Saw this video on YouTube of The Rock and his team discussing with ESPN their creation of the UFL which .. “The United Football League, a powerful combination of the XFL and USFL, will provide passionate sports fans with an entertaining, innovative and action-packed season” - ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro
@Huerisitc I figured you’d especially appreciate this. I’m actually looking forward to this league and going to give it a legitimate try.
https://youtu.be/YuQf34I3RnU?si=Xk_JnOOHwTAU871FDid the rock shrink or is that chick huge?
You were 100% against it last year, so what made you change your mind?
I was concerned Fox would try to push the XFL out so I guess this is a decent outcome although I would rather have seen them stay independent.
Funny now that they made it the corporate interests have decided to join them (I'm impressed they were able to read the writing on the wall this quickly) and probably try to wrest control from the inside.
I hope the XFL read that contract they signed because saying you have 50 percent means nothing unless your only in it for the money.
It's the same thing the futures markets do to control securities.
So basically it boils down to fox bought 50% of the xfl for IIRC $150million (what they spent to make and play a season of the usfl).
I'd say they got quite a deal.
I don't have the time nor the inclination to look into it but I wonder how this is going to effect how players from this league and colleges go into the draft if at all.
Specifically I'm wondering if they wrote into the rules that players are screwed like the college kids with capped rookie contracts when getting picked up for the nfl?
