Good riddance.

A joke. I feel bad for all the players, for some it might have been a second chance to have a crack at the NFL. Another thing that bothered me were the uniforms. Some of those uniforms from the old WFL were pretty bad, but more due to the rushed nature that most of the franchises came and went. It was obvious that some time and effort had been put into the XFL uniforms and they still sucked!! Only the CFL uniforms during their ill-fated foray into the US were worse. McMahon should have stuck to wrestling.

The salary structure, paying more salary for the winning team's players was a wise and smart decision..mistakes..too influxed into NFL markets like Chicago, bad uniforms and stupid mascots, silly rules. Impatient NBC and McMahon. Could have been a great alternative developmental league that athletes such as Jason White could use now.

There was some excitement when NBC aired the first week of XFL in FEB 2001. Even my wife elected to watch and she hates football. Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura were there for that inaugral game (Think it was Las Vegas againist New York). In lieu of the coin toss, they actually had opposing players chase down a football. One of the players separated his shoulder in the process and never played again. The XFL got an E for effort: Interesting backfield in motion rules, on-field cameras, no extra points, and jerseys with names like He Hate Me, which was always what anyone thinks of when you say XFL. Unfortunately, the quality of play was just horrid. don't think I saw a pass go farther than 15 yards downfield. I honestly think USC could have beaten most of these teams. The cheerleaders, who looked like Hooters rejects, would more or less do some odd form of lap dance instead of anything resembling a cheer. Then to hear a broadcaster like JR, say something like Them cheeleaders got some big 'ol footballs was about the last straw for me. As we all know, ratings eroded hyperbolically (I think ESPN was behind undermining the league as it never once acknowledged it other than to say it was crappy -- meanwhile ESPN touts Hold 'em Poker as the next great sport). By the end of the season, the ratings were lower than the test pattern shown in the morning. After San Francisco won the only XFL Bowl, McMahon and NBC mercifully killed it. The one saving grace of the league is that it resurrected the careers of a few players, like Stellers' QB Tommy Maddox, and yes, even He Hate Me.