I dont get this at all. Why not just make round 1 of the draft the 8 QBs and let them draft who they want?QB "assignments"
● DALLAS RENEGADES: Landry Jones
● DC DEFENDERS: Cardale Jones
● HOUSTON ROUGHNECKS: Philip Walker
● LOS ANGELES WILDCATS: Luis Perez
● NEW YORK GUARDIANS: Matt McGloin
● ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWKS: Jordan Ta'amu
● SEATTLE DRAGONS: Brandon Silvers
● TAMPA BAY VIPERS: Aaron Murray
I would assume the QBs are considered a higher salaried player, and could be a little more demanding of where they play.I dont get this at all. Why not just make round 1 of the draft the 8 QBs and let them draft who they want?
QB's are allocated for ticket/merchandise/ratings (geographic) reasonsI dont get this at all. Why not just make round 1 of the draft the 8 QBs and let them draft who they want?
First, the document is, according to an XFL memo accompanying the contract, “non-negotiable.”
Second, the contract specifies a weekly salary of $1,040 per week, with an anticipated gross amount of $27,040. It also promises a $1,685 payment for each game played, and $2,222 for each win.
Third, the players get no royalties for merchandise sold by the XFL, including presumably jerseys and other items bearing their names.
Fourth, the document permits the player to leave for the NFL, but only after the end of his team’s season. The XFL’s championship game will be played on April 26, one day after the NFL draft concludes.
Fifth, the contract includes a broad waiver of rights to pursue legal claims in court, with an argreement to arbitrate disputes and a promise to enter into no class actions.
Can you name some aside from California? I'd be very interested to learn more.How is #4 enforceable? Unless the NFL agrees to enforce it, there's plenty of states that have basically made non-competes (which this is effectively) unenforceable
Most states, at least where I've had cases, allow them to the extent they're very limited in time and scope. I can't think of a jurisdiction that would make someone sit out a full year in an industry where there are very limited employment alternatives.Can you name some aside from California? I'd be very interested to learn more.
That was decided on jurisdiction related to the enforceability of a contract executed in Canada. It’ll have no precedential value.Well, we're not talking about a full year. The XFL season wraps in April.
I'm not a lawyer, but I know that the first time around, the XFL tried to sign a guy under contract with the CFL and lost in Arizona court.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/cfl-wins-court-case-with-xfl/article1044325/
Regardless, the NFL isn't going to do anything that even has the faintest whiff of anti-competitive behavior.
@AdamSchefter
Lions had interest in signing QB Josh Johnson but XFL blocked them, per source.
Johnson was also I believe the first pick last year in the AAF draft and like, two weeks later the Redskins signed him and he started games down the stretch.Our first example of an NFL team wanting to sign an XFL player.
View: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1199028555788816384?s=20
I dont know. I dont think there is a "structure" that would allow a football league to succeed with tenth rate pro players playing something that looks like pro football.What structure would you use?
You are correct. Never played a down for the AAF.Johnson was also I believe the first pick last year in the AAF draft and like, two weeks later the Redskins signed him and he started games down the stretch.
Right. And I would clarify that 11 "assigned" quarterbacks did not sign the standard contract and did negotiate something different.But as a way of going in with a maximum of flexibility and minimum of cost, I don't see how this is anything but the right approach for them financially and contractually. I'm trying to imagine a player whose situation would cause them to reject these terms from the XFL, but who would accept better ones were they offered - maybe Kaepernick?
I'm not following. How is Vince pocketing money up front?OTOH--If I was Vince McMahon, the way its drawn up is exactly what I'd do so I could pocket a bunch of money up front and watch other people lose theirs.
Somehow.I'm not following. How is Vince pocketing money up front?
By the way, these... these are not great names.QB "assignments"
● DALLAS RENEGADES: Landry Jones
● DC DEFENDERS: Cardale Jones
● HOUSTON ROUGHNECKS: Philip Walker
● LOS ANGELES WILDCATS: Luis Perez
● NEW YORK GUARDIANS: Matt McGloin
● ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWKS: Jordan Ta'amu
● SEATTLE DRAGONS: Brandon Silvers
● TAMPA BAY VIPERS: Aaron Murray
My ex-wife who completed the Red-Neck hat-trick a few years ago (3 kids, 3 different dads) named her last kid Landry. Really fitting if you ask me.I know. Who the hell names their kid Landry?
This is funny.By the way, these... these are not great names.
Besides being roughly 20 years ago, when Vince McMahon was in the middle of his "Attitude" era boom with WWF/E, he smartly took some time to plan this out instead of repeating the slapdick operation that was the XFL 1.0. Specifically, he did something very boring and hired Oliver Luck to be the league's CEO and Commissioner. Luck has a track record as an executive for both pro and college football and was a strong choice to get the league running. If you look at the list of coaches in 2001 and compare to the list for 2020 it is night and day in terms of name recognition and talent (They hired Bob Stoops!).its interesting that so many of these tweaks are in the name of player safety when XFL v. 1.0 was all about the violence and being decidedly less safe than the NFL
If you're going to go gimmick, go all the way, like another 6 points for a conversion from outside the 40.I like all of those rule changes. The PAT stuff seems a little gimmicky, they'd be better off just eliminating that 1 point conversion, and just have the 2 and 3.
I think that was mis-reported. The 2-point is from the 5.Really like the elimination of the PAT and think the 3-tiered extra point(s) system makes sense in theory but it doesn't really make sense that you get 1 point for going from the 2 and 2 points from the 3 - is anyone ever going to choose the 1-point, 2-yard option unless that is all you need to win? 2 points from the 5 or something like that seems more appropriate.
https://www.xfl.com/rules#989804ad0ac87a5aa046c5baAfter a touchdown, the team has the option of running a play from the 2, 5, or 10-yard line, worth 1, 2, or 3 points respectively.
I think I've heard it suggested before that any player who is on the field when the touchdown is scored should have to kick the extra point; that would be an interesting addition to the XFL rules, allowing you to kick a one-point XP with a non-specialist kicker in addition to going for 1, 2 or 3 from 2/5/10 yards out. (That's basically how kicking works in rugby, of course - someone already on the field has to kick the conversions and penalties that are scored.)My rule change: player who scores the touchdown has to kick the extra point.