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	WWE Corporate
		NBC's XFL coverage will provide viewers with an "all-access backstage pass" through the use of cameras and microphones placed everywhere from the players and coaches themselves to the huddles and sidelines.
		The XFL, which is co-owned and operated by WWE, Inc. and NBC, begins its first season on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001.
		XFL rule modifications - most notably its "no fair catch" rule - are designed to add excitement while encouraging offense.
	corporate.wwe.com /news/2000/2000_11_16.2.jsp (496 words)

	XFL - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		XFL was intended to be a major professional sports league to compete with the NFL, but failed to find an audience and folded after its first and only season.
		This particular XFL had no connection to an indoor league also known as the XFL (Xtreme Football League) that had launched a few years earlier but merged with AF2 before ever playing a game in its own right (although the leagues did have a connection in both having teams in Birmingham, Alabama).
		The XFL brought a football franchise to Los Angeles, a market which has been a troubling wasteland for the NFL for years, and demonstrated that a baseball-specific stadium such as San Francisco's Pac Bell Park made a remarkably pleasing venue for football as well.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/XFL (3817 words)

	XFL User Guide
		XFL is a language for the definition of fuzzy logic based systems designed to ease the description, verification and synthesis of fuzzy specifications.
		XFL does not impose any restriction on the complexity of the rulebases controlling the behavior of the systems described by using it.
		XFL requires specifications to define a module called system, which specifies the global behavior of the system and whose input/output variables are those of the whole fuzzy system.
	www.imse.cnm.es /Xfuzzy/Xfuzzy_2.1/xfl.htm (3306 words)

	NBC joins WWF in XFL
		WWF chief Vince McMahon introduced the XFL last month, saying the start-up costs for the eight-team league would be "somewhere south of $100 million." He said there were already teams slated for New York, Washington, Miami, Orlando, Fla., Los Angeles and San Francisco, with two more teams to be announced.
		Ebersol told reporters that the XFL is expected to turn a profit after about three years.
		It also will broadcast the XFL Championship game, the first of which will be played on April 21, 2000.
	slam.canoe.ca /FootballXFL/mar29_xfl.html (480 words)

	XFL might have been last to challenge mighty NFL - CBS SportsLine
		The demise of the XFL after just one season has added another oblong tombstone to the alphabet-soup graveyard of leagues that tried and failed to at least siphon off a portion of the NFL's power and popularity.
		In the 30 or so years since the AFL forced the merger, the XFL was the one entity that had the important parts in place, the TV component being the most significant, of course, and it didn't matter.
		Early on, XFL vice president of football operations Mike Keller suggested players should view the new league as an opportunity to "build new identity." In corporate-speak, McMahon called it "brand building." But most of the players, whose contracts are now voided, have no identity, and no one is beating down their doors to sign them.
	www.sportsline.com /b/page/pressbox/0,1328,3912314,00.html (1653 words)

	XFL On TripAtlas.Com
		The XFL was intended to be a major professional sports league complement to the offseason of the NFL, but failed to find an audience and folded after its first season.
		A further problem was that the XFL itself was the brainchild of Vince McMahon, a man who was ridiculed by mainstream sports journalists due to the stigma attached to professional wrestling as being "fake" (i.e., pre-determined) – many journalists even jokingly speculated whether any of the league's games were rigged.
		The XFL brought a football franchise to Los Angeles, a market which has been a troubling wasteland for the NFL for years, and demonstrated that a baseball-specific stadium such as San Francisco's Pac Bell Park made a remarkably pleasing venue for football as well.
	tripatlas.com /XFL (3109 words)

	Despite criticism, XFL still scores high in areas - CBS SportsLine
		The XFL is already eyeing some changes for season two, which will probably be better thought-out than some of the changes we've seen thus far.
		But while he was the most visible of the XFL's announcing team, his merits, or lack thereof, certainly didn't reflect on the rest of the broadcasters.
		The XFL was at its worst when it pitted Jesse Ventura vs. the most apathetic archrival in history, Hitmen head coach Rusty Tillman.
	cbs.sportsline.com /b/page/pressbox/0,1328,3804143,00.html (2118 words)

	XFL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The XFL was a professional American football league that played for only one season in 2001.
		XFL was intended to be a major professional sports league to compete with the NFL, but failed to find an audience and folded after its first season.
		Maddox became the third former XFL player to play for a Super Bowl team (Pittsburgh Steelers), in Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and he is the first to win a Super Bowl ring, although Maddox did not play in the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/XFL (4004 words)

	XFL
		Sure the XFL is a winter league at the moment but don't think for a second the league will not expand if it is a hit with the public.
		The XFL was discounted from the get go as another start up doomed to failure but slowly those same critics are re assessing their initial comments.
		The XFL hasn't seen a ball been kicked yet it already has all the critics talking here are just some of the comments about America's hottest news sports concept.
	www.angelfire.com /tv/xfl/Enter.html (1482 words)

	XFL Folds After One Season - News - WLKY.com \| WLKY
		The WWF is pulling the plug on the troubled XFL after one season.
		Their decision was based largely on the fact that a substantial amount of money needed to be pumped into the struggling XFL to ensure its survival, and there was no guarantee that even huge cash infusion would save the league.
		Its XFL game on March 17 scored a 1.6 rating, tying the record for the lowest-ever prime-time night among the major networks.
	www.wlky.com /news/767008/detail.html (660 words)

	The XFL Cometh
		The XFL purposely promoted the sides more than the games themselves, so this is what its audience was anxious to see, and this aspect of the games would be essential to either holding or losing our interest.
		Three weeks later, having watched XFL action both on television and nearly being deafened by catching a sparsely attended game live at the Meadowlands, I feel that my doubts have been validated.
		At best, the NFL will benefit from the XFL's sure to be brief existence by borrowing a couple of rules, a few technical innovations, some snazzy team logos, and a handful of cheerleaders who will soon be looking for employment.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/sports_issues/61700/2 (604 words)

	XFL Degrading to Men and Women
		McMahon insists that the XFL's detractors "don't know the first thing about our demographic." He likes to boast that he knows what young men want to see, and if the World Wrestling Federation's ratings are the only barometer, it's hard to argue with him.
		The XFL marketing strategy assumes that young men will tune in for the same reason many of them watch pro wrestling - for the soap opera theatrics of macho bluster and exposed female flesh, all under the guise of a "populist" version of professional football.
		For one thing, the XFL policy of not providing players with health insurance coverage clearly sends the message that they are expendable, interchangeable parts who can easily be discarded.
	www.jacksonkatz.com /xfl.html (536 words)

	USATODAY.com - XFL too much for NFL fans
		The XFL, a league that tried to be as wild as pro wrestling and as skilled as the old USFL, folded Thursday after one drab season.
		Executives of the eight-team XFL were discussing the 2002 season at their Stamford, Conn., headquarters when league president Basil DeVito broke the news.
		The XFL was launched by promoter Vince McMahon, who saw the opportunity to use $45,000-a-season players as wild and as raw as his WWF wrestling stars.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/xfl/stories/2001-05-11-forbes.htm (341 words)

	XFL or MLS? - Sports
		The XFL trophy is just that: a big "X." The "X," believe it or not, is probably the most famous "X" in professional sports, while the MLS Cup will never be more than second best.
		XFL rosters, on the other hand, are filled with has-been old timers who are out of their prime and brash youngsters who are eager to dominate a second rate league.
		The XFL is run by a single wealthy tycoon who has more money than God, but still can't buy good players.
	www.dailycollegian.com /news/2001/04/23/Sports/Xfl-Or.Mls-1548552.shtml (450 words)

	XFL - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki Database
		XFL was intended to be a major professional sports league to compete with the NFL, but failed to find an audience and folded after its first season.
		This particular XFL had no connection to an indoor league also known as the XFL (Xtreme Football League) that had launched a few years earlier but merged with AF2 before ever playing a game in its own right (although the leagues did have a connection in both having teams in Birmingham, Alabama).
		Maddox became the second former XFL player to play for a Super Bowl team (Pittsburgh Steelers), in Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and he is the first to win a Super Bowl ring.
	www.armchairgm.com /XFL (3939 words)

	XFL Board - NBC Names Matt Vasgersian XFL Play-by-Play Announcer
		NBC's XFL coverage will provide viewers with an "all-access backstage pass" through the use of cameras and microphones placed everywhere from the players and coaches themselves to the huddles and sidelines.
		The XFL's eight teams will play a 10-week regular season and a two-week playoff, culminating with the XFL championship game on April 21, 2001.
		XFL rule modifications - most notably its "no fair catch" rule - are designed to add excitement while encouraging offense.
	www.xflboard.com /press_releases/00-11-21.htm (1285 words)

	XFL--What the Hell?
		The inaugural XFL draft was held a couple of weeks ago and the best players selected were either washed-up NFL players or young players lacking the skills or size to play NFL football.
		Newspapers have been aggressively covering the XFL through the whole Jesse Ventura as XFL commentator during the Minnesota legislative session saga.” Also, XFL merchandise is on sale for the Christmas season and the flashy new uniforms and bold designs and colors should help promote the league to young people.
		The XFL has been able to attract nationwide feedback and attention and this can only help spawn interest for the league that is only two months away from its debut.
	www.ndsu.nodak.edu /ndsu/kbrooks/Here/XFL.html (1971 words)

	XFL Folds After One Season - News Story - Minneapolis
		The WWF is pulling the plug on the troubled XFL after one season.
		Their decision was based largely on the fact that a substantial amount of money needed to be pumped into the struggling XFL to ensure its survival, and there was no guarantee that even huge cash infusion would save the league.
		Its XFL game on March 17 scored a 1.6 rating, tying the record for the lowest-ever prime-time night among the major networks.
	www.channel4000.com /news/767008/detail.html (614 words)

	Madden: XFL starts fast, but will it last?
		The Nielsen rating for the XFL's Saturday game on NBC was 9.5, more than double the 4.5 that advertisers were promised.
		Let's face it, the main reason serious sports types don't like the XFL is because wrestling impresario Vince McMahon owns it, and his WWF has done blasphemous things like take a big chunk out of Monday Night Football's ratings and steal a lot of interest away from traditional sports.
		In fairness to McMahon, the XFL should be judged on its own merits, not on McMahon's reputation as WWF owner.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports/columnists/20010210madden.asp (904 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Buzz: XFL demotes Vasgersian, demeans league
		The XFL demoted announcer Matt Vasgersian this week after one game alongside ex-wrestler and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.
		The move, orchestrated by WWF meistro Vince McMahon, demonstrates his desire to make the XFL more like his money-making machine inside the squared circle, and less like the façade he is trying to pass as a gridiron.
		Instead, he is clearly more content with the ramblings of the meat-head Ventura, who's lack of football knowledge is only surpassed by his lack of political knowledge, as the population of Minnesota may or may not have already realized.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /buzz/articles/xfldemise.html (588 words)

	BBC SPORT \| OTHER SPORTS \| Exit visas imminent for XFL
		His goal was to make the XFL a hit using the same formula that has made his World Wrestling Federation one of the most popular shows on television.
		NBC initially stood by its decision to televise XFL games, vowing to honour the contract despite the fact that viewers were dwindling weekly.
		Whether the XFL will survive past its first season remains to be seen, but McMahon insists the league will push on, with or without NBC.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/other_sports/1247482.stm (643 words)

	XFL - A TV Show About Sports
		But since the new XFL football league is more about television, sex, and violence than it is about sport, I figure I'm qualified to discuss it.
		In week two, the XFL lost 50% of their week one audience, and in week three, they lost an additional 25%.
		The XFL stands at the far end of the spectrum - an unabashedly artificial construction of a sporting event made for the media rather than athletic competition carried by the media.
	interact.uoregon.edu /mediaLit/JCP/articles_mlr/walsh/XFL_TV_Show.html (807 words)

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