Vince McMahon’s XFL Revival Already Has Some Early Competition

Vince McMahon only recently revealed the revival of the XFL but it seems that alongside the pre-existing NFL, McMahon may have new competition and he is very familiar with the man responsible for it.

The name behind this competition is Charlie Ebersol, someone very familiar to McMahon. Ebersol’s father Dick was a longtime NBC executive and actually helped McMahon launch the original XFL years ago, with Ebersol himself directing the recent ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the failed launch of the original XFL.

Today, Ebersol has announced the formation of the Alliance of American Football.

According to WrestlingInc, Ebersol plans to launch the AAF on CBS on February 9, 2019 which is set to follow the NFL’s Super Bowl. This is much sooner than the XFL, which is set to begin in early 2020.

Dick will serve on a board of directors alongside former NFL stars Hines Ward, Justin Tuck, and Jared Allen. Their goals are similar to that of the XFL, with good seats supposedly costing around $35.

Ebersol had the following to say on the creation of the AAF:

“I wanted to build a team of people who were significantly more accomplished and smarter than I was and let them build what they thought the future of the sport was going to be.”

“We’re not looking for out-of-box, rocket-ship success. The XFL, USFL as a live event were successful businesses, but expectations were so high. We want to manage expectations because we’re built for a long-term model.”

Check out the reveal below:

Alliance of American Football, a new pro football league, plans to debut in 2019 | ESPN

Given what you know of both companies, which do you feel will succeed? Do you think XFL can still survive?

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