XFL coming to STL!
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Competition of any sort is good. If they can pay top recruits out of HS to play, they would be a coup.
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When was the last time introducing a competing pro sports league in an existing sport had any lasting success?
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Arena football has had modest success.
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WHA and ABA getting mergers in the 70sArthur Dent wrote:When was the last time introducing a competing pro sports league in an existing sport had any lasting success?
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And I'm guessing this was more possible with a more fragmented market at the time.lukethedrifter wrote:WHA and ABA getting mergers in the 70sArthur Dent wrote:When was the last time introducing a competing pro sports league in an existing sport had any lasting success?
Arena football is an interesting example in that they were trying something new, but it also seems to have petered out from a modest peak. The 2001 XFL ran on the theory that their niche was being trashier, which, you know, maybe could have worked. This one's niche is a low end NFL that doesn't let the players kneel? It just doesn't seem like that has much of a chance to go anywhere.
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Every team will be called the Patriots. Open carry in the stands. Pledge of Allegiance between quarters.
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I’d be a lot more excited if it was a CFL team
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Traitor!Diddy wrote:I’d be a lot more excited if it was a CFL team