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A New Threat to the NFL?(XFL versus NFL)(Brief Article)
"THE NFL HAS BECOME TOO conservative, too corporate with too much regulation. We're bringing back old-fashioned, smash-mouth football, but with cutting-edge marketing and production values."
With that, WWF chief Vince McMahon launched the XFL this spring. As most football fans know by now, McMahon and his wrestling organization, which has developed into one of the most popular and recognizable brands in sports, plan to take the NFL by its face mask next year and give it a big jolt. Although the XFL won't exactly go head to head with the NFL (its season will commence soon after the Super Bowl), it could become a legitimate competitor to a league that has enjoyed a virtual monopoly for years.
And the XFL pulled a rabbit out of its hat in late March when it announced that NBC was its equal partner and will air regular-season and playoff games …
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- Press release article from: Business Wire November 22, 2004 700+ words
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 20, 2006 700+ words
...CHICAGO, Nov. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Jim McMahon knows how to lead a team to victory. He did...closer experiences with arthritis than retired NFL athletes. Gridiron greats Jim McMahon, John Elway, Harold Carmichael and Rocky Bleier...
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- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mashek, Jim January 22, 1997 700+ words
...Ditka said. What McMahon had was a thirst for...team in modern-day NFL history: the 1985 Bears...Bowl, and in 1989, McMahon was traded to the San...was the second of seven NFL stops McMahon has made in his career...
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- Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business MINKOFF, RANDY November 27, 2000 700+ words
...National Football League (NFL). Mr. McMahon's WWF is a license...in the past. But Mr. McMahon's track record and...from NBC-jilted by the NFL two years ago-have...look at the XFL. Mr. McMahon's only mistake may...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pluto, Terry August 8, 1995 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 19, 2004 700+ words
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...with the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft Saturday, it will be for one major reason _ Mike McMahon. If they don't believe...to believe he can develop McMahon into a better NFL quarterback. And he believes McMahon is capable of improving...
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