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The debut of the new XFL had a punt blocked for a touchdown, a juiced-up crowd roaring for big plays and a player swearing during an in-game television interview. The actual football was hit and miss. College national championship-winning former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones was the biggest star on the field and took the microphone to address fans before the start of a brand-new football league. “This is for the love of football,” Jones said. “Enjoy.” Jones’ D.C. Defenders beat the Seattle Dragons 31-19 Saturday afternoon in the opener of the new XFL that provided plenty of entertainment in person and on TV. It’s far too early to tell if the XFL can take a foothold where its previous incarnation and the recently unsuccessful Alliance of American Football failed, but executives are willing to wait and see. “For us, if the fans who attend and watch at home feel as though it was a good football game and they had a fun time either watching or being in this awesome venue with us, that’s success,” XFL chief operating officer Jeffrey Pollack said. “We’re taking a long term view in this. Success ultimately will not be measured in the first game or the first weekend or the first season.” The first weekend is a chance for football fans to catch a glimpse of some of the few players they might recognize. There’s former Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones with Dallas, former NFL QB Josh Johnson with San Diego and ex-Navy standout Keenan Reynolds playing

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It’s not the star power of the NFL, but billionaire Vince McMahon’s latest venture is an attempt to capture the attention of hardcore football fans in the aftermath of the Super Bowl. “Our expectation for this first season is for football fans to simply give us a look, give us a chance, sample us,” Pollack said. “We understand that fandom is earned. It’s not given. ... We think that if you love football, you’re going to love the XFL.” In the league opener, a crowd of 17,163 almost filled up Audi Field, home of Major League Soccer’s D.C. United. There was a buzz around the stadium in the hours before the XFL’s debut, with cars lining up to enter parking lots and fans checking out a league-sponsored tailgate. Fans were already sporting Dragons and Defenders gear and queued up in long concession lines at halftime. “I didn’t have real expectations going into the game as far as what the experience was going to be like,” Cardale Jones said. “If I did ... they would’ve been blown away.” The location of the first game made sense in the neighborhood of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, who haven’t won the Super Bowl since 1992 and have just one playoff victory in the past 20 seasons. Fan-made signs mocking the “Hail to the Redskins” slogan and asking Redskins owner Dan Snyder to sell the team were draped from a balcony at the 50-yard line. The broadcast included in-game interviews with a kicker seconds after he missed a field goal attempt and a defender involved in a scrum that led to a penalty. Seattle’s Dillon Day dropped an F-bomb that made it to the airwaves and went viral. On the field, the play was a mix of traditional college and pro style with some different twists. There was no coin toss, and when Reynolds fielded the opening kickoff, he did so with everyone else on the field standing still as part of a rule implemented for safety. The clock ran for all but the time inside each two minute warning, and some other tweaks were different for

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I would like for them to remove the human equation from the game and use AI to make instant calls on the field so a call is only made once and not spending 5 minutes figuring out if a human made an incorrect call by another human . Slowing down the game is what you dont want and why baseball is struggling . Now I understand you will loose more commercial time and with that eliminate the 4 quarters and have more maybe 6 or even 8 . Less time creates more urgency and excitement . You could remove the kicking game all together . Instead of kicking you would use your arm to get 3 points and maybe get rid of the goal post and have a more interesting way of throwing for 3 points . No kickoff and replace that with throwing . I like a game thats fast and maybe you dont want to mimic the nfl and have something more unique

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Hopefully they do well but I refuse to support any activity that makes people fatter. And football falls into that category. It is a proven fact that people binge eat when their teams lose.

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It was OK, will give it shot, but can't wait for March Madness.

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Appears Basketball and Baseball have extended their season to the point they are boring. One of the reasons the Super Bowl is interesting is because it is the highlight and end of the season. Maybe it will work for some, but for me the season is over.

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