Vandyn
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The XFL will need to embrace what it is. Tier 2 football. Expect TV deals to reflect that number, pay players and coaches accordingly, and price your tickets for families that can't afford NFL ticket prices. You don't compete with the NFL because you aren't going to play on Sunday/Monday/Thursday from August - January. You market your players as "the guys you are going to see in the NFL next year." Don't use the 3-years-out-of-highschool rule that the NFL does, so you can draft kids earlier out of college, and build yourself as the true grooming ground for NFL talent since your game will more closely resemble the NFL than college football currently does.
While I kind of agree with you, what you are describing is basically the NFL 'minor leagues'. Can something like that co-exist with the NFL, similar to how minor league baseball and even the NBA development league works? Possibly but then again I'm not sure that's what Vince is trying to achieve. He's going to have a hell of a time getting top tier players out of college who just won't get snatched up by the NFL.