I believe that if the AAFL is successful in kicking off that there will be no XFL. I think it would be very smart for the NFL to support these guys but they won't. They will pull players and coaches out of the league and all that, but the NFL has never been interested in spending money where they weren't forced to.
I think that of all these things the CFL has always been the smartest, except when they did their excursion into the US with B'ham, San Antonio, Baltimore, etc. The CFL is what it is and either you like it or you don't, but they are true to their game and haven't compromised it. They know they will never compete with the NFL so why try? With the rising success of the NBA and college spring sports I am not sure there is even a market for this football league, but let's give it a go and see what happens.
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