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Ha! Trump fans think we're "losing our minds" over the XFL announcement. (Original Post) Initech Jan 2018 OP
Yeah really have at it. If naked women running around with a football off season didn't succeed Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #1
The XFL was from Y2K. Dawson Leery Jan 2018 #2
Oh yeah? Well I'll build my own NFL with blackjack and hookers! Initech Jan 2018 #7
Bwaaaaaa Glamrock Jan 2018 #17
Large and in charge! Initech Jan 2018 #18
Lets go already! Glamrock Jan 2018 #19
I need a refill! Initech Jan 2018 #20
Best line.... Glamrock Jan 2018 #21
The only thing I wondered about kcr Jan 2018 #3
Lol...truth! Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #16
Too stupid to comment. Except, I did. nt OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2018 #4
What is XFL and what was the announcement? Squinch Jan 2018 #5
All you need to know: Initech Jan 2018 #8
Oh lord. On the bright side, this guy is going to lose his shirt, which is always nice. Squinch Jan 2018 #11
XFL is Takket Jan 2018 #10
Ah! A place where manly men can drag their knuckles till they're skinless! How sweet for them. Squinch Jan 2018 #12
Now with MORE brain trauma!!! eom Maeve Jan 2018 #23
So It Will Be Fake Football Like Pro Wrestling?... Grassy Knoll Jan 2018 #6
I was having a good laugh browsing some of the comments from the Trumplodytes on Twitter. Initech Jan 2018 #9
I Can Only Imagine The Dopey Team Names... Grassy Knoll Jan 2018 #15
WTF is XFL? Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #13
College Football is So Much Better than NFL Anyway Stallion Jan 2018 #14
While I'm Not The Biggest Football Fan In The World. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #26
Sorry, but unless Rod Smart bka He Hate Me is involved in this new XFL. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2018 #22
They are also not going to allow players who have criminal records maryellen99 Jan 2018 #24
Oh boy! RussBLib Jan 2018 #25
I've legitimately never heard of the XFL, and probably won't care about the newest supposed outrage. Oneironaut Jan 2018 #27
XFL sounds like something one sees in a store for over sized men, extra large. kydo Jan 2018 #28
 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
1. Yeah really have at it. If naked women running around with a football off season didn't succeed
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:11 PM
Jan 2018

then nothing will.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
2. The XFL was from Y2K.
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:11 PM
Jan 2018

No one decent cares about drug pusher McMahon's delusions of building his own NFL.

Initech

(100,081 posts)
7. Oh yeah? Well I'll build my own NFL with blackjack and hookers!
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:21 PM
Jan 2018

On second thought forget about the NFL!

kcr

(15,317 posts)
3. The only thing I wondered about
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:13 PM
Jan 2018

was if there will be any role for He Hate Me. He's the only thing I remember about the XFL.

Takket

(21,577 posts)
10. XFL is
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:27 PM
Jan 2018

"extreme football"

they put together a league about 20 years ago offering basically what they thought was a more "manly" version of football. because i guess they thought watching guys bash their brains together until they die of CTE wasn't macho enough. it featured some different rules, cameras in the cheerleader lockerrooms, etc. it was a horrific flop and the league folded. a few players were good enough that they actually signed on with NFL teams.

i'm sure the new version will promise no rules to cut down on "big hits", more skimpy dressed cheerleaders and of course "all players must stand for the anthem".

they are seeing a weakening of the NFL's brand because NFL players dared to stand up to many fans' God (drumpf) and moving in to try and capture that low IQ audience.

Squinch

(50,955 posts)
12. Ah! A place where manly men can drag their knuckles till they're skinless! How sweet for them.
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:28 PM
Jan 2018

Thanks for the info.

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
6. So It Will Be Fake Football Like Pro Wrestling?...
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:20 PM
Jan 2018

....Mind Still Intact, But My Stomach Aches From Some LOL!

Initech

(100,081 posts)
9. I was having a good laugh browsing some of the comments from the Trumplodytes on Twitter.
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:24 PM
Jan 2018

"Liberals are losing their minds!"
"Finally a league with class!"
"Fuck the No Fans League!"

And other shit like that. It's amusing to say the least!

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
15. I Can Only Imagine The Dopey Team Names...
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:41 PM
Jan 2018

..."Tennessee Trump Humpers"
"Texas Teabaggers"
"Georgia Gunpowders"
..Etc.

Freethinker65

(10,024 posts)
13. WTF is XFL?
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:31 PM
Jan 2018

Is that the old arena football thing? And why should I care, not many cared about it so it folded years ago. Must be something new.

Stallion

(6,476 posts)
14. College Football is So Much Better than NFL Anyway
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:33 PM
Jan 2018

Big game college Football ratings are surging. NFL not so much. Much better pre-game experience and more exciting game atmosphere

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
26. While I'm Not The Biggest Football Fan In The World. . .
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:45 AM
Jan 2018

. . .after all, i'm a Bears fan and they haven't been excellent in quite some time, i'm on the other side of the fence on the college game than you. It's slower, too "coachy", and is, today, highly dependent upon the fact that on the same size field, defenders who are never sniffing the NFL, or CFL, or Arena League, can't cover that much ground. That makes it the minor leagues to me.

I honestly don't get the attraction of rooting for a team from a school one did not attend. I guess i can see it in the south 40 years ago or more when there were no teams in Atlanta, the Carolinas, New Orelans, and only one team in FL. The regional aspect of rooting for someone you could actually get in the car to go see makes sense i guess. But i don't get it once there were no longer regional voids in the NFL.

Oneironaut

(5,504 posts)
27. I've legitimately never heard of the XFL, and probably won't care about the newest supposed outrage.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:47 AM
Jan 2018

Of course, every time "Liberal headz r exploding!!1!," it's really just a few Tumblr trolls that Republicans think represent the entire Democratic party.

kydo

(2,679 posts)
28. XFL sounds like something one sees in a store for over sized men, extra large.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:49 AM
Jan 2018

This league will go the same way all the other start up football leagues went, bankrupt. Especially if they have anything to do with the orange don.

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