Action Newsroom 1300 Posted April 7, 2022 Posted April 7, 2022 This week, the XFL began preparations for its return during its 2023 season with a brand new look, feel and drive, including a new logo that deviates from the logos of the Vince McMahon era, and signifies the new Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital era. (Wow, needs some color.) Here's the mission statement.
AdamTheJ 90 Posted April 8, 2022 Posted April 8, 2022 I’m not so sure about why they needed to change the logo. It makes me wonder why no good could come out of just leaving the logo alone.
RGSJenkins 435 Posted April 9, 2022 Posted April 9, 2022 The new XFL was served a cease and desist letter by Togethxr, a media company owned by Sue Bird, Chole Kim, Simone Manuel, and Alex Morgan. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/revived-xfl-cease-and-desist-media-company-founded-sue-bird-similar-logo-003302895.html
The Frog 435 Posted May 17, 2022 Posted May 17, 2022 XFL has announced a new TV deal with Disney. Games will air across ABC, ESPN, and FX. XFL ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST AGREEMENT WITH THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ESPN
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted May 17, 2022 Posted May 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Frog said: XFL has announced a new TV deal with Disney. Games will air across ABC, ESPN, and FX. XFL ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST AGREEMENT WITH THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ESPN Probably the first time FX has aired any sports in a number of years. 2
Action Newsroom 1300 Posted May 17, 2022 Author Posted May 17, 2022 1 hour ago, The Frog said: XFL has announced a new TV deal with Disney. Games will air across ABC, ESPN, and FX. Totally looking forward. I might even subscribe to ESPN+ just for this.
nickp 340 Posted May 17, 2022 Posted May 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Newsjunkie24 said: Probably the first time FX has aired any sports in a number of years. FX aired NASCAR in the early 2000's 2
CubsFan79 58 Posted May 18, 2022 Posted May 18, 2022 Little surprised by XFL moving to ABC ESPN after being on NBC and FOX.
ActionNewsAficianado 3 Posted May 19, 2022 Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 7:23 PM, CubsFan79 said: Little surprised by XFL moving to ABC ESPN after being on NBC and FOX. They were never on NBC. The 2020 season was set to air on ABC, ESPN, FOX, and FS1/2.
NYTV 122 Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 7:11 PM, nickp said: FX aired NASCAR in the early 2000's FX and the former Fox Family also aired MLB games during the early years of the MLB on Fox era from 1997-2001, as seen here
Action Newsroom 1300 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Posted July 25, 2022 Plans are finalizing for the 2023 season. New cities Las Vegas, Orlando and San Antonio join the list of eight franchises -- replacing L.A., NYC and Tampa. Kickoff is on February 18. https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/34290066/las-vegas-orlando-san-antonio-new-cities-join-xfl https://deadline.com/2022/07/xfl-2023-season-cities-teams-coaches-1235076488/ 1
LoadStar 364 Posted July 25, 2022 Posted July 25, 2022 Based on the unfortunately COVID truncated "XFL 2.0," I'm hopeful for this iteration. Can't be any worse than the USFL. I think they got ratings of 2... not a 2 share, 2 people. 1
nycnewsjunkie 1445 Posted July 25, 2022 Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, LoadStar said: Can't be any worse than the USFL. I think they got ratings of 2... not a 2 share, 2 people. They got 1.52 million for the championship game, and about 715k on average. Not superb, but not bad for a startup league. Also, they finished the season, which is more than could be said for the AAF/XFL. And they’re renewed for a second season. Edited July 25, 2022 by nycnewsjunkie Rewording 1
LoadStar 364 Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 8:31 AM, nycnewsjunkie said: They got 1.52 million for the championship game, and about 715k on average. Not superb, but not bad for a startup league. Also, they finished the season, which is more than could be said for the AAF/XFL. And they’re renewed for a second season. That's actually a lot more than I thought, at least when based on the number of people who attended games in person. As far as XFL 2.0, that wasn't really their fault. It was an unfortunate result of COVID hitting and shutting everything down indefinitely. Before that, they seemed to have everything going for them. They had managed to attract decent in-person attendance, a seemingly respectable fanbase, and their TV ratings were (if I recall correctly) relatively decent for a startup league. (I'm sure someone will correct me on the ratings.) (AAF, on the other hand, was just bad product. Not the joke that was XFL 1.0, but just lousy football. Plus, IMO, the coverage really felt like the "brokered time deal" that I believe it was... everyone involved in the production seemed to be contractually obligated to laud the greatness of the AAF. It was kind of nauseating.) 1 1
bammy99 25 Posted August 1, 2022 Posted August 1, 2022 Alright people, I'm back, let's talk sports. On 7/26/2022 at 3:24 PM, LoadStar said: That's actually a lot more than I thought, at least when based on the number of people who attended games in person. Attendance did look paltry for the most part.. if the USFL has teams play in home cities next season, I can only wonder if that'll still be the case. On 7/24/2022 at 8:43 PM, Action Newsroom said: Plans are finalizing for the 2023 season. New cities Las Vegas, Orlando and San Antonio join the list of eight franchises -- replacing L.A., NYC and Tampa. Kickoff is on February 18. Orlando and San Antonio make sense... attendance numbers were strong when the AAF was in town (SA led the league, average of 27,721, Orlando nearing 20k).. Vegas sticks out though, with no stadium deal in place (would assume they'd try to stick a deal at Allegiant, I think Sam Boyd's out of the equation). Be interesting to see what happens next. 1
Action Newsroom 1300 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Posted November 2, 2022 Here's your first look at the teams: 1
Viper550 292 Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 ESPN appears to have iterated from the XFL 2020 graphics. Still a similar design based off the MNF graphics, but the scoreboard is much flatter and brighter (in fact it was blinding until they put the ticker up)
nycnewsjunkie 1445 Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 30 minutes ago, Viper550 said: ESPN appears to have iterated from the XFL 2020 graphics. Still a similar design based off the MNF graphics, but the scoreboard is much flatter and brighter (in fact it was blinding until they put the ticker up) Not sure about how I feel about the timeouts being stacked, but I kinda like it. It’s much better than what they use for the NFL. Apparently, they also show milliseconds when the clock goes under 1 minute, which apparently confused some people
Georgie56 3326 Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 ESPN has pulled XFL games from FX due to low ratings.
Action Newsroom 1300 Posted September 28, 2023 Author Posted September 28, 2023 The XFL is merging with the USFL. Details announced at a later date. 1
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