The NFL is failing miserable.
All you need to do is look at the declining TV ratings and pathetic stadium attendance to see just how bad things have become.
But WWE’s Vince McMahon may have hatched a plan to bring down the NFL once and for all.
The NFL can thank Colin Kaepernick and the players that took up his mantle for its recent failures.
But leadership in the NFL is also to blame considering their apathetic response to players disrespecting the flag and spitting on the sacrifices made in its honor.
Fans have checked out, they don’t want to have politics thrown in their face—they have relatives and ancestors who died for this country.
These spoiled millionaires have no idea what sacrifice means.
So what if WWE’s Vince McMahon tried to revive the XFL?
Would you watch it if players were required to stand for the flag?
Breitbart reports:
“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.
The WWE’s Vince McMahon is fits that bold and adventurous description and, reportedly, he is considering launching a new football league.
The first report of McMahon’s potential interest appeared on Twitter, via Brad Shepard:
EXCLUSIVE: Vince McMahon is looking to bring back the XFL and may announce it on January 25th, 2018.
— Brad Shepard 🤘🏻 (@TheBradShepard) December 16, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Vince McMahon told people in WWE that he developed the desire to bring back the XFL when he was doing the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on it.
WWE employees have been told internally to “get ready” because it is coming.
— Brad Shepard 🤘🏻 (@TheBradShepard) December 16, 2017
“The WWE, when asked to confirm or deny a potential XFL reboot by David Bixenspan of Deadspin.com, said this: ‘Vince McMahon has established and is personally funding a separate entity from WWE, Alpha Entertainment, to explore investment opportunities across the sports and entertainment landscapes, including professional football. Mr. McMahon has nothing further to announce at this time.’”
While that confirmation isn’t specific, it confirms the substance of Shepard’s report.
In 2001, Mcmahon, then of the WWF, launched a football league which attempted to complement the NFL, instead of rival it.
In February, Pro Football Talk wrote of a conversation between McMahon and NBC’s Dick Ebersol, where the two discussed a possible return of the XFL, or something similar to it.
The impetus behind that conversation sprung from a Sports Illustrated article which strongly supported the idea that football fans did not like the current direction of the NFL.
Instead of a focus on safety, concussions, and rules designed to prevent injury; fans seemed to want a return to “no holds barred” football.
The original version of the XFL was certainly that, featuring a combination of acrobatic hits with an atmosphere that seemed focused on entertainment instead of safety.”
If the XFL is revived, it will be interesting to see who will win the war. XFL or NFL?