Xenocide I always loved how they expected viewers to get really worked up over the fact that the championship winning team got a million dollars (to be split between everyone on the team.)
Meanwhile, NFL players were too busy using a million dollars as dog toilet paper to notice.
memedumpster That is a good point, and considering the latest strike, XFL may have actually been far less pretentious than the NFL. Now I feel bad that I've never seen this beyond poe.
citrusmirakel Excuse me, it should be a HEHATEME tag.
Idiot.
hammsangwich My fantasy football team name is always hehateme.
"Who hates you?"
"HE DO!"
MacGyver Style Bomb Off-Season football could work, just without all the glitz, excess machismo, and forced drama that the XFL tried to pull.
Having players who can make complete passes would also help.
jangbones still holds the record for lowest-rated primetime broadcast ever
twinkieafternoon First football league with bird's-eye camera and mic'd players, which are both customary during Monday Night Football nowadays.
Also, first football league to replace cointosses for possession with making opposing players both run at a ball full speed and sever their fibia's to get it.
With the XFL, you take your pick, really.
hammsangwich I remember watching the inaugural game and one of the guys separated his shoulder before the game even started, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura went on and on about how badass it was that you could end your career before even taking a snap.
Nominal This whole thing was a sad low budget version of the kind of football from Any Given Sunday.