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posted by martyb on Saturday January 27 2018, @05:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the Rollerball-was-set-in-2018... dept.

The XFL American football league, which played a single season in 2001, could return in 2020:

Television ratings for the N.F.L. have fallen 17 percent over the past two seasons. The league is embroiled in a continuing crisis over concussions, and youth participation rates are falling.

All of this suggests a difficult future for the sport, yet the N.F.L.'s most notorious competitor, Vince McMahon's X.F.L., has a comeback in the works. McMahon, the chairman and chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, announced on Thursday that he would take a second crack at professional football, with play scheduled to start in early 2020.

McMahon first tried to reimagine pro football 17 years ago. The old X.F.L. was a joint venture between the World Wrestling Federation (W.W.E.'s former name) and NBC, which had lost rights to broadcast N.F.L. games. Violence was amped up: An opening scramble replaced the coin toss and fair catches were banned. So was the sex appeal, with cheerleaders who were even more scantily clad than the ones in the N.F.L., and advertising that included innuendo about them.

[...] Other than the name, this version will have little in common with the old X.F.L., he said. There will be no cheerleaders, McMahon said. Players with criminal records will not be welcome. Political statements, such as kneeling during the national anthem, will be prohibited.

Also at ESPN and USA Today.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @06:02PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @06:02PM (#629001)

    This line is especially evil IMO. Assuming they weren't especially violent offenses, people who've paid their debts to society shouldn't be treated this way.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @06:05PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @06:05PM (#629005)

    Going to prison is being removed from society, so that the rest of us don't have to deal with your bullshit.

    It's like putting a child in "timeout". The adults want the child in a controlled environment where nobody has to think about him, and where he might do a little introspection about his behavior.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @07:42PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @07:42PM (#629067)

      Sure, but at some point the child is supposed to get out of "timeout", and be treated like a normal child again.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @09:13PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @09:13PM (#629144)

        Getting out of "timeout" is not making amends.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 27 2018, @06:11PM (2 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday January 27 2018, @06:11PM (#629011) Homepage

    It's probably just another jab at the nfl and other sports leagues, because the big leagues still keep thugs like Michael "Ron Mexico" Vick and all of the other purple drank-drinking girlfriend-beating hoodlums.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 29 2018, @03:00PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 29 2018, @03:00PM (#629819)

      Your example is horrible. Mike Vick paid his price and did his time. He even showed contrition. He didn't whine and bitch about his situation. His is the poster child for exactly how it should be done.

      • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:50AM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:50AM (#632277) Homepage

        Horseshit. His only regret was being caught, and of course he's going to do whatever the hell they tell him to do (or suggest he do) to keep making those multimillions per year.

        Valtrex ain't cheap, ya know.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @11:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @11:42PM (#629215)

    GET OFF THE INTERNET NOW! DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE! YOU WHINE AND CRY EVERY TIME I VISIT YOU. AND FFS GET RID OF THAT BONG PIPE ON THE BACK PORCH BECAUSE I'LL HAVE TO NOTICE IT IF I COME OVER THERE.

      - your parole officer

    • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday January 28 2018, @02:41AM (1 child)

      by captain normal (2205) on Sunday January 28 2018, @02:41AM (#629292)

      This calls for an "obnoxious" Mod. Al caps flaming AH post.

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      When life isn't going right, go left.
      • (Score: 1) by Crash on Sunday January 28 2018, @08:06AM

        by Crash (1335) on Sunday January 28 2018, @08:06AM (#629363)

        Or a Fill-in-the-Blank +/- Mod.