On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:23 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here it is. The XFL kicks off this weekend. > > > https://www.cbssports.com/xfl/news/xfl-2020-schedule-dates-times-and-matchup-information-as-new-league-readies-to-kick-off-after-super-bowl-liv/ > I watched most of the early game on ABC and about half of the late game on FOX. The games and the broadcasts were okay. The league didn't pretend to rival the NFL and the broadcasts didn't have the bombast or the cheerleaders of the 2001 XFL. There are some rule changes from the NFL and the best is to keep the clock running and shorten the play clock. All of the offensive players have speakers in their helmets so they can hear the play called in from the sideline and don't have to huddle. That picks the pace of the game up a lot. ABC put a reporter on each sideline and they would go live to players after big plays. That backfired when they talked to a player who had been flagged for unnecessary roughness and he said, "We were just trying to do our fucking jobs." They seemed less enthusiastic about doing those interviews afterward. FOX didn't have sideline reporters so each network can present the game in their own way. I won't watch every game on OTA TV. But it's watchable enough that I'll tune in here and there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGfOadsaU-3Op-Uq8Gd1LMK5e0y%2BUKA_VQDLEybaZQ5tQ%40mail.gmail.com.
