Starlord Posted July 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 6 hours ago, unclevlad said: How about FC Foggy Bottom? In other NFL news, the league and PA agreed on a restart. Yeahh, well...I still have serious doubts. In the NYT article on the subject, there's a paragraph about the income loss: So there's a fairly firm number. Quite a bit..... They might have to lower the cap next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 25, 2020 Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 Honestly, I thought the guy might never walk again. Outstanding news. Washington QB Alex Smith cleared by his surgical team for full football activity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 7 hours ago, Pariah said: Honestly, I thought the guy might never walk again. Outstanding news. Washington QB Alex Smith cleared by his surgical team for full football activity I figured he would, but with or without a limp was in the air. (though the infection scare, you have apoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 The XFL has been purchased for $15M by a consortium of owners that includes Dwayne Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 56 minutes ago, Old Man said: The XFL has been purchased for $15M by a consortium of owners that includes Dwayne Johnson. Makes sense. Speculative, but Johnson's net worth is estimated north of 20x that, so he's presumably in a good position to take the chance. If it crashes and burns...he'll just make another movie. The XFL didn't fold due to bad product or bad management, so if they can rebuild it...it could fly. And they have some time, I suspect, to organize well. The spring/early summer time frame was good...but that means NOT 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 NFL and NBA personnel are wearing devices that monitor social distancing and blink red when they've been too close to each other Sounds really cool. I just heard about these on the press conference by the Bengal's head coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/3/2020 at 10:47 AM, Old Man said: The XFL has been purchased for $15M by a consortium of owners that includes Dwayne Johnson. On 8/3/2020 at 11:51 AM, unclevlad said: Makes sense. Speculative, but Johnson's net worth is estimated north of 20x that, so he's presumably in a good position to take the chance. If it crashes and burns...he'll just make another movie. The XFL didn't fold due to bad product or bad management, so if they can rebuild it...it could fly. And they have some time, I suspect, to organize well. The spring/early summer time frame was good...but that means NOT 2021. I still think any football league that isn't the NFL is a spectacularly bad investment. It's like a company that makes really good buggy whips -- even if the product is great, the stock is worth it because nobody outside of Amish country needs buggy whips. It's not just the $15 the new ownership is out. It's the costs involved in playing personnel, renting arenas, etc. (Why would a stadium rent to the XFL anyway, when nobody will be coming to the games?) This is merely a way for Vince McMahon to exit his program gracefully. He's lost several millions which he didn't recoup from this sale, but it does mean that he doesn't take all the blame when the whole thing crashes into the sea. I don't see the point of investing in an enterprise that is absolutely certain to go under (and should have already). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 Michael, I presume the XFL isn't planning to try to restart until things are much more settled. That's why I say 2021 is probably out, and 2022 would be a plausible target. There's an interesting article here: https://www.si.com/johnwallstreet/sports-business/xfl-television-viewership Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 You'd rent stadiums to the XFL because they are sitting empty otherwise. Some money is better than no money when dealing with a sunk cost like a stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 Yeah, and there are ways and places where you might make money. Seattle's XFL team hired Jim Zorn as their head coach, and Seattle responds to appeals to its sentimental past like no place I have ever seen. (The launch of Seattle's MLS team with unabashed appeals to the old Sounders, hiring the Sonics old radio broadcaster as their first radio guy (even though he clearly knew nothing about soccer) and long-washed-up former US international -- and local boy -- Kasey Keller as their first keeper, were key components in a very successful launch of the new franchise.) I would have bought some Seattle Dragons regalia just for the hell of it once Spring Quarter was over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 In related news: CFL Not To Play Shortened Season In The Fall Do the Canadians know something we Americans don't...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Yeah, they know that the virus is bad and should be avoided. pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I just hope they can scrounge the money together to put on a season in 2021 or even 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I confess, I enjoy watching the Canadian game. If I could find it more reliably on television, I'd watch it. I even have a team to follow, thanks to my wife's cousin who lives just south of Edmonton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 The cornerstone point looks t be that their income stream is basically attendance. The US leagues...and I suspect, the European soccer leagues...are underpinned by the TV contracts. Obviously the CFL has been seriously deficient in its ability to hype its product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Pariah said: I confess, I enjoy watching the Canadian game. If I could find it more reliably on television, I'd watch it. I even have a team to follow, thanks to my wife's cousin who lives just south of Edmonton. As a kid, though I couldn't watch much CFL. I kind of liked Saskatchewan, because hearing of a place called Saskatchewan fascinated me for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 Saskatchewan. It's a magical place. And their mascot is the same as the high school I graduated from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 I am betting a magically cold place in the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 16 hours ago, Badger said: I am betting a magically cold place in the winter. Looks to be pretty cold, yeah. December and January average highs are in the teens...but it's at least the + teens, not the - teens. But the averages are about 10 degrees lower than Minneapolis, and a few degrees lower than Fargo, just to pick a city I know in North Dakota. But it's NOTHING as bad as Fairbanks. Average highs in Fairbanks, from US Climate Data...November, 11; December, 5; January, 1; February, 10. That's Fahrenheit, and the highs. Still, I gotta agree, that's seriously cold. And apropos of...not much? The current temp when I was looking this up, in Saskatoon...was 95. Thank you, climate change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 Well, for some reason the first place I think in the province is Moose Jaw, that sounds bad@$$ to be from😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Badger said: Well, for some reason the first place I think in the province is Moose Jaw, that sounds bad@$$ to be from😉 Moose Jaw's junior hockey team is in the same league as Portland's, as are the teams from Regina, Red Deer, and Medicine Hat. It must be interesting to get a hockey team on a charter bus through customs twice on every road swing through the other country. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 I'm reminded of the old Steven Wright bit about when he crossed the Canadian border: Canadian Border Guard: "Do you have any weapons?" Steven Wright: "What do you need?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 The Jags got rid of their two best players and are being accused of tanking already. Go team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Will Von Miller and Bradley Chubb ever get to play together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Andy Reid's superfogged-up face shield is hilarious Edit: I guess it's fogged on purpose to hide his mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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