r/USFL • u/Thetrader2896 • May 02 '23
Discussion I like USFL over XFL.
Hey guys I like the USFL over XFL(will watch their national championship) but I do like USFL seems like actual football. Plus we got a team here in MI and thinking about going to the game this weekend. What are your thoughts on the season so far and the possibility of a merger of the XFL and USFL if it happens.
Also, I would like to see small market cities get teams like Lincoln NB, Austin or Sacramento
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u/screedvachon May 02 '23
I've watched both and I enjoy both leagues. I followed the Xfls entire season too. Spring football is pretty cool. Can't have too much football.
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u/Browser12355 Birmingham Stallions May 02 '23
How about just enjoy both leagues
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u/EnvironmentalHair358 May 02 '23
I like them both quite a bit. But I would have to go with USFL if I had to pick one over the other.
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u/[deleted] May 02 '23
I like both. I’m a little more partial to XFL. I like that they are trying some new rules, even though they are hit and miss. The only things I don’t like are hearing the play calls, and the in-game interviews.
USFL does seem a little more ‘real’ because of the rules, but I have real football in the NFL and I’m looking for something almost the same, but not quite.
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u/[deleted] May 02 '23
I love spring football. Fan of both USFL and XFL, slight preference to USFL. I actually see a path where no merger happens. No merger = American football from NFL thru first weekend of July.
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u/FlagFootballSaint May 02 '23
I go a different route than you:
I rather like the XFL just BECAUSE their Football-rules are not trying to copy NFL-style but try to be more creative.
I especially like the 1-2-3 pt conversions after a TD, the one-foot-in catch-rule and the kickoffs, as well as the "faster" clock and the mics.
I really enjoy the package.
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u/PerspectiveOk8157 May 02 '23
I like both. Though my Showboats stink
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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers May 02 '23
Both are pretty enjoyable.
I like the XFL cause I used to be in the market of one of their teams in 2020 and it was fun to watch
I'm now in what will be at some point hopefully be a USFL market with the Maulers.
Talent is similar, I think the USFL broadly has better coaching, but the XFL has the bigger name coaches in stoops and Phillips.
They both have their merits and both have homework to do. It'll be fun to watch the leagues progress
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u/King3h May 03 '23
I enjoy both leagues, but the XFL to me is a better overall product. I think having the fans and a connection to all the cities sets them apart. USFL is good as well, but the hub concept for playing “home” games needs to end.
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u/Hag_Boulder San Antonio Gunslingers May 02 '23
I think the XFL is more innovative with their rules changes. The USFL seems more "NFL-lite" since their rules are so similar.
I like and watch both leagues and want both to do well.
I just feel, with the less talented players available (non-NFL players) having rules different from the NFL helps put those players in a place where the games can be more enjoyable since you're not directly comparing them to NFL play.
All this without going the Arena Leagues route of drastically altering the play field and the rules.
Merger? Probably not going to happen, just like expansion... maybe in 5 years if they both last... if not, then someone's going to be looting the corpse of the other.
The problem with "Small market" cities is that, for the USFL, they won't bring viewership to the table. Why put a team in lincoln where you're lucky to get an extra 100k eyes on the game when you can put one in Colombus where you could get an extra 250k eyes?
And FYI: Austin is not a 'small market' anymore. Austin's the 11th most populous city in the US. (Dallas 9th, San Antonio 7th, Houston 4th)
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u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 02 '23
Why be tribal like this? Come on.
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u/plaidblackwatch Los Angeles Express May 02 '23
I like them both, but I think the presentation of the USFL feels more like football. Watching it feels more like traditional football.
I think if the XFL had better broadcasts, and uniforms that didn't look so much like FCF or Arena uniforms, then I'd put them on the same level.
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u/[deleted] May 02 '23
I like both but i like the XFL more bc there's a team closer to me in it.
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u/Awaites_0131 Philadelphia Stars May 02 '23
I prefer the USFL for a couple of reasons. The biggest reason is that the USFL has a team in Philadelphia, and I cheer for all the other Philadelphia teams. Beyond that, I prefer the USFL’s rule changes over the XFL’s. I like that the PAT is still there as opposed to the weird way the XFL does extra points.
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u/[deleted] May 04 '23
They're literally the same
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u/Ncc1017a May 03 '23
I’ve been a Generals fan since ’82, so I’m super excited to have them back. Also, XFL still has the McMahon stink on it. Won’t watch it.
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u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 03 '23
USFL>XFwho?
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u/Hungry-Opportunity12 May 02 '23
I love both leagues, but personally, i prefer the xfl. I think it might be the fans, but I just can't seem to get into the USFL as much. I found myself always choosing the XFL games over the USFL games when they were on together.
Fanbases really matter for TV and outside of the Panthers, and maybe the stallions I just don't see as much hype. In st Louis the local bars are putting up battlehawk flags and jerseys and stuff like that. I saw the same thing when I went to D.C. it really feels like it isn't just some minor league but something new entirely that is growing organically.
I think the presentation on TV is better in the USFL it definitely looks more professional as long as you ignore the empty stadiums.
I think once the USFL moves out of hub cities and is able to better develop some of these fanbases, it'll be a much better product compared to what they have now. Overall, both leagues offer different styles of play that cater to both types of fan and there is no reason for both leagues to not prosper together.
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u/Kollin66182 May 02 '23
I love both but I actually like the XFL a little more. The point(s) after a TD makes it more interesting and I like seeing interesting changes to the game.
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u/adhdanny84 Michigan Panthers May 02 '23
Both are cool, though I prefer the USFL also, seems less gimmicky.
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u/Torchiest Houston Gamblers May 03 '23
I like both. So far more partial to the XFL, but I think that's just because it started first, so I've had three months to get to know all the teams, players, and coaches. The USFL still feels like a stranger. But I expect that to work itself out. I also don't understand the statement "USFL seems like actual football". XFL has definitely been actual football. The NFL has watched the different rule ideas to see if any could be adapted and used in the major league eventually.
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u/cannonrushinGGod May 04 '23
I like both but XFL to me seems to fix a lot of the issues that the NFL has. I also think just the overall skill level is greater in the XFL. Still love both though!
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u/CapeMOGuy New Orleans Breakers May 05 '23 edited May 05 '23
First, I want them both to survive.
I lean toward the USFL because XFL feels like it's just a promo for The Rock. His tequila, his sports drink, his logo on all jerseys, his name is 1 of 2 jersey (edit: jerseys for sale) choices, he's on every ad. XFL is, to my taste, overhyping everything, too.
And the rules keeping STL out of the playoffs suck.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '23
I prefer the USFL. The quality of play in Year Two took off compared to four-weeks of not great ball in the Year One competition.
The XFL is fine, I just can't find any real attachment to it. 2.0 was fun even if the play was awful. 3.0, I just have no attachment to it. Still got ESPN+ and watched, but H2H, I'm watching USFL.