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Rumors
Aside, Fans Should Take a Big Bite of a World Without
the XFL
Mark
Nelson - TheFanForce.com - 2001.07.19
Just
like Andy Kaufman and the venerable Elvis the XFL's
death was unsure and frought with rumors of revival.
In the end the fans have lost out! The XFL's revival
will only be seen in the NFL's new camera angles and
the play of stars like LA Xtreme's Tommy Maddox.
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Catch
22 for the XFL
Mark
Nelson - XFLBoard.com - 2001.05.14
In
the end Vince McMahon had no choice to fold the league.
Once it was realized that UPN would not award a new
TV contract for the coming season the end of the league
had arrived. The performance of the XFL was directly
linked to the fortunes of the WWFE stock. ...
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Don't
Write Off the XFL
Troy
Pringle - XFLBoard.com - 2001.04.20
As
the first ever XFL season comes to a closing, let's
take some time to recollect some of the many exciting
moments of the inaugural season.
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The
XFL's Xclamation Point On Saturday
Mike
Mitchell - XFLBoard.com - 2001.04.19
It's
been a wild season for the XFL. The misunderstood league
has had a lot of ups and downs in it's first year. No
sports league has ever recieved more scrutiny then the
XFL. The league is trying to carve out a niche for itself
in a sporting world that is not willing to accept it.
Saturday Night at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the LA Xtreme
are pumped up to claim one million dollars and the XFL's
very first championship. ...
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The
Sports World Hates the XFL
Mike
Mitchell - XFLBoard.com - 2001.04.13
They hate us? or They Hate We?...... The Sporting World
has made their agenda well known. They have two words
for The XFL.... GO AWAY!...... Ever open your local
newspaper or listen to your local sports radio? If you
are looking for coverage of your favorite XFL team,
Good luck! ...
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Bias
Looks Bad on the Media
Sonny
Sanders - XFLBoard.com - 2001.03.09
Behind
all of this ranting about the evils of professional
wrestling mixing with real sports is a dirty little
secret that they have failed to mention. Until recently
Ted Turner owned the WCW. A wrestling organization that
is just as sleazy as the WWF was owned by the man that
also owns the Atlanta Braves!! The WCW is no different
than the WWF. There is partial nudity, profanity, and
violence. Ted Turner’s company did the very things
that McMahon has been ridiculed for. Where was the outrage
about Turner degrading the MLB and the Atlanta the Braves?
Why is it that one man is viewed differently by the
media and considered a pariah while another is accepted?
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What
Did You Expect From the XFL?
Mike Mitchell - XFLBoard.com - 2001.03.01
The XFL is simply a sporting event in a fashion that
you have never seen before. It's an experiment that's
ahead of its time in broadcast sports. It's a league
where team is more important then individuals. A league
where success is rewarded and failures are reported.
It's a league that is free and fresh. A league where
sports meets reality TV and where sports meets entertainment.
Has NBC and WWFE combined those elements perfectly yet?
No. Will they successfully put those elements together?
Time will tell. What did you expect?
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How
to "Save" the XFL
The
Masked Prognosticator
- 2001.02.27
With
steady crowds in some cities, stabilizing ratings, and
a dedicated hardcore fan base, the death of the XFL
has been greatly exaggerated. The
ratings have declined but you knew that going in, though
their rapid decline is troubling. Rumors
abound that NBC will soon dump the XFL. I doubt it.
With tens of millions of dollars invested, and no football
contract with the NFL, the XFL should a home on NBC.
However, I feel strongly that the XFL's days in NBC's
Saturday night lineup are numbered, and that is fine.
The XFL belongs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, not
competing for prime time ratings.
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The
XFL is Bringing Us Real Football
Mark Nelson - XFLBoard.com - 2001.02.21
Why
not report on the real story here? Why not take the
XFL for what it is: Real football, presented in a unique
way, and setting a standard for the method in which
televised sports will be presented in the future. You
just know that the NFL, and other football leagues,
are going to be using some of the XFL's gadgetry when
they come back in their next season. For me, the XFL
moment that most impacted my opinion came in Week 2.
I keep picturing Outlaw's quarterback Ryan Clement rolling
on the field and moaning. Then he pointing out the "later
than usual" hit by Shante Carver that helped cause
his shoulder injury. Then he kept telling the training
staff "It's separated, it's separated" as
they escorted him off then field.
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NY-NJ
Hitmen GM Drew Pearson Comments on the XFL
The Masked Prognosticator
- 2001.02.13
For
those out there who think the XFL has not gone mainstream
should have listened to the Mike and Mad Dog Show on
New York's top rated sports talk station, WFAN 660-am
on Monday. Despite the Big Apple featuring eight major
league sports teams, including two that won a title
and one that fell short of such, the talk of the town
was obviously the New York-New Jersey Hitmen.
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Unnecessary
Roughness
Madd
Max - 2001.02.7
What
a weekend for the XFL. Vince
McMahon's brainstorm has television network executives
turning their heads. Whether you are for or against
the XFL, you have to hand it to Mr. McMahon, the opening
weekend ratings were better than you can imagine.
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6
February 2001
It's Real Football
Birmingham
Bolts Team Reporter Sonny Sanders is a football fan
who has been watching the rise of the XFL with some
trepidation. If the XFL wasn't going to provide "real
football" he was definitely going to be dissapointed.
Now that week one is complete Sonny is happy to report
that this is real football... [Read
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21
November 2000
We'll
Call it the Wild Thing
There
have been some good moments and some bad moments in
this trip that we call the rise of the XFL. This
latest moment, brought to you by ESPN the magazine and
Vince McMahon himself, has left most people baffled
as to how it should be defined. In
the latest issue of ESPN The magazine, Vince McMahon
has quoted that XFL players not only will be allowed
to date the cheerleaders, they'll even be encouraged
to do so. "Yes, our cheerleaders will date our
players," McMahon has said. "Yes, they'll
be hot babes ... We're going to have three or four of
them surround our announcers -- who'll be sitting in
the stands, by the way... then, when the quarterback
fumbles or the wideout drops a pass -- and we know who
he's dating -- I want our reporters right back in her
face on the sidelines demanding to know whether the
two of them did the wild thing last night"....
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31
October 2000
QBs
- Top of the Draft
The management of all eight XFL teams sent out the
same message on draft day: If you want to win a football
game you need a good quarterback. This is why the first
seven out of nine selections were quarterbacks. Scott
Milanovich, a 6-3, 220-pound quarterback, was the first
player taken by the XFL. He was the all-time leading
passer at Maryland and spent four seasons as a backup
for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last year, he played
for the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe.
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25
October 2000
The
XFL Draft
The
XFL draft may prove to be one of the more exciting events
that the XFL has staged on the road to its inaugural
game on the 3rd of Feb 2001. Over the weekend of 28-30
October, 2000, a total of 560 players will be picked
from a draft pool reported to be over 1500. [Read
Entire Article]
20
October 2000
"Butkus Proves It"
Many fans stepped forward to support the Chicago
Enforcers. Some even bought season tickets simply because
Dick Butkus was going to be on the sidelines. Most XFL
fans bought into the whole concept of Dick Butkus as
a Head Coach. Were they lied to?
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16
October 2000
The
Final XFL Player Selection Process
The
XFL draft is coming up in two weeks. It is time to take
a breather and reflect on how the final months of preparation
will be for the XFL teams. The
question that many people have been asking is this:
How will the XFL go from where they are now to having
8 fully staffed teams? [Read
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26
September 2000
Lights... Camera...
Action. Real, Live Action!
Even though the NFL is not sure of the exact nature
of what the XFL will unveil on February 3rd, 2001, they
are quickly retooling their broadcasts. In
case anybody from the NFL is reading this, here is a
tip. Go to your boardroom and see if you can match this:
The
XFL will be about football. Real live football. The
rest of the programming will be brought to you by the
same guys who brought you the Undertaker and The Rock...
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18
September 2000
Sixty-Seven
Days in San Jose
To San Jose, the XFL is acting like a long lost cousin
who came to visit for 67 days. There was a lot of hoopla
and "pats on the back" when they arrived,
but they didn't even say goodbye when they left. Like
the fellow once said, "ain't that a kick a head!"
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11
September 2000
It's
All Math
When the XFL was first announced, one of the comments
was "Who will play in such a league?" It seems
that the real question should have been "What will
the XFL do with all the potential players they turn
away?" [Read
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7
September 2000
Forget
About the CFL
What a bunch of confusing talk lately! All
this talk of sharing players and mergers with
the CFL. Where is all this coming from? [Read
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30
August 2000
In
Vince We Trust
When
the XFL announced the eight team nicknames, colors and
logos last week most fans were watching with a certain
level of excitement. Here at XFLBoard.com, we were also
waiting for the team names to be announced. Mostly though,
we wanted to see if the predictions on this board would
turn out to be correct. We got more than we bargained
for...
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Article ]
23
August 2000
It
Was a Blast...
The
XFL has announced that the team names will be revealed
on Thursday, 24 Aug 00 at 1PM EDT. We've been speculating
and rumor-mongering on this board for the past four
months and we are glad that the league will finally
make it all official... [Read
Entire Article]
21
August 2000
Smashmouth
Football? Smashmouth Marketing!
Have
you been following the rise of the XFL? How has the
trip been so far? Let me tell you… [Read
Entire Article]