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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
There are plenty of people who watch sports constantly all year round. Including soccer fans who move on from EPL to MLS. But you're also looking at this as some mass market play. I think you're underestimating how many of those same families who live in Des Moines that are looking for things to do with their kids in January. If Major League Lacrosse can pull in a few thousand per game and MLS can pull in 15-20K despite being very inferior to European soccer (and if USL can pull 8K to even 20K for a league even inferior to MLS), then XFL can certainly pull in a decent crowd if it's run well. Portland soccer is an excellent example of how something like this could work.
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Maybe it can develop a niche following. If McMahon's goal is to create something small like that Arena or the Indoor league, maybe he can. It's just hard to envision something that failed so spectacularly 20 years ago(basically)becoming a hit now. Also, you gotta get off the January thing. Nobody is watching this shit at least until the NFL season ends. If McMahon wants to give it any shot, he'd start it the week after the Super Bowl. He'll have a small window. Come the second week of March, nobody is watching the XFL either.