01-25-2018, 03:58 PM | #81 |
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What is that guy "Michael Lutz" talking about
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01-25-2018, 04:03 PM | #82 |
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He sounds like Shawn Michaels in this vid ffs.
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01-25-2018, 04:07 PM | #83 |
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I agree
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01-25-2018, 04:16 PM | #84 |
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National Anthems in sports are dumb. I fully support anyone's right to protest during them. But if Vince McMahon wants his stupid patriot league, and is like DEADSET on those rules, then so be it.
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01-25-2018, 04:18 PM | #85 |
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01-25-2018, 04:20 PM | #86 |
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lol oh FFS
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01-25-2018, 04:24 PM | #87 |
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People standing by tallying perceived microaggressions.
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01-25-2018, 04:25 PM | #88 |
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Well, Shaun King is a race baiter and jobber on Twitter so this tweet was expected.
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01-25-2018, 04:29 PM | #89 |
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Plus Vince was clearly talking about Manziel.
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01-25-2018, 04:37 PM | #90 |
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After 2016 I cut myself off from news/politics. Still shows up on my facebook feed which augments in my mind to a box that says "why are you still on here, go live life dude" so I go live life, brother(s)
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01-25-2018, 04:44 PM | #91 |
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01-25-2018, 05:11 PM | #92 |
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That Shaun King tweet is quite a stretch from what was actually said.
I mean I think it's total bullshit that Kaepernick has been effectively blackballed from the NFL. Any argument that he's not good enough to play there can be debunked fairly quickly when you compare his career to the Brandon Weedens of the world. So if he's then told he can't play in the XFL, it's obviously due to his social stances, and it'd be 100% fine to call bullshit on the league. But there's no evidence yet he won't be allowed to play there and the league is still two years away. So King should cool his jets. |
01-25-2018, 05:16 PM | #93 | |
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The part I find funny is how he said "no politics or social issues!" And then forces his politics on people. It would be easily avoided anyway, just do the anthem before the players come out. Seems to be a cynical marketing move anyway. It's not like he has the anthem played at Wrestlemania even. |
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01-25-2018, 05:18 PM | #94 |
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01-25-2018, 05:19 PM | #95 |
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I get what Destor means about Shaun King now...
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01-25-2018, 05:33 PM | #96 |
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Vince gonna vince. If he mandates players stand then if they sign between the dotted lines they know what theyre going to get into.
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01-25-2018, 05:42 PM | #97 |
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I'm worried that Vince McMahon focusing on this will mean a decline in the quality of WWE programming in the coming months.
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01-25-2018, 07:14 PM | #98 | |
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I'd be damn proud if the first version of "JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES" was the anthem. Theme was amazing |
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01-25-2018, 08:04 PM | #99 |
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01-25-2018, 08:18 PM | #100 |
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Very interested to see how this develops. That video package mentioned fantasy sports and.....BETTING?!?......makes it seem like they've got lots of other stuff up their sleeve. What they're trying to accomplish is doable, but they have very little room for error.
They've obviously gone all in on crowd source marketing and they're going to lean on it heavily in trying to figure out what they'll do differently from the NFL. |
01-25-2018, 08:31 PM | #101 | |
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Observer on XFL's chances of success looking at it from the perspective of players and television:
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01-25-2018, 08:47 PM | #102 |
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I really think that outside of his wheelhouse Vince sucks
but we will see |
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01-25-2018, 09:53 PM | #104 |
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Would you gamble on the XFL in week 1? Not being flippant, honestly curious. I'm not a big gambler so it seems like a crap shoot where as the whole idea of sports betting is because you think you "know something" that gives you an advantage.
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01-25-2018, 09:59 PM | #105 |
It's a blood match!
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I don't watch football much but I'll give it a shot and see how I like it.
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01-25-2018, 10:00 PM | #106 | |
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I mean, I'm throwing spitballs here but they would have to be total idiots to announce this and not have any idea where they want to show it. Not that the WWE or "Alpha" or whatever is above that I guess but maybe I have more faith in Vince than others. The anthem thing was just asked a bunch of times by the writers. They want Vince to take a hard stance on it to create controversy - not the kind of controversy you want at this stage if you're Vince. It wasn't something Vince brought up on his own. If you're going to say Vince made that a talking point, than he also made a talking point of trying to sell the XFL to San Diego and Pittsburgh. |
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01-25-2018, 10:03 PM | #107 |
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First week would probably be a random crapshoot but there's gotta be someone who would have talent evaluations to use.
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01-25-2018, 10:07 PM | #108 |
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01-25-2018, 10:36 PM | #109 | |
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League itself still has enough time for things to fall into place and the 2 year window is around the range needed based on other sports leagues. Its still a big gamble since Vince is trading away having a network at the start in favor of more time to build and hopefully be interesting enough to attract a good network or platform. The anthem thing I could see become tricky later if its still a big issue or Trump keeps feuding with the NFL by the time the XFL launches. Vince keeping it as just a simple bullet point helps him a lot but at the same time no players or coaches around to see what their stance or reaction is. |
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01-25-2018, 10:41 PM | #110 |
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Are they hiring?
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01-26-2018, 06:38 AM | #111 |
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01-26-2018, 08:05 AM | #112 |
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Looking to get in and get a quick severance pay, huh?
They're probably lucky arena football is dead, or they might get the third tier of footballmen |