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XFL to have 1, 2 and 3-point conversions, 2-point OT shootouts, forty-four players on the field at once during OT
- Thread starter ElectricBlanketFire
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It doesn't specify whether the 1pt is a kick attempt or if all point-after attempts are endzone-mandatory.
If people did this, then we wouldn't have had the Renaissance.
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You're right. Its more accurate to say that one owner of the three shot the AAF in the head.
https://www.sbnation.com/2019/4/3/1...lained-tom-dundon-charlie-ebersol-bill-polian
But that's not fun. You don't get anything from it. Especially if you're already against it.
Seriously, what sounds more exciting - giving your employees health insurance or creating your own goddamn football league? Dude probably gets boners thinking about this XFL shit.
But the real question is, will they have better health insurance than Vince's wrestlers or will Vince just appoint the WWE "doctors" to diagnose concussions?
Vince McMahon: "44 PLAYERS ON THE FIELD AT ONCE! A NEW EXCITING BRAND OF FOOTBALL!"
Reasonable Football Fan: "Yeah but with that many players 1/3rd of them aren't even going to be doing anything. It doesn't really add anything to..."
Vince McMahon: "44 PLAYERS! FORTY FOUR!"
Reasonable Football Fan: "Yeah but with that many players 1/3rd of them aren't even going to be doing anything. It doesn't really add anything to..."
Vince McMahon: "44 PLAYERS! FORTY FOUR!"
Thanks.. That article points to a myriad of problems though. There's 420 million dollars of potential investment that really ended up being 100 million. Whew.
I want a battle royale nfl game
It'll be like rugby where everyone is pushing each other for position
It'll be like rugby where everyone is pushing each other for position
1/3rd of them won't have anything to do unless...
they have four balls in play.
This sounds terrible. They won't lure any college prospects with the promise of a paycheck when they're playing this bullshit. There are so many better things that an old man's money could fund
I don't think this is a good idea but i also don't think too many people read past the "44 man" headline either.
He could take a fraction of that money and actually take care of his wrestlers.
Twice as many players as normal on the field? Is Vince "Greatest Royal Rumbling" this shit? Vince further sell his non-existent soul to Saudi Arabia?
No he didn't, the XFL lost 70M which was split between WWE and NBC.
Can we get field goals that get more and more points depending on how far away the kick is from? Like you kick from the 60 yard line and it's like "Welp, that's 8 points."
Guys, I don't think this is 44 players all going at once. If this is akin to say, an NHL shootout, they'll go from one side to another. From the article linked in the OP:
I think the only way to have it over that quickly without it being complete fucking chaos is to have everyone on the field so they switch back and forth easily instead of utilizing only one side of the field and having to trot offenses and defenses in and out. The question for me would indeed be about officials. Would they split them up and have each officiate one side? But I don't think this proposal is as crazy as some of you are making it out to be.
I think the only way to have it over that quickly without it being complete fucking chaos is to have everyone on the field so they switch back and forth easily instead of utilizing only one side of the field and having to trot offenses and defenses in and out. The question for me would indeed be about officials. Would they split them up and have each officiate one side? But I don't think this proposal is as crazy as some of you are making it out to be.
This makes sense, but it's still pretty stupid to call it as a 44 person OT period if that's the case. Either way, people are going to be disappointed.
oh you sweet summer child, you think they're going to pay refs
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Like, how do you even manage substitutions. You have to completely rewrite your playbook for OT, it might as well be an entirely different game at that point. I'm not so sure the field could even rea9nably fit that many people
The 44 player thing would make sense if teams could choose to go for 1, 2 or 3 points in overtime. If it's always 2 points, then there is virtually no strategy involved... Playing together just makes a mess.
Imagine a team winning by 2 points, 2 plays to go. They decide to go for 1 point, fail, at the same time the other team goes for 3 and is now winning by 1. Last play, they don't know how many points they are going for, so there is some bluff/strategy going on. You might go for 3 (harder) because you think the other one would go for 2 - but they actually went for 1. You just put yourself in a more difficult play unnecessarily. It's kinda like the last play in a basketball game when you don't know if you should guard the 3pt line or the paint.
Imagine a team winning by 2 points, 2 plays to go. They decide to go for 1 point, fail, at the same time the other team goes for 3 and is now winning by 1. Last play, they don't know how many points they are going for, so there is some bluff/strategy going on. You might go for 3 (harder) because you think the other one would go for 2 - but they actually went for 1. You just put yourself in a more difficult play unnecessarily. It's kinda like the last play in a basketball game when you don't know if you should guard the 3pt line or the paint.
