Do Vince McMahon and Charlie Ebersol really think they are going to turn a profit. Both leagues are going to be an inferior brand of football with substandard players. The books will again put lines up because there is no chance a player making $75000 a season wouldn't do something to put an extra of couple dollars in his pocket. The same player wouldn't be aware that most likely the league will fold in a couple of years and he will be back working at 7/11 for $10 an hour. The AAF says they are going to pay coaches $500,000 a year. It's like an old folks home for coaches. Steve Spurrier is 73, Mike Martz is 67, Dennis Erickson is 71. They are going to pay their players $50000 a season plus incentives. I guess they all can dream that they will be the next Kurt Warner. Why don't the other sports start substandard leagues and televise games. There has to plenty of NBA players who are cut and players who end up going to Europe. You could do the same in baseball. You have guys stay in the minors their whole career. Create another professional baseball league to compete against MLB.
The XFL was a gimmick before and is a gimmick now. Same goes for the AAF. If people enjoy watching players who can't make an NFL practice squad, go for it. The difference between the old AFL, the USFL and the ABA were they competing directly with the NFL and NBA and outbid them for real talent coming out college. You think a player like Reggie White would ever end up in the XFL. No, the USFL outbid for his services that's how Memphis got him.
The XFL was a gimmick before and is a gimmick now. Same goes for the AAF. If people enjoy watching players who can't make an NFL practice squad, go for it. The difference between the old AFL, the USFL and the ABA were they competing directly with the NFL and NBA and outbid them for real talent coming out college. You think a player like Reggie White would ever end up in the XFL. No, the USFL outbid for his services that's how Memphis got him.
