{"id":9738,"date":"2019-04-04T21:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T04:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9738"},"modified":"2019-04-13T21:59:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T04:59:51","slug":"xfl-aint-no-afl-no-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/04\/xfl-aint-no-afl-no-worries\/","title":{"rendered":"XFL Ain&#8217;t No AFL &#8211; No Worries."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/daily_brief\/sports\/to-avoid-aafs-fate-xfl-must-have-a-better-tv-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from Inside Hook<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>To Avoid AAF\u2019s Fate, XFL Must Have a Better TV Deal<\/h1>\n<h2>Vince McMahon has promised fans will be able to find XFL games &#8220;consistently.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>BY <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/author\/ebleier-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EVAN BLEIER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GMx9CerRMYc?controls=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"292\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Alliance of American Football, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearlife.com\/sports\/report-alliance-of-american-football-will-suspend-all-football-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended all football operations <\/a>yesterday with two games remaining, began its season with games airing on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>The debut was strong and many had hoped the relatively strong TV ratings meant the league would last, but inconsistency in where the AAF could be found on the dial \u00a0\u2013 be it CBS Sports Network, TNT or NFL Network \u2013 following its first few weeks at least partially led to its downfall.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s something the XFL \u2013 which is set to kick off in 2020 \u2013 is hoping to avoid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2019\/04\/02\/xfl-success-or-failure-of-other-leagues-has-no-impact-on-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a statement <\/a>following the AAF\u2019s closure, XFL founder Vince McMahon said the XFL is \u201cwell-funded\u201d and that \u201cthe success or failure of other leagues will have no impact on our ability to deliver high-quality, fast-paced, professional football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/daily_brief\/sports\/to-avoid-aafs-fate-xfl-must-have-a-better-tv-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at Inside Hook<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Inside Hook To Avoid AAF\u2019s Fate, XFL Must Have a Better TV Deal Vince McMahon has promised fans will be able to find XFL games &#8220;consistently.&#8221; BY EVAN BLEIER The Alliance of American Football, which suspended all football operations yesterday with two games remaining, began its season with games airing on CBS. The debut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}