There are highly anticipated remakes/re-imaginings (for example, Bladerunner 2049) and then there's Vince McMahon recycling an idea that flopped the first time around with an added side of MAGA family values. Are you ready for some XFL football?!! No? Well, I can't say that I blame you. Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised the second time out, but I wouldn't bet much more than a wooden nickel on it.
In case you're too young to remember the original XFL, or have worked really hard on forgetting it over the past couple decades, here's a refresher course - REMEMBER THE XFL?
But times have changed of course, since that is precisely what times are built to do. The upcoming XFL will be vastly different from the original version according to P.T. Barnum, I mean, Vince McMahon.
Vince McMahon is relaunching the XFL, promising a "shorter, faster-paced, family-friendly, and easier to understand" re-imagining of football. pic.twitter.com/0QCqcdjoRO— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 25, 2018
— XFL Football (@realXFLfootball) January 26, 2018
8 teams.— #XFL2020 (@ItsXFL2020) January 25, 2018
40 man rosters.
10 game season.
4 team semi-finals
1 championship game#XFL #XFL2020 pic.twitter.com/Au7bVyOJFo
Vince says he wants no players with any sort of criminal record. Even if you had a DUI, you will not be welcome to play in the XFL. #xfl2020— Jason Solomon (@solomonster) January 25, 2018
BREAKING: @VinceMcMahon’s new league will be called the XFL. Will start in Jan. 2020, have eight teams, players required to stand for National Anthem & Johnny Manziel is NOT eligible to play https://t.co/KEJA6Q4fua— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 25, 2018
When Johnny Manziel thought he could play in the XFL ... pic.twitter.com/ofHNyOdo2T— Steven R. Walker (@Steve_R_Walker) January 25, 2018
#XFL https://t.co/2M9MLZH1BP Because we just can't get enough football - https://t.co/i4nmXz5UfN https://t.co/1OsxxNvapL— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 25, 2018
The new XFL will be a "single entity sports league"--meaning the league will own everything, including the teams. This will have many ramifications for how the league operates and how it employs players. I explain in a new @theMMQB article: https://t.co/bZhD3NtMFu pic.twitter.com/N1sOfTwZ4J— Michael McCann (@McCannSportsLaw) January 26, 2018
As MINIMAL qualification to be a XFL team you should play and defeat the Browns in an entry test game— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 25, 2018
Colin Kaepernick said he's ready to go back to standing for the anthem so maybe, if he isn't blackballed for some other equally stupid reason, the XFL can become a home for him. Guessing he's not interested though. Colin Kaepernick sits this one out
Do pro wrestlers stand and salute for the anthem before pretending to fight each other or does Vince not make them do that?
Vince McMahon on his new football league requiring players to stand during the National Anthem: "It's a time honored tradition to stand."— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 25, 2018
Vince McMahon built his fortune on death, rampant steroid abuse (including his own), grotesque sexism, and racist minstrelsy. But by all means: stand for that flag. https://t.co/MUxpEoFN80— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) January 25, 2018
Interesting that Vince McMahon once thought his XFL would do well b/c it was designed to be sexier & more violent than NFL. Flash forward to older Vince and he thinks his league will do well b/c it's more family friendly. May as well be called GOPFL.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
Apparently his WWE has been trending in a more PG direction for years. News to me since I haven't watched that kind of stuff for ages. I guess WWE is no longer Playboy-lite with violence added to mix.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
XFL is billed to be safer than NFL. Assuming it's still TACKLE football I'm curious to see how that will be the case. Maybe he has patent on new helmet technology that will eliminate neck injuries and concussions. Probably not though.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 27, 2018
Physics remains physics. Big fast dudes repeatedly running into each other is going to result in injuries. But being gluttons for the punishment of others we probably wouldn't watch professional flag football or 2-hand touch.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
XFL supposedly will avoid any interference by politics and/or social issues as if life politely asks for permission to interrupt the serious business of grown men playing ball for a living. Maybe they should use robots to deter the unsavory human impulse to express one's self.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
Vince McMahon's wife works for Trump. So while the XFL "won't be political" that is simply coded language for it won't tolerate expression of liberal leaning beliefs. Yesterday's He Hate Me is tomorrow's MAGA.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
XFL will probably do about as well in its 2nd go round as Trump has done in his go round at the presidency. Okay, maybe not quite that god awful. But it's not likely to be pretty if the main attraction is "Zero DUI's on the field!!!".— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 25, 2018
It’s the “family friendly” part that’s truly hilarious. I really want to know what “family-friendly football” looks like. Does it drive a minivan? https://t.co/ZaF84W4Pf9— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 26, 2018
NFL ratings have been going down for years because the games don't remind people enough of episodes of The Waltons. https://t.co/MJFKgPWpLF— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
XFL is basically an NFL for Trump supporters, its creation is a naked attempt at monetising a divided America | Via Independent https://t.co/lUSGDHQKAU— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) January 26, 2018
I’m legitimately concerned the XFL is going to be used as a political device and if that doesn’t tell you where we are at in 2018...— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) January 26, 2018
I don't watch sports to see exhibitions of civil disobedience. I know they're paid to play, not protest. Every job has restrictions on free speech with the exception of self employment. But hiding from real life is an exercise in futility. Life happens and must be faced head on.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
A Line A Day: When Sports and Social Issues Collide https://t.co/oasE0oLm8U— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
XFL's "criminality" ban and implied anti-protest rule are definitely not about race, no sir. https://t.co/NU3bmFb91Y pic.twitter.com/l3rGIvjKCt— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 26, 2018
Criminality ban doesn't mean anti-black. Kinda like how blacks are no more like monkeys than whites. Granted, we know there are bigots who equate black people to both categories. I don't take the bait and cry racism even if I suspect racist motivation. H&M & Vince don't bother me https://t.co/1i62EAbXdM— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
At least one guy doesn't think that the XFL will actually come back. That would be the writer of this piece.
The new XFL is dumb as hell but thank God it's not actually real: https://t.co/2DWotiN9oP pic.twitter.com/5seWMmK1IN— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 26, 2018
Executive departing top level XFL meeting unsure where limo is parked. pic.twitter.com/1I9h3c5NEC— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 27, 2018
USFL comeback on deck?— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) January 26, 2018
There is SO MUCH going on in the world in 2018, SO MANY diversions, distractions and diverse forms of entertainment vying for our limited attention spans. 2020 will look no different except that there will be even more going on all at the same time, even if much of it is in the same place, that being the smart phone in the palm of your hand. So the XFL has a very steep uphill climb to become a thing that actually sticks around for a few years. The task ahead of Vince McMahon will be almost as difficult as this one...
No idea what this game is called, but whoever made it, is the devil. pic.twitter.com/Ec98aGXSDD— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) January 24, 2018
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