Aaaaaaaaaand the XFL is dead... again. Everybody laid off (not furloughed).
On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 8:00 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGfOadsaU-3Op-Uq8Gd1LMK5e0y%2BUKA_VQDLEybaZQ5tQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/CAKgmY4ArASuXhpzcumKxuvnbMbECRKT4tA8yn2a%2B%2BYFJfgJdeQ%40mail.gmail.com.
