BJORN 679 Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Vince McMahon: XFL to return in 2020 without gimmicks WWE founder and chairman Vince McMahon announced Thursday he is giving a professional football league another go. It will be called the XFL, the same name of the league McMahon and NBC tried for one season in 2001, but it won't rely on flashy cheerleaders and antics as its predecessor did, he said. One mark of the new league, McMahon said, will be faster games. The ideal running time, he said, would be two hours. As for the timing of the announcement, two years before the league's debut, many might point to McMahon's relationship with President Donald Trump, who this fall criticized the NFL for allowing its players to kneel and sit during the national anthem. McMahon said players in his league will not be given the forum to take a personal stance while on the playing field. McMahon's wife, Linda, heads the Small Business Administration in Trump's Cabinet. "People don't want social and political issues coming into play when they are trying to be entertained," McMahon said. "We want someone who wants to take a knee to do their version of that on their personal time." McMahon said being the only owner of all of the teams will allow him to do whatever he wants. "I can say, 'Here are the rules, and as long as you are playing football in the stadium for us, you follow these rules.'" McMahon also said he would preclude any player with a criminal record, which would disqualify former Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. "We are evaluating a player based on many things, including the quality of human being they are," McMahon said. If you have any sort of criminal record or commit a crime you aren't playing in this league." Source: http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22213241/vince-mcmahon-gimmick-free-xfl-return-2020 NO GIMMICKS? BOOOOOO Link to website: https://www.xfl.com/ (WARNING: Video on autoplay if you go there) Edited January 25, 2018 by BJORN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteVo+ 3,702 Posted January 27, 2018 I hope they let players put whatever they want on their jerseys, because "He Hate Me" was hilarious. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparty 110 Posted January 30, 2018 This is gonna flop big time cause no one is gonna wanna watch terrible football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites