On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 4:29 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know that XFL cheerleaders were any more jiggling but the camera > work was leering, what was referred to in "Full Metal Jacket" as fur and > early morning dew. > Ultimately advertisers will determine if the XFL succeeds and McMahon > might be plugged into them because of his WWE franchise. > > Not sent from an iPhone > On Jan 25, 2018, at 1:12 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >> > I think the original sin of the XFL was to try to scale to the NFL at its beginning. That was due to the partnership with NBC who did not have any pro football. If the league front office and team operators concentrate on building a sustainable league before getting stars in their eyes the XFL can have a chance. To get a following they have to become popular with gamblers and fantasy players. And for the first couple of years they have to concentrate on building local presence and filling their stadiums. And for stadiums there should be local college stadiums available. And San Diego and Oakland will have (outdated) NFL stadiums. -- 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.
