New Football League (from the people that brought you the XFL)

[KAPA]

Could be entertaining! Sounds like they are going to try and go for a bit of a patriotic flair with all the anthem stuff that has been problematic for the NFL.

Anyway, news conference at 1PM mt

https://www.alphaentllc.com/

[Gman]

Again? He tried this in 2001. Anyone remember the USFL back in the '80s? There's declining interest in sports and the talent pool is beginning to dry up, so he's trying this again now?

SMH

[KAPA]

How is the talent pool drying up since the 80s?

[KAPA]

I think this will fail but be entertaining in its debacle eventually.

It would be pretty successful if they actually partnered with the NFL and allowed each NFL team to have a minor league team in a city close by. Denver to Colorado Springs kind of thing. Play the games in the spring to early summer and use it to develop college players that were just drafted. The key would be to get some sort of TV contract but I would be into going to those games assuming they are reasonably priced. Could be great for taking the family to too.

[Gman]

How is the talent pool drying up since the 80s?

More and more parents are keeping their kids from playing football due to the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

[MarkCO]

More and more parents are keeping their kids from playing football due to the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

When another parent complimented my kid for being so fast and asked him why he did not play DB or WR on the football team. He answered..."Baseball takes a lot of time to work on all phases of the game. If I want to play football in College I'll try and walk on and speed is all you really need because I won't be big enough to play line." I'll spare you the other parents comments, but that was pretty much what the HS football (who really wanted Blake to try out) and baseball coaches told him.

[Zundfolge]

Again? He tried this in 2001. Anyone remember the USFL back in the '80s? There's declining interest in sports and the talent pool is beginning to dry up, so he's trying this again now?

Now is the best time ever to try it as the NFL commits suicide by becoming Social Justice Converged. Back in the 80s and 2001 the NFL was still beloved ... now there will be the biggest boycott of a Super Bowel game ever this year (I know I won't be watching it). People are sick of the politics of the NFL.

[CoGirl303]

How is the talent pool drying up since the 80s?

all the concussion stuff coming out the past ten years. The NFL hid the evidence from players, even though they KNEW what was going on. Watch the movie Concussion with Will Smith. great movie.

More and more parents aren't letting their kids play football anymore. Quality talented QB's have been marginally thin for years and it's expected to get worse. In the next 15-30 years I think we will see the quality of the NFL and college product really drop. Won't be surprised to see the NFL dissolve entirely.

[Gman]

Now is the best time ever to try it as the NFL commits suicide by becoming Social Justice Converged. Back in the 80s and 2001 the NFL was still beloved ... now there will be the biggest boycott of a Super Bowel game ever this year (I know I won't be watching it). People are sick of the politics of the NFL.

That's how I feel and I've voted by not watching. Apparently not enough people feel the same way. Viewership numbers are down about 8%, but NFL football games are still the most watched programs on TV.

I remember another attempt at a competing football league in my youth. I had to poke around on the web a bit to find it, the World Football League (WFL). They folded halfway through their second season in 1975.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

When another parent complimented my kid for being so fast and asked him why he did not play DB or WR on the football team. He answered..."Baseball takes a lot of time to work on all phases of the game. If I want to play football in College I'll try and walk on and speed is all you really need because I won't be big enough to play line." I'll spare you the other parents comments, but that was pretty much what the HS football (who really wanted Blake to try out) and baseball coaches told him.

Even still, baseball can be +/- a lifelong sport, as all my fantasy camp friends are sending pictures from Phoenix. If he can get some money for college from baseball, do it, but why destroy your body for your entire adult life trying to play football if you won’t get a penny, and baseball already nets the scholarship? Then he can get a real job and play NABA or MSBL or whatever until he bores of it.