elizium Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Not a meme, just my reality. We got fucking ice pellets coming down on us. Ice pellets! Anyway, back on topic, I decided to go back and read what that AAF radio shill Rippa posted on page 2 has been saying since the league collapsed. He's declared the Hotshots as league champs. Congrats to them, but there will be no bonus to pay for the hotel bills you guys are now stuck with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 The Winnipeg Ice Pellets would have been a good team name. Too bad the AAF was American, and incompetent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26478796/xfl-3-point-tries-2-point-ot-shootouts Not entirely awful ideas - the overtime particularly sounds pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 BTW - the report that came out yesterday was the AAF went to Vince and offered to merge with the XFL and Vince told them no So the folks thinking Vince would buy their assets... not likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) What assets are even left? A bunch of teams with a failed 8-game stink and a player pool whose best talent has already been poached by the NFL since they shut down. I mean I guess something could be said for half-off weight benches. Edited April 9, 2019 by CSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Just now, CSC said: http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26478796/xfl-3-point-tries-2-point-ot-shootouts Not entirely awful ideas - the overtime particularly sounds pretty interesting. I'm all for ideas like this, but I'm of the opinion that if you are going to fight a juggernaut you can't win by playing the juggernaut's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 56 minutes ago, CSC said: What assets are even left? A bunch of teams with a failed 8-game stink and a player pool whose best talent has already been poached by the NFL since they shut down. One would assume the trademarks to the team names, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, RIPPA said: One would assume the trademarks to the team names, etc... I can't imagine they hold much value though. I still think Vince should've just taken their money instead of this nonsense he's doing, but he does look better prepared than they were at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) Why would you want this to be anything aside from an unmitigated disaster for Vince McMahon, though? Edited April 9, 2019 by Contentious C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, Contentious C said: Why would you want this to be anything aside from an unmitigated disaster for Vince McMahon, though? Because if it's a success, there's a non zero chance he focuses fully on this and goes hands off with WWE? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 In the long run - a successful secondary league that would force colleges to actually take care of their players by giving an alternative to the college to NFL model. But even I know there's like a .000001% chance the XFL would turn into that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 It should be in the other thread, but i heard a pod with the CFL commish talking about all the changes they were trying to make to grow the league and/or stay around, including trying to grow their game in places like Mexico and Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Wonder how much Play It Again Sports gave them for their gear? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 TIL Play it Again Sports is still around. I wish we still had one here. I got all of my hockey equipment and a lot of weight lifting equipment from there back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 Basically - assuming this is all close to true - Charlie Ebersol and Tom Dundon immediately got into a power struggle, Ebersol tried to get another investor to undercut Dundon, Dundon found out and basically killed the league to spite Ebersol Oh and Ebersol basically sold everyone on THE RIGHTS DEAL WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 So what exactly does this mean for players that have signed NFL deals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 29 minutes ago, CSC said: So what exactly does this mean for players that have signed NFL deals? WELCOME TO THE X.... F..... L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Wait, how the hell can they enforce contracts that they have breached? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 Per Jay Glazer, Kevin Gilbride will be the New York coach I will not be rooting for that franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 The Sports Business Journal put out an article last week about how completely unprepared the AAF was even before launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Oliver Luck was on SiriusXM yesterday and basically said the XFL wouldn't sign Colin Kaepernick because his asking price was probably too high. (Emphasis mine.) And lord, the fucking worminess of that answer.... it sounds like they all sat around a conference table and asked how they could say no to a guy who would be a god in their league and not make it seem... well, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Jonathan Hayes was announced as HC of the St Louis franchise Hayes - by far the least known coach so far - was an assistant for Marvin Lewis forever Also during the press conference, Oliver Luck said they would announce their broadcast partners in a couple of weeks but their plan is that two games a week would be on broadcast TV and two games a week would be on cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 And per Jason La Confora - Jeff Fisher will be the Houston franchise coach We truly live in the best timeline 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Every league needs a 8-8 team. Or whatever number of games this league will have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Get ready for some 4-6 bullshit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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