Stoops to the XFL

OmerV said:
I found an ESPN story that indicated the league would start playing in January of 2020.
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Good to know, I thought they were going head to head.

I do know they have no desire to be a developmental league for the NFL.
 
KingintheNorth said:
I'm a big believer in the need for a developmental football league. If done right, I think fans would support it. My issue is that these 4 leagues will oversaturate the market and not build up a big enough fan base capable of supporting it If you give fans too many choices on a new idea/product, they may just reject it all.

What I'm hoping now is that the NFL takes some of the innovation and ideas from these leagues and allows them to combine into one league, taking the strong franchises and forming an AFC - NFC type environment. The Alliance has some great ideas and solid football people (Bill Polian, Daryl Johnston, Phil Savage, etc.). The XFL has Oliver Luck , as well as Vince McMahon and DraftKings with some interesting ideas. I'm not liking what I'm seeing from the Freedom Football League and I don't think it will succeed. As far as the Pacific Pro League, I already like that Don Yee is challenging the conventional eligibility rules and is trying to lure Trevor Lawrence to be the face of the league while he waits for the 2021 NFL Draft.
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I agree that there is a need for a developmental league...but if I’m the NFL id try to nip all these leagues in the butt and do it myself. Expand practice squads and create your own sorta minor league system. Baseball has it and even the nba is transitioning towards it. Obviously it would be extremely difficult to figure out a 53 man roster, but I’m sure there’s some modifications someone could figure out to make it work.

Not only would it be a place for young players to develop, but it would also keep teams from signing guys literally off the street mid season.

I’m sure it’s much easier said than done of course...
 
tm1119 said:
I agree that there is a need for a developmental league...but if I’m the NFL id try to nip all these leagues in the butt and do it myself. Expand practice squads and create your own sorta minor league system. Baseball has it and even the nba is transitioning towards it. Obviously it would be extremely difficult to figure out a 53 man roster, but I’m sure there’s some modifications someone could figure out to make it work.

Not only would it be a place for young players to develop, but it would also keep teams from signing guys literally off the street mid season.

I’m sure it’s much easier said than done of course...
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Maybe the NFL isn't convinced it would be a viable product.
 
https://sports.yahoo.com/xfl-reiterates-willingness-sign-players-231131409.html

XFL reiterates its willingness to sign players not eligible for NFL, AAF

It could happen when the XFL offers significant (or, you know, any) pay to a college player otherwise too young to enter the NFL draft, or to sign with the AAF. Last week in Atlanta, XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck reiterated the position that the upstart league can, and presumably will, pursue players who aren’t yet eligible for the other major professional leagues.
 
Cowboy Brian said:
https://sports.yahoo.com/xfl-reiterates-willingness-sign-players-231131409.html

XFL reiterates its willingness to sign players not eligible for NFL, AAF

It could happen when the XFL offers significant (or, you know, any) pay to a college player otherwise too young to enter the NFL draft, or to sign with the AAF. Last week in Atlanta, XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck reiterated the position that the upstart league can, and presumably will, pursue players who aren’t yet eligible for the other major professional leagues.
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from the article...


It’s a fascinating prospect, one that could potentially turn the current college model upside down, if enough players choose to get paid to play over not getting paid. At some point, the NCAA, the NFL, and/or the AAF may have to adjust — and if that adjustment means more kids getting fair compensation for their efforts and sacrifices, good.


Except the Pacific Pro League already suggested this.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/st...emsons-trevor-lawrence-new-league/2741455002/

from that article...

“Our player population will be players such as Trevor Lawrence at Clemson,” Yee said during a pre-Super Bowl interview on 104-5 “The Zone,” a sports talk show based out of Nashville, Tennessee. “We would like to make him an employment offer, professionalize him right away, be our Joe Namath.

“Adidas is one of our founding sponsors, and I think they might want to make him an endorsement proposal. He would be professional and he would learn an NFL-style game with us before he declares for the (NFL) Draft.”
 
Cowboy Brian said:
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KingintheNorth said:
from the article...


It’s a fascinating prospect, one that could potentially turn the current college model upside down, if enough players choose to get paid to play over not getting paid. At some point, the NCAA, the NFL, and/or the AAF may have to adjust — and if that adjustment means more kids getting fair compensation for their efforts and sacrifices, good.


Except the Pacific Pro League already suggested this.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/st...emsons-trevor-lawrence-new-league/2741455002/

from that article...

“Our player population will be players such as Trevor Lawrence at Clemson,” Yee said during a pre-Super Bowl interview on 104-5 “The Zone,” a sports talk show based out of Nashville, Tennessee. “We would like to make him an employment offer, professionalize him right away, be our Joe Namath.

“Adidas is one of our founding sponsors, and I think they might want to make him an endorsement proposal. He would be professional and he would learn an NFL-style game with us before he declares for the (NFL) Draft.”
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I have never heard of the PPL.

XFL will have either Fox or ABC behind it, with a half billion dollars in launch funding. You're talking Times Square billboards, on top of their baked in WWE marketing machine (#1 social media following of any entity period; accounting for its "superstars")
 
I could see where being both GM and Coach...plus the challenge of building a team from the ground up...would be enticing to Stoops.
He loves a challenge...and control....this gives him all that.
Who wouldn't want to build something like this...from scratch.
Hope he's successful...always been a fan.
 
OmerV said:
He took a floundering OU program that hadn’t even won the conference championship in 13 years and that had a losing record each of the previous 3 years, and in his second season won the national championship. Overall he had a 190-48 record as a head coach and won 2 national championships. Not many that have done better than that.
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I believe he won 1 and was 9-9 in bowl games and was scored on more than they scored.
 
KingintheNorth said:
These leagues, the XFL, the Alliance, Freedom Football League (Ricky Williams, Terrell Owens, Simeon Rice), and the Pacific Pro League (Tom Brady's agent Don Yee and Ed McCaffery) are all competing to become the NFL 's official developmental league. The NFL not so secretly put it out there that they are looking to establish a developmental league as part of their next collective bargaining agreement before the 2021 season. They also think a developmental league would help strengthen the long-term health and sustainability of professional football.
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The Alliance isn't secretly doing anything. Each team in that league has 4 designated NFL franchises, meaning they already have an arrangement with the NFL. The Cowboys are designated for the San Antonio Commanders.
 
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