I had high hopes for the XFL (and AAF) originally, but they are both just tried to copy the NFL playbook and hope it would work because offseason. I was really hoping they’d be innovative and have a good streaming platform or better ways for modern digital-savvy always-online fans to engage with the sport but they are just copying the NFL and going for network deal money. So I have the same problem with them that I have with the NFL, in that I’m not going to subscribe to cable (or one of the cable-equivalent streaming services) just to watch the ocassional football game
Trying to be NFL junior with the exact same business model won’t work because you can’t compete with real NFL. They’ve already hoovered up the vast majority of market share and dollars in their business model. I think the XFL is d0med.