XFL

BrutulTM said:

Hehateme is literally the only thing I remember from the XFL. I bet I'm not alone in this.

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I remember Hehateme, I remember Tommy Maddox, I remember some hubbub about Vince wanting his cheerleaders to date the players, and I remember snickering when the XFL was in the Schwarzenegger movie The 6th Day.

That is the entirety of what I remember about the XFL.

The XFL invented skycam, maybe version 2 will put cameras in players helmets?

Former NFL QB Jared Lorenzen Jokes About Joining XFL as 'He Ate Me'

Heateme is in.

The crazy story behind Steve Young's crazy 43-year USFL contract

Steve Young scored big.

Well now that the AAF has failed, we move to Vince's XFL.

Here are some of the proposed rule changes:

The XFL is running test games with community colleges in Mississippi, as well as The Spring League during its spring 2019 season, to experiment with rule changes. Among the proposed rule changes:[26]

• Fair catches will not be recognized, and the kicking team must give the returner five yards of space to recover and return the ball. (This rule is a carryover from the original XFL and is also in use in the CFL; breaching this space will result in a penalty, called no yards in the CFL.)
• The extra point kick will be replaced with a scrimmage play, varying in point value depending on how far the touchdown-scoring team chooses to take the snap from the goal line: a two-yard attempt would score a single point, a five-yard attempt two points, and a fifteen-yard attempt three points. (This rule is also a carryover from the original XFL, which added the rule only for the playoffs. The Stars Football League also used the rule during its existence.)
• Kickoffs will be attempted with teams separated by only five yards, with the two teams not allowed to cross the neutral zone until the returning team touches the ball.
• All players behind the line of scrimmage will be eligible receivers, including those on the offensive line (eliminating the "illegal touching of a forward pass" penalty at other levels of the game). Offensive linemen would still be prohibited from advancing downfield before a forward pass that crosses the line of scrimmage is in the air. The XFL has also tested the idea of allowing more than one forward pass to be thrown on any given play. (McMahon had proposed a similar rule change during the run of the original XFL, but the league's coaches rejected the proposal as too radical of a change to make midseason.)[27]
• The league is testing the wider one-yard neutral zone used by the CFL. (The NFL, college and high school standard is the length of the football, approximately 11 inches.)
• A proposed rule would require offensive linemen (excluding the snapper) to not put their hand on the ground, outlawing the three-point stance used at all other levels of the game.
• Outside of the two-minute drill, the clock will run continuously. (This rule has long been a part of arena football.)
• The play clock will be substantially shorter, with a proposed length of between 25 and 30 seconds. (This rule is also a carryover from the original XFL, which used the 35-second play clock.)
• A specialized ball judge will be added to the officiating team to speed up the placement of the ball, bringing the number of on-field officials to eight.
• Instant replay reviews will be limited to 30 seconds.[28]

Chanur said:

Might be hard to decide with out seeing who has the best helmets. Right now I'm leaning towards Tampa Bay because its close or St Louis since the Rams fucked them. I don't have strong feelings yet so if we want to get on board the DC train or something I'm down.

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Dallas is going to have the Stoopster. It is the only choice.

I am torn.. I currently live in Dallas but am moving to Seattle soon...

Braen said:

am moving to Seattle soon

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what the fuck is wrong with you

Well not the actual city .. but nearby. Haha

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Life long St. Louis Battlehawk fan, checking in.

I'm glad DC is getting a team. Also happy they'll play at Audi Field. I look forward to getting drunk at Navy Yard and checking out a game before the whole endeavor inevitably collapses.

McCheese said:

I'm glad DC is getting a team. Also happy they'll play at Audi Field. I look forward to getting drunk at Navy Yard and checking out a game before the whole endeavor inevitably collapses.

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I'm surprised they didn't try to one-up the NFL team and call them the DC American Inventors.