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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
Oh yeah, he'll use the WWE brand and mechanics. Guys like Stone Cold will be the voice of whatever team might land in Podunk, TX... it will be what they did originally.
I think they did a 30 for 30 on the XFL. Recall seeing a documentary and it was really a shitshow behind the scenes. If done right, he's got the brand and auidence to make it work.
Question is money and can he stay away from the business of the WWE and surround himself with true football talent behind the scenes to make it happen?
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He said there where will be zero WWE crossover but we will see. I just don't see how he will be able to afford it.
I do like the idea of a 2 hour game though. PFT has some ideas how this is going to work and if it is basically a constant 2 minute drill that could be decent.
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The easiest way to trim a full hour from the XFL experience would be to use a running clock until the final five or two minutes of a half. The clock, for example, would keep moving during each possession, pausing only after a score, punt, or turnover.
Another alternative would be to treat incomplete passes the same way the NFL currently treats plays that end up out of bounds, with the clock stopping until the ball is ready for play. But that alone may not be enough to fit a full game into two hours.
Ultimately, the right combination could be a running clock, until the final five or two minutes of the half, coupled with a shortened play clock that essentially forces teams to run a two-minute drill for the full 60 minutes of clock time. Which would definitely hold the audience in place — and it would definitely create old-school football in one very important way: The quarterback would end up calling the plays.
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