I think the SD team would play at Snapdragon Stadium. Brand new stadium built for SDSU football that opens in September. Also wouldn’t compete with Padres games in the spring.
I think a good location for a team would be the Raleigh-Durham area. They could play at Carter-Finley Stadium and would draw a massive crowd from Canes and Panthers fans, especially since the Panthers are kinda ass right now.
They should go with 16 teams. 2 conferences like the NFL but with 8 teams. Within each conference there's 2 divisions. The conferences could be something like eastern conference and Western conference. XFL EASTERN Conference: Division I Syracuse Guardians New Jersey Vipers Raleigh Reapers Colombus Defenders Division II Charleston Wildcats Savannah Rattlesnakes Orlando Outlaws Western Conference Division I ST Louis Battlehawks Phoenix Santa Fe San Diego Division II Seattle Reno Salt lake city San Antonio
No matter what anyone says I just can't see the appeal in having an XFL team in a city that also has an NFL team. St. Louis I think shows just how much big cities without a team are willing to come out in support. So if you have to have 2 Texas teams why is it not San Antonio and Houston instead of Dallas, it makes too much sense to me. LA should definitely move to San Diego for the same reasons as St. Louis having a team. Seattle team can move to Portland to give Oregon some pro football and still be in the Northwest area. Tampa to Orlando is a good idea and Birmingham is perfectly fine. That leaves NY as a northeast area team and for them perhaps Syracuse is an option if you must have a team in the northeast but perhaps Charlotte or Salt Lake City might be better options.
As a Raider fan i agree with what you said but think San Jose is a better option. The Earthquakes stadium would be great. San Antonio and San Diego are must haves too.
Either the XFL or the USFL should bring a team to Chicago. There's a 20,000 seat stadium (SeatGeek Stadium) in the south suburbs that's just perfect for spring football. It's just minutes away from Midway Airport and there's even a hotel next door. The Chicago Fire used to play there, but they moved to Soldier Field.
They should all return as is and add on more teams. they didn't even play half a season....also you have to keep the biggest markets witch is NY and LA...they just need some Dani n Rock magic dust sprinkle....I'm not letting this one go by. I have a crew of about 20 homies and you best believe we willl visit the Wildcats frequently in 2023...LETS GO XFL.... WE'VE BEEN BITING OUR NAILS AWAITING YOUR RETURN !
As a Roughnecks fan moving them to Tennessee would be the bad move because it'd be a repeat of the Oilers. You'd end up losing all the fans you've made in Houston because we don't want to see that happen again. Given their good fan attendance and their 5-0 record I think Houston would be one of the better options for building a stable fan base
If they put a team in San Antonio what do you think their name should be (or should they keep one of the old team's name)? I was thinking that since San Antonio has a majority of Hispanics of going with something more tied to their culture like the Chupacabras or something like that.
The Guardians should just moved to the Red Bulls 20,000 seat stadium. 17,000 fans went to the first game & 14,000 to the second. I'm glad they're failing in Orlando.
The Guardians should move to Chicago, and it makes sense for the Guardians to move there: the only reason they’re in NY is because it’s a giant TV market, but the stadium is too big. Chicago is another big TV market and they have a perfect (and vacant) SeatGeek Stadium there with a capacity of 20k. So it works out in the end!
Tampa moving makes sense. I disagree that six of the teams should move though. The reason that NYC and LA had teams was because of media markets, not fans in seats. I think you have to have one. A common and popular idea would be to move the Guardians to Red Bull Stadium (about the size of Audi Field, where DC played) and that makes sense to me. Metlife is just unreasonably big for any XFL team at this point, and probably ever. Houston to Memphis makes no sense. You mentioned AAF attendance when talking about Tampa moving to Orlando, but you didn't include that the Memphis Express in the AAF was 5th in attendance, averaging just under 13k tickets sold. I think branching out to the top 3 (San Antonio, Orlando, and San Diego) makes good sense though. DC to Columbus would only work if the league took your suggestion and loaded the team with OSU players. But that would set a precedent of geography based assignment of players, which was a negative aspect of the AAF imo. I don't really have any stats to back me up there it's just my personal view. But the main point is that I don't really see a need for them to move, though their attendance wasn't amazing and they had the 2nd worst peak attendance. The atmosphere was good as a result of the small stadium, so that wasn't a huge issue. Ideally, the league would be split up like this: West Division has Seattle, San Diego, Houston, and San Antonio. East has St. Louis, DC, NYC, and Orlando.
I’m curious at why assigning players based on geography is a negative thing. To me it makes it easier to recruit players to the league because they know the area and it’s more interesting for the fans who actually know the players
Houston to San Antonio is what the rumors are. L.a moving and probably Tampa bay to Orlando those are the 3. New York just needs to move to smaller stadium
XFL TEAMS should be: 1. St. Louis BattleHawks 2. Seattle Dragons 3. DC Defenders 4. San Antonio "RoughNecks" 5. San Diego "Wildcats" 6. Orlando "Vipers" 7. Buffalo "Guardians" 8. Oklahoma "Renegades"
DC DEFENDERS are staying in DC we showed we are XFL FANS and was one of the top teams and we showed the XFL that we will support are team and don't forget the BEER SNAKE with the fans and our attendance was high, so why would you move a team that makes MONEY, that make no sense. 🤪👎😎
@@primeconor suppose to be big announcements within the next month or so. I'm excited to see what the rock says as far as broadcast deals and teams and etc.
This is why I think the XFL could be the only “Spring League” to actually maybe last long term. The game was so much more different, and more enjoyable to watch compared to the NFL and 5 out of the 8 XFL teams in 2020 were in smarter markets that were successful. St Louis was successful for obvious reasons, Seattle was able to get good attendances regardless of the team, Dallas was able to get decent attendance in. DC had good attendance seeing a football team that could actually win games, with cool uniforms, talent, and a name. Lastly, Houston had pretty good attendance as well. They were also the best team in the XFL. I feel like if XFL 2023 kept those five they’d be okay and could find three more cities. I’d argue that the Roughnecks would be more successful in Houston than the USFL’s Gamblers. The first season is in a hub city in Birmingham, the Roughnecks are most likely going to be the more successful out of the two, and I truly believe that it if came down to it, the XFL could stay in Houston and the USFL (if still around) would be the ones relocating. It’s hard to build a good fan base like the Roughnecks had if the team isn’t even in Houston playing games. Moving on to the three XFL cities that should be dropped. LA, NY, TB. All three were the lowest for attendances in 2020, fielded mediocre teams, and didn’t have strong fan support. I think San Diego could be a good replacement for the LA team, as you keep a team in Cali, and bring up another possible “F the NFL” mentality for some. I also love the idea of the Tampa Bay organization moving to Orlando. Keeping it in Florida. For where to relocate the NY team, as much as I think San Antonio would love a organization and would be successful, I’m keeping Houston where they are, and if you have a eight team League, having three of them in one state, might not be the best. I actually have a interesting destination for this last team: Buffalo. This one is more risky but it could possibly pay off. You keep the team in New York, a team stays in the Northeast, and weather is less of a problem in that time of year then it is for the back half of the NFL season. I think they could pull it off, with the attributes that the Bills fan base has now. If not Buffalo, another unusual destination I think could work but is risky is Detroit. The Lions have good fans, the team just always sucks. The Tigers and Red Wings are usually towards the bottom nowadays in their leagues as well, and Detroit fans are just hungry for success, much like Cleveland was until about five years ago, Michigan loves football, if the team is successful, I think they’d get a strong fan base. That makes the XFL East: St Louis, DC, Orlando, Buffalo/Detroit. West: Seattle, Houston, Dallas, San Diego (Added) Also, the CFL is planning to expand to Halifax, Nova Scotia in the next couple years with a team under the title “Atlantic Schooners” so that would make it 10 there. I also don’t think the CFL is sinking as fast, so I think the Toronto Argonauts will most likely stay in the CFL at least for now.
Agreed xfl is in good shape for 2023 with another covid surge going on it would of been a disaster to be starting this year. I was dissaoointed when I heard 2023 but now its looking very good.
I just wish they’d bring back some of the AAF team designs, while I know they’d have to buy the rights to them, the Orlando Apollos, San Antonio Commanders, and even the Birmingham Iron all had solid designs and either cover new markets for the league
No. Houston should go to Austin TX. Austin does not have a Major Sports Team besides Austin FC which is apart of the MLS. Austin Fanbase is big. I feel Memphis would not have a huge fan base.
How about moving one of the USFL teams to San Antonio? Like the Houston Gamblers , they are a great candidate for this move. The season hasn’t started yet, no actual “home” is made or purchased for them, and it’s a much closer migration of staff . Just makes more financial sense to start off and say the least
If SD gets a team. It should be called the San Diego Riptide. I've always known SD as a beach and surfing town and bringing back the baby blue would give SD chargers fans a familiar feel.
@@primeconor I think I can relocate teams from here: Tampa Bay Vipers: relocate to Orlando Houston Roughnecks: Memphis LA wildcats: Relocate to San Francisco Seattle dragons: good New York Guardians: good St. Louis Battlehawks: good D.C Defenders: relocate to San Diego Dallas Renegades: relocate to Houston in the Roughnecks place.
The only teams I believe should move are the Viper and the Defenders. I would not be surprised to see the XFL come out with 10 teams including Chicago and San Francisco. The XFL will not be able to compete in certain cities where the USFL will be expanding into (Oakland, Washington, San Antonio and Memphis for instance). They can do alright in major cities such as NY, Chicago, LA, San Francisco and Dallas.
My XFL location ST. Louis BattleHawks Austin Roughnecks San Diego Wildcats Orlando Vipers Oakland Guardians Columbus Defenders Portland Dragons San Antonio Renegades
Thx my XFL Division South San Diego Wildcats San Antonio Renegades Portland Dragons Oakland Guardians North Columbus Defenders Austin Roughnecks Orlando Vipers ST. Louis BattleHawks
I like the idea of the Guardians moving to Oakland because of the dark colors, but at the same time I feel like you could still go ahead and go with a different name like the Outlaws or just straight up Thugs. I feel like Oakland fans prided themselves on being an in your face smash nosed team and the "Guardians" just doesn't do it. Also Wildcats is also a bad name. Given you move them to San Diego, I think it would be fun to name them the Resistors and have a logo of lightning reflecting off of like a lightning rod or something. This way the fans can kind of mock the Chargers and vent their frustration at the move.
@@primeconor you can't give me the whole "new cities & teams" argument when you're video is about who you want/think will return after the news that the Battlehawks are seemingly returning to St. Louis. The fan support wasn't pathetic they just need a smaller stadium like the Guardians because the huge stadium made it look like no one was there
@@Fourmath if you have to have a smaller stadium then the fan support is pathetic and as I stated the USFL is going there so why would Tampa an already poor sports market support 3 football teams
Hopefully they are back they were my favorite team and I live in Florida and don't like any other Houston sports teams yet they were able to get me to like them because of their branding and of course PJ Walker
The Toronto Argonauts are not going to leave an established football league like the CFL for an imaginary league that is a concept on paper. The CFL isn't a sinking ship. It will always exist through other upstart leagues like WFL, USFL, NFL Europe, UFL, AAF, XFL 1, 2 and 3
@@primeconor The CFL is NOT dying. It has released it 2022 CFL full 18 game schedule just days after playing the Grey Cup. Got new ownership in Vancouver, Montreal and Hamilton took in new partners in Stelco, a hedge fund group. MLSE still owns the Argos and they aren't losing money as the Leafs, Raptors and TFC have. While the XFL doesn't have a pot to piss in. Get a clue and watch a CFL game or two
@@primeconor The stands of the XFL are currently empty and may never come about. The CFL has a long history and tradition, been around since the '50's. The XFL hasn't even finished off a season
You proved you don't understand the dynamics of the cfl or Toronto in general. League needs the country's biggest market to survive or else the nfl will see the opportunity and thus kill Canadian football
@@primeconor still not getting it. The cfl will always support the Argos financially which means they won’t be leaving. The city of Toronto won’t fund a billion dollar nfl stadium under any circumstances, but especially if it means that the main tenant of Bmo field that they just poured millions into will be leaving. It has nothing to with being afraid of the Argos, it has to do with public support which is non existent.
@@primeconor No, they are not. pro football is a television program to them. That is the most important numbers to deal with for a new sports league. The turnstiles are the last time to make money and it is the least number of "customers" to sell to.
@@joefaber1381 I’m aware but why put a team in New York for fans to watch from home when those same New York fans can watch the team in St Louis from home?
tampabay should relocate does anyone really think tampa will support 3 teams? the buccs, the bandits{usfl} and the xfl? if you just got to have a team there why not move to st.petersburgh area..it's called tampa st.pete for a reason..rebrand it as the florida vipers and move on..the same thing for houston,no way will it support 3 teams, the texans, gamblers and the xfl..why not rebrand it as the texas roughnecks,and move to austin, or san antonio..? dallas really? it's called dallas ft.worth..why not move it to ft.worth?if i had billions of dollars to throw into a new league, i would think outside the box, instead of going to the same old over saturated markets..thinking ohhh my league is going to be an overnight sensation, and run every other major sports team out of town...
This might be further down the road, but if you eventually get to 12 teams and hence have 3 divisions I have the perfect plan. The XFL should have the typical East and West Divisions and then they should have the TexMex Division which would consist of teams in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Mexico City. Having a "TexMex" Division just sounds epic to me.
It absolutely does, I don’t want my XFL teams to be a gimmick NFL fans watch in the summer while it’s their teams offseason, I want the XFL to be embedded in the culture of the city like the Battlehawks were in St Louis
@@primeconor I disagree the entire purpose is to give some NFL fans some football while their team isn't playing, I would watch a Miami team regardless if there's a NFL team there
There is no consistency with the XFL. Zero teams returned from the original XFL. Why couldn't the XFL at least bring back the LA Extreme over the LA Wildcats (with the most unoriginal helmet logo in the XFL) and the New York Hitmen over the New York Guardians? Will they call this XFL 3??? From what I read The Rock is now in control of the XFL? Not sure about that.
The XFL Ii going to tank in 2023 because of the fact that the rock is allowing politics in his football by letting players kneel during the National Anthem.
@@primeconor unless you get politics out of football the football you judge won't mean a thing if they don not put fans in the seats and viewers on the TV and streaming devices because they will be out of business because they won't be making any money and weather you like it or not this is business. And there is more to a Football League then the Football you like to judge so unless you pay attention to the other things in football then just how they play it you won't have league or a leg to stand on and the number one thing to pay attention to is the Fans and if you do not give fans what they want like no politics in Football you won't have a league anymore because the number thing that drives the league is the Football Fans. no matter how good the football play is without fans and Money to make you will not have a darn thing. No Fans, No Money and No League Period.
@@primeconor And one more thing unless you have all of those things I told you in my first comment you will not have any football to judge. Every single aspect of pro football is very important you do not pay attention to them also you will not have a Football League Period.
@@primeconor Not According to the ratings they aren't and Black and White Sports and Behind The Lines, Out Kick, Fox News and News Max. NFL Rating are way down, Attendance is way down and it is all because the Entire NFL went woke from the players to the commissioner to the owners themselves and right now they are in MLB and NBA and NHL and WNBA territory. If you did any homework on this you would know this. And if the XFL doe's the same things as all the sports I told you about the XFL will not have a leg to stand on Bottom Line.
I’d probably change one thing from this video. Instead of moving the Defenders to Oakland, I would move them to Oklahoma and make them the Oklahoma Twisters. San Diego and Oakland can battle it out for the Wildcats. And the Memphis team would be changed to the Eastern division. My reasoning is from a Seattle fan perspective. There is still a lot of bad blood between Seattle and Oklahoma over the former Sonics (if you think Seattle should just “move on” sure, you are right, and in a lot of ways we have [go Kraken] but if you see how the Baltimore Ravens simply call the Colts “Indy” when they play there or how many Browns fans were cheering Art Modell’s passing, you know fan bases never move on and relish in pettiness and schadenfreude) but by having an XFL team in Oklahoma in the same division as the Dragons, it would create a great natural rivalry right off the bat. The Twisters can play in Norman at the Sooners’ stadium.
I agree that you gotta hold onto the Battlehawks and the Dragons, especially since the Dragons were number 2 despite having one of the worst records in 2020. Houston Roughnecks I think were third in attendance, so I could see them trying to hold on and stay in Houston, but another issue is that the Roughnecks at the time were the best in the league and had the electric play of PJ Walker. If Houston's team ends up playing poorly, who knows if they would hold onto their slight advantage. However the other changes I mostly agree with such as getting out of new york, tampa, and los angeles and into the places you mentioned. However I think it would make sense to move Houston to San Antonio and keep DC and Dallas where they are at. Then you end up with 4 returning locations and 4 new locations, so there's still some level of continuity. I think you keep DC just because everybody dislikes Washington Football's Snyder and the team's attendance is suffering because of it, so a good alternative could do well. However I wouldn't rule out a Columbus team.
Seriously? This league will be another Joke. Do they ever LEARN? All these spring leagues FAIL . The last two did not even finish their seasons!! INCLUDING XFL!! They must love losing money! The talent and product are so weak. Just STOP ALREADY.
Talent isn't a problem and the product isn't a problem either the AAFL and XFL 2.0 were a major success the problem is that things happened behind the scenes which caused both leagues to shut down
I think the SD team would play at Snapdragon Stadium. Brand new stadium built for SDSU football that opens in September. Also wouldn’t compete with Padres games in the spring.
I think a good location for a team would be the Raleigh-Durham area. They could play at Carter-Finley Stadium and would draw a massive crowd from Canes and Panthers fans, especially since the Panthers are kinda ass right now.
I want the Houston Roughnecks again!
I agree with all your relocations
The Oakland Coliseum is falling apart. You should avoid moving a team there.
So play in the new As stadium
@@primeconor stadium won't be ready in 2023, but in future years it'd be a good option.
They should go with 16 teams. 2 conferences like the NFL but with 8 teams. Within each conference there's 2 divisions. The conferences could be something like eastern conference and Western conference. XFL EASTERN Conference:
Division I
Syracuse Guardians
New Jersey Vipers
Raleigh Reapers
Colombus Defenders
Division II
Charleston Wildcats
Savannah Rattlesnakes
Orlando Outlaws
Western Conference
Division I
ST Louis Battlehawks
Phoenix
Santa Fe
San Diego
Division II
Seattle
Reno
Salt lake city
San Antonio
San Antonio needs a team
They got one
They had one in the aaf not xfl
If they got one who is it
Aaf don't exist anymore,xfl should put team there
No matter what anyone says I just can't see the appeal in having an XFL team in a city that also has an NFL team. St. Louis I think shows just how much big cities without a team are willing to come out in support. So if you have to have 2 Texas teams why is it not San Antonio and Houston instead of Dallas, it makes too much sense to me. LA should definitely move to San Diego for the same reasons as St. Louis having a team. Seattle team can move to Portland to give Oregon some pro football and still be in the Northwest area. Tampa to Orlando is a good idea and Birmingham is perfectly fine. That leaves NY as a northeast area team and for them perhaps Syracuse is an option if you must have a team in the northeast but perhaps Charlotte or Salt Lake City might be better options.
As a Raider fan i agree with what you said but think San Jose is a better option. The Earthquakes stadium would be great.
San Antonio and San Diego are must haves too.
Who are the earthquakes?
@@primeconor MLS team from San Jose.
The San Diego Swift would be a very cool team name
Either the XFL or the USFL should bring a team to Chicago. There's a 20,000 seat stadium (SeatGeek Stadium) in the south suburbs that's just perfect for spring football. It's just minutes away from Midway Airport and there's even a hotel next door. The Chicago Fire used to play there, but they moved to Soldier Field.
Maybe Chicago does support 2 baseball teams so it could work
The teams from the original xfl need to return.
Names are too edgy sadly
I think the Guardians could stay in New York if they have a smaller stadium but LA and Tampa Bay need to be relocated
I think the red bulls stadium would be perfect for them. La should move to Daygo or Anaheim and Tampa should move to Orlando or Tallahassee.
@@CrenshawMafia agreed. I think Oakland could work for the Wildcats but Orlando needs to happen for the Vipers
Bring back the Las Vegas Outlaws!!
The XFL is putting a team in Vegas
They should all return as is and add on more teams. they didn't even play half a season....also you have to keep the biggest markets witch is NY and LA...they just need some Dani n Rock magic dust sprinkle....I'm not letting this one go by. I have a crew of about 20 homies and you best believe we willl visit the Wildcats frequently in 2023...LETS GO XFL.... WE'VE BEEN BITING OUR NAILS AWAITING YOUR RETURN !
No way LA comes back nobody liked the wildcats
@@primeconor I'll get back to you on that .... stay tuned...
@@sharkattack8328 I’m willing to bet they go either SD or Oakland
@@primeconor teams r staying where they are....maybe Houston...
@@sharkattack8328 no they’re not LA was a liability and the USFL is going to go to half the cities
As a Roughnecks fan moving them to Tennessee would be the bad move because it'd be a repeat of the Oilers. You'd end up losing all the fans you've made in Houston because we don't want to see that happen again. Given their good fan attendance and their 5-0 record I think Houston would be one of the better options for building a stable fan base
I agree 👍
Move them to Austin or San Antonio if tgey can'tplay in Houston.
Keep the Guardians in NY put them in either Syracuse, Rochester or Long Island.
Defenders and Battlehawks for sure. LA and Tampa should relocate.
Basically any city that doesn't have a NFL team should have a XFL team
Let's go SAN ANTONIO!!!
If they put a team in San Antonio what do you think their name should be (or should they keep one of the old team's name)?
I was thinking that since San Antonio has a majority of Hispanics of going with something more tied to their culture like the Chupacabras or something like that.
@@jaredscottabramson7463 , it depends on which team they relocate.
@@jaredscottabramson7463 San Antonio Toros
The Guardians should just moved to the Red Bulls 20,000 seat stadium. 17,000 fans went to the first game & 14,000 to the second. I'm glad they're failing in Orlando.
I want to see Tampa Bay vipers back in, like for real. Tampa Bay vipers are a great football team and here's Hope in that they are coming back.
Bad fan support, USFL going there, and awful uniforms. Theyre gone.
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The Guardians should move to Chicago, and it makes sense for the Guardians to move there: the only reason they’re in NY is because it’s a giant TV market, but the stadium is too big. Chicago is another big TV market and they have a perfect (and vacant) SeatGeek Stadium there with a capacity of 20k. So it works out in the end!
I disagree. The Guardians should stay where they are and Chicago should get their own teams.
Just have a Chicago team play at Soldier Field so the city has a reason to keep the stadium in use after the Bears pack up for the suburbs
Tampa moving makes sense. I disagree that six of the teams should move though. The reason that NYC and LA had teams was because of media markets, not fans in seats. I think you have to have one. A common and popular idea would be to move the Guardians to Red Bull Stadium (about the size of Audi Field, where DC played) and that makes sense to me. Metlife is just unreasonably big for any XFL team at this point, and probably ever.
Houston to Memphis makes no sense. You mentioned AAF attendance when talking about Tampa moving to Orlando, but you didn't include that the Memphis Express in the AAF was 5th in attendance, averaging just under 13k tickets sold. I think branching out to the top 3 (San Antonio, Orlando, and San Diego) makes good sense though.
DC to Columbus would only work if the league took your suggestion and loaded the team with OSU players. But that would set a precedent of geography based assignment of players, which was a negative aspect of the AAF imo. I don't really have any stats to back me up there it's just my personal view. But the main point is that I don't really see a need for them to move, though their attendance wasn't amazing and they had the 2nd worst peak attendance. The atmosphere was good as a result of the small stadium, so that wasn't a huge issue.
Ideally, the league would be split up like this: West Division has Seattle, San Diego, Houston, and San Antonio. East has St. Louis, DC, NYC, and Orlando.
I’m curious at why assigning players based on geography is a negative thing. To me it makes it easier to recruit players to the league because they know the area and it’s more interesting for the fans who actually know the players
Houston to San Antonio is what the rumors are. L.a moving and probably Tampa bay to Orlando those are the 3. New York just needs to move to smaller stadium
The guardians should go to Atlanta
Falcons attendance is poor
XFL TEAMS should be:
1. St. Louis BattleHawks
2. Seattle Dragons
3. DC Defenders
4. San Antonio "RoughNecks"
5. San Diego "Wildcats"
6. Orlando "Vipers"
7. Buffalo "Guardians"
8. Oklahoma "Renegades"
DC DEFENDERS are staying in DC we showed we are XFL FANS and was one of the top teams and we showed the XFL that we will support are team and don't forget the BEER SNAKE with the fans and our attendance was high, so why would you move a team that makes MONEY, that make no sense. 🤪👎😎
Oh shit I forgot about the beer snake that was legendary
L.a. will be moving and rumors are Houston going to San Antonio
That makes sense
@@primeconor suppose to be big announcements within the next month or so. I'm excited to see what the rock says as far as broadcast deals and teams and etc.
This is why I think the XFL could be the only “Spring League” to actually maybe last long term. The game was so much more different, and more enjoyable to watch compared to the NFL and 5 out of the 8 XFL teams in 2020 were in smarter markets that were successful.
St Louis was successful for obvious reasons, Seattle was able to get good attendances regardless of the team, Dallas was able to get decent attendance in. DC had good attendance seeing a football team that could actually win games, with cool uniforms, talent, and a name. Lastly, Houston had pretty good attendance as well. They were also the best team in the XFL. I feel like if XFL 2023 kept those five they’d be okay and could find three more cities.
I’d argue that the Roughnecks would be more successful in Houston than the USFL’s Gamblers. The first season is in a hub city in Birmingham, the Roughnecks are most likely going to be the more successful out of the two, and I truly believe that it if came down to it, the XFL could stay in Houston and the USFL (if still around) would be the ones relocating. It’s hard to build a good fan base like the Roughnecks had if the team isn’t even in Houston playing games.
Moving on to the three XFL cities that should be dropped. LA, NY, TB. All three were the lowest for attendances in 2020, fielded mediocre teams, and didn’t have strong fan support. I think San Diego could be a good replacement for the LA team, as you keep a team in Cali, and bring up another possible “F the NFL” mentality for some. I also love the idea of the Tampa Bay organization moving to Orlando. Keeping it in Florida. For where to relocate the NY team, as much as I think San Antonio would love a organization and would be successful, I’m keeping Houston where they are, and if you have a eight team League, having three of them in one state, might not be the best. I actually have a interesting destination for this last team: Buffalo. This one is more risky but it could possibly pay off. You keep the team in New York, a team stays in the Northeast, and weather is less of a problem in that time of year then it is for the back half of the NFL season. I think they could pull it off, with the attributes that the Bills fan base has now. If not Buffalo, another unusual destination I think could work but is risky is Detroit. The Lions have good fans, the team just always sucks. The Tigers and Red Wings are usually towards the bottom nowadays in their leagues as well, and Detroit fans are just hungry for success, much like Cleveland was until about five years ago, Michigan loves football, if the team is successful, I think they’d get a strong fan base.
That makes the XFL
East: St Louis, DC, Orlando, Buffalo/Detroit.
West: Seattle, Houston, Dallas, San Diego
(Added)
Also, the CFL is planning to expand to Halifax, Nova Scotia in the next couple years with a team under the title “Atlantic Schooners” so that would make it 10 there. I also don’t think the CFL is sinking as fast, so I think the Toronto Argonauts will most likely stay in the CFL at least for now.
Agreed xfl is in good shape for 2023 with another covid surge going on it would of been a disaster to be starting this year. I was dissaoointed when I heard 2023 but now its looking very good.
I just wish they’d bring back some of the AAF team designs, while I know they’d have to buy the rights to them, the Orlando Apollos, San Antonio Commanders, and even the Birmingham Iron all had solid designs and either cover new markets for the league
I loved the AAF
The UFL 2nd year was good too it had better uniforms. Nobody talks about the UFL and it lasted 3 1/2 years.
No. Houston should go to Austin TX. Austin does not have a Major Sports Team besides Austin FC which is apart of the MLS. Austin Fanbase is big. I feel Memphis would not have a huge fan base.
I agree, put some old Texas players on the team get Vince Young to coach or something
Houston Roughnecks to San Antonio
No Memphis.
Some expansion teams should be added
Not while there’s still teams in awful places like LA
Bro why did they get rid of tampa for Orlando
Because Tampa is a bad sports market
How about moving one of the USFL teams to San Antonio? Like the Houston Gamblers , they are a great candidate for this move. The season hasn’t started yet, no actual “home” is made or purchased for them, and it’s a much closer migration of staff . Just makes more financial sense to start off and say the least
That ship has sailed
If SD gets a team. It should be called the San Diego Riptide. I've always known SD as a beach and surfing town and bringing back the baby blue would give SD chargers fans a familiar feel.
I like that except Chargers fans might not want a familiar feel
@@primeconor yeah, possibly. I don't live in SD anymore so things might have changed.
@@primeconor I think I can relocate teams from here:
Tampa Bay Vipers: relocate to Orlando
Houston Roughnecks: Memphis
LA wildcats: Relocate to San Francisco
Seattle dragons: good
New York Guardians: good
St. Louis Battlehawks: good
D.C Defenders: relocate to San Diego
Dallas Renegades: relocate to Houston in the Roughnecks place.
The only teams I believe should move are the Viper and the Defenders. I would not be surprised to see the XFL come out with 10 teams including Chicago and San Francisco. The XFL will not be able to compete in certain cities where the USFL will be expanding into (Oakland, Washington, San Antonio and Memphis for instance). They can do alright in major cities such as NY, Chicago, LA, San Francisco and Dallas.
Defenders had good fan support
San Antonio Alamo Defenders
#XflSaaD
That’s good
My XFL location
ST. Louis BattleHawks
Austin Roughnecks
San Diego Wildcats
Orlando Vipers
Oakland Guardians
Columbus Defenders
Portland Dragons
San Antonio Renegades
This is a really good list
Thx my XFL Division
South
San Diego Wildcats
San Antonio Renegades
Portland Dragons
Oakland Guardians
North
Columbus Defenders
Austin Roughnecks
Orlando Vipers
ST. Louis BattleHawks
Oakland needs a team....
I agree
Yes, Oakland definitely deserves a team.
Stadium is a dump. Would rather have a team in San Jose at the MLS stadium.
@@Erlov71 the stadium is a super dump no doubt,but they could play in Berkley....
Oakland 🐆 panthers
I like the idea of the Guardians moving to Oakland because of the dark colors, but at the same time I feel like you could still go ahead and go with a different name like the Outlaws or just straight up Thugs. I feel like Oakland fans prided themselves on being an in your face smash nosed team and the "Guardians" just doesn't do it.
Also Wildcats is also a bad name. Given you move them to San Diego, I think it would be fun to name them the Resistors and have a logo of lightning reflecting off of like a lightning rod or something. This way the fans can kind of mock the Chargers and vent their frustration at the move.
You’re right with everything you’ve said I just didn’t think about changing the team name
you could also go with the "Oakland Gang Bangers" LMAO
@@dressed2kill89 That's a definite no.
@@jaredscottabramson7463 Or they can just root for the 49ers.
Im a Raider fan here in the bay area and would prefer San Jose over Oakland.
Battlehawks, Vipers, Defenders, Dragons, and Renegades should all return as they were. (City and name)
Vipers won’t
@@primeconor considering there was a rumor saying they weren't leaving Tampa there's a good chance
@@Fourmath the rock said they’re getting new teams and new cities and the Vipers fan support was pathetic plus the USFL is going to Tampa
@@primeconor you can't give me the whole "new cities & teams" argument when you're video is about who you want/think will return after the news that the Battlehawks are seemingly returning to St. Louis. The fan support wasn't pathetic they just need a smaller stadium like the Guardians because the huge stadium made it look like no one was there
@@Fourmath if you have to have a smaller stadium then the fan support is pathetic and as I stated the USFL is going there so why would Tampa an already poor sports market support 3 football teams
Move a team to Fort Wayne
Do you think the Roughnecks will be back, seeing as how the USFL has its own Houston team?
No I don’t, also the NFL is suing them over the logo being to similar to the Houston Oilers
@@primeconor Yeah they sure do look like the Oilers
Hopefully they are back they were my favorite team and I live in Florida and don't like any other Houston sports teams yet they were able to get me to like them because of their branding and of course PJ Walker
well now they are back.
The Toronto Argonauts are not going to leave an established football league like the CFL for an imaginary league that is a concept on paper. The CFL isn't a sinking ship. It will always exist through other upstart leagues like WFL, USFL, NFL Europe, UFL, AAF, XFL 1, 2 and 3
CFL is dying it’s only popular in western rural Canada and not in Toronto
@@primeconor The CFL is NOT dying. It has released it 2022 CFL full 18 game schedule just days after playing the Grey Cup. Got new ownership in Vancouver, Montreal and Hamilton took in new partners in Stelco, a hedge fund group. MLSE still owns the Argos and they aren't losing money as the Leafs, Raptors and TFC have. While the XFL doesn't have a pot to piss in. Get a clue and watch a CFL game or two
@@davidbuswa9425 I have watched some cfl games and the stands are empty
@@primeconor The stands of the XFL are currently empty and may never come about. The CFL has a long history and tradition, been around since the '50's. The XFL hasn't even finished off a season
@@davidbuswa9425 history only matters when people care
You proved you don't understand the dynamics of the cfl or Toronto in general. League needs the country's biggest market to survive or else the nfl will see the opportunity and thus kill Canadian football
I’m sure the NFL is TERRIFIED of the Toronto Argonauts
@@primeconor still not getting it. The cfl will always support the Argos financially which means they won’t be leaving. The city of Toronto won’t fund a billion dollar nfl stadium under any circumstances, but especially if it means that the main tenant of Bmo field that they just poured millions into will be leaving. It has nothing to with being afraid of the Argos, it has to do with public support which is non existent.
Give Evansville a team
How about none! Go USFL!
The USFL will play in a central location. So if a team is called the Atlanta what-ever, the fan in Atlanta won't be able to see them.
That’ll change
SAN ANTONIO HAD A TEAM IN THE AAF NOT XFL
NO SHIT
Listening to your picks, you might just as well shut down the XFL. No TV network will support such a league.
Well then the TV networks are wrong
@@primeconor No, they are not. pro football is a television program to them. That is the most important numbers to deal with for a new sports league. The turnstiles are the last time to make money and it is the least number of "customers" to sell to.
@@joefaber1381 I’m aware but why put a team in New York for fans to watch from home when those same New York fans can watch the team in St Louis from home?
I think Omaha should have a team
I agree
tampabay should relocate does anyone really think tampa will support 3 teams? the buccs, the bandits{usfl} and the xfl? if you just got to have a team there why not move to st.petersburgh area..it's called tampa st.pete for a reason..rebrand it as the florida vipers and move on..the same thing for houston,no way will it support 3 teams, the texans, gamblers and the xfl..why not rebrand it as the texas roughnecks,and move to austin, or san antonio..? dallas really? it's called dallas ft.worth..why not move it to ft.worth?if i had billions of dollars to throw into a new league, i would think outside the box, instead of going to the same old over saturated markets..thinking ohhh my league is going to be an overnight sensation, and run every other major sports team out of town...
Tampa Bay has since moved to Orlando
This might be further down the road, but if you eventually get to 12 teams and hence have 3 divisions I have the perfect plan. The XFL should have the typical East and West Divisions and then they should have the TexMex Division which would consist of teams in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Mexico City. Having a "TexMex" Division just sounds epic to me.
I like the way you think
And then you could do the same with cananda
CFL has been bailed out by the NFL three times by my count. They’ve been sinking for years.
The XFL is a spring league and the NFL is a fall league. It absolutely DOES NOT MATTER that teams exist in the same cities.
It absolutely does, I don’t want my XFL teams to be a gimmick NFL fans watch in the summer while it’s their teams offseason, I want the XFL to be embedded in the culture of the city like the Battlehawks were in St Louis
@@primeconor I disagree the entire purpose is to give some NFL fans some football while their team isn't playing, I would watch a Miami team regardless if there's a NFL team there
@@geleneceline2310 but you wouldn’t be as passionate about them as the Dolphins
@@primeconor I would still turn in for most of their games but of course I wouldn't be paying attention to them as much as the dolphins
@@geleneceline2310 exactly but if the Dolphins didn’t exist you’d buy their merch go to games anything you currently do for the Dolphins
Battlehawks team want to come back
There is no consistency with the XFL. Zero teams returned from the original XFL. Why couldn't the XFL at least bring back the LA Extreme over the LA Wildcats (with the most unoriginal helmet logo in the XFL) and the New York Hitmen over the New York Guardians? Will they call this XFL 3??? From what I read The Rock is now in control of the XFL? Not sure about that.
The rock is controlling the XFL and he’s bringing back the St. Louis Battlehawks for sure
@@primeconor I do like the St. Louis Battlehawks
New York hitman and extreme didn't fit the vibe they were going for XFL 2.0 branding
@@geleneceline2310 LA Extreme were way cooler looking than the lame Wildcats. Plus the Extreme were the defending champions
@@geleneceline2310 What is the "Vibe"???
The Philadelphia Eagles Have The Best Fans In The NFL GO BIRDS🦅🦅🦅
The XFL Ii going to tank in 2023 because of the fact that the rock is allowing politics in his football by letting players kneel during the National Anthem.
Who cares? I’m here to judge football leagues on the football
@@primeconor unless you get politics out of football the football you judge won't mean a thing if they don not put fans in the seats and viewers on the TV and streaming devices because they will be out of business because they won't be making any money and weather you like it or not this is business. And there is more to a Football League then the Football you like to judge so unless you pay attention to the other things in football then just how they play it you won't have league or a leg to stand on and the number one thing to pay attention to is the Fans and if you do not give fans what they want like no politics in Football you won't have a league anymore because the number thing that drives the league is the Football Fans. no matter how good the football play is without fans and Money to make you will not have a darn thing. No Fans, No Money and No League Period.
@@primeconor And one more thing unless you have all of those things I told you in my first comment you will not have any football to judge. Every single aspect of pro football is very important you do not pay attention to them also you will not have a Football League Period.
@@thebigm4 the NFL is doing fine and they let players do whatever
@@primeconor Not According to the ratings they aren't and Black and White Sports and Behind The Lines, Out Kick, Fox News and News Max. NFL Rating are way down, Attendance is way down and it is all because the Entire NFL went woke from the players to the commissioner to the owners themselves and right now they are in MLB and NBA and NHL and WNBA territory. If you did any homework on this you would know this. And if the XFL doe's the same things as all the sports I told you about the XFL will not have a leg to stand on Bottom Line.
Oakland Razors .... Boom !
I’d probably change one thing from this video. Instead of moving the Defenders to Oakland, I would move them to Oklahoma and make them the Oklahoma Twisters. San Diego and Oakland can battle it out for the Wildcats. And the Memphis team would be changed to the Eastern division.
My reasoning is from a Seattle fan perspective. There is still a lot of bad blood between Seattle and Oklahoma over the former Sonics (if you think Seattle should just “move on” sure, you are right, and in a lot of ways we have [go Kraken] but if you see how the Baltimore Ravens simply call the Colts “Indy” when they play there or how many Browns fans were cheering Art Modell’s passing, you know fan bases never move on and relish in pettiness and schadenfreude) but by having an XFL team in Oklahoma in the same division as the Dragons, it would create a great natural rivalry right off the bat. The Twisters can play in Norman at the Sooners’ stadium.
What XFL teams do you wanna see return?
I agree that you gotta hold onto the Battlehawks and the Dragons, especially since the Dragons were number 2 despite having one of the worst records in 2020. Houston Roughnecks I think were third in attendance, so I could see them trying to hold on and stay in Houston, but another issue is that the Roughnecks at the time were the best in the league and had the electric play of PJ Walker. If Houston's team ends up playing poorly, who knows if they would hold onto their slight advantage. However the other changes I mostly agree with such as getting out of new york, tampa, and los angeles and into the places you mentioned. However I think it would make sense to move Houston to San Antonio and keep DC and Dallas where they are at. Then you end up with 4 returning locations and 4 new locations, so there's still some level of continuity. I think you keep DC just because everybody dislikes Washington Football's Snyder and the team's attendance is suffering because of it, so a good alternative could do well. However I wouldn't rule out a Columbus team.
If you believe the Dallas Renegades are staying then the Houston RoughNecks should be moved to San Antonio...
Seriously? This league will be another Joke. Do they ever LEARN? All these spring leagues FAIL . The last two did not even finish their seasons!! INCLUDING XFL!! They must love losing money! The talent and product are so weak. Just STOP ALREADY.
I take it you didn’t watch if you think talent is the reason they failed
Talent isn't a problem and the product isn't a problem either the AAFL and XFL 2.0 were a major success the problem is that things happened behind the scenes which caused both leagues to shut down
@@geleneceline2310 but I also think it should start closer to summer time
@@zeke3103 yea always thought they started too soon after the nfl
@@geleneceline2310 The pandemic happening was a major reason why the XFL had to temporarily shut down too.
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