMahon’s upcoming league a “whitewashed, idealistic brand” of football because it will require players to stand for the National Anthem and
During Thursday’s announcement that he is giving his defunct XFL football league another try, organizer Vince McMahon said that for his league politics is out and players would be required to stand for the playing of the national anthem.
WWE CEO Vince McMahon announced in a Thursday press conference that he is bringing back the XFL in 2020.
Many thought, after a year of plummeting ratings and political controversy, that someone might throw their hat in the ring, and challenge the NFL’s monopoly over professional football in America.
Nearly seventeen years ago, WWE President Vince McMahon saw a vision of his come to life. The career athlete-entertainer fielded a league full of irreverent and entertainment-driven football teams, known more for their charisma and how much fun they were having, as opposed to their skill.
With the NFL undergoing a nearly unprecedented decline in ratings, in-game attendance, and overall popularity; a bold and adventurous businessman with lots of resources, could consider launching a rival football league to compete with the NFL.
