Realistically there is little chance of profit for this concept. The good players won’t be wooed away from the NFL (or even the CFL), and the big thing about the XFL the first time around was the shock factor such as more scoring, more aggressive, more injuries, or more jiggling cheerleaders, and most of these are things the NFL had to shy away from due to changing times. Players suffering major injuries is taken seriously now. And cheerleaders sometimes wear pants and thick jackets to games.
The only other thing that used to set the XFL apart were more camera angles and effects during the games, but TV coverage has evolved so much that there isn’t much more the XFL could do that isn’t already done at the NFL and even at the college level. Then you have the expense of renting stadiums/arenas (cost prohibitive to build their own) and putting a new infrastructure in place, and I just can’t see how anybody profits enough in the short term to make it worthwhile in the long term. On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:56 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 2:07 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We joke, but when you think about it, McMahon doesn't NEED a network. >> He's got a whole distribution apparatus in place via the WWE Network, >> although it'd probably piss off a lot of WWEN subscribers - especially if >> the price goes up as a result. >> > > Facebook Watch is dying to get something must-watch to build its brand. I > think as we go forward in time the need to have a TV network partner will > be less important. To attract a younger audience you need to put your > content on the screens they carry, not expect them to sit in front of a TV > set. > > I posted a link I found in a tweet earlier today. In the responses to that > tweet somebody said he'd be a supporter if the teams were in the southeast > rather than in the big cities on the coasts. That shows me a way the XFL > could succeed - put the teams in the SEC region or even across the south > and recruit southern alumni who didn't get picked up by the NFL. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
