N/S: Overtime In The XFL Will Be A 2-Point Shootout With 44 Players On The Field (1 Viewer)

[XLR8]

Overtime In The XFL Will Be A 2-Point Shootout With 44 Players On The Field And It's So Crazy, It Just May Work

(Source)- The XFL will look to put its own twist on football with rules variations that were hinted at Monday during an PTF PM podcast. In the interview XFL commissioner Oliver Luck said 44 players wo...

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XFL to put twist on football with 3-point conversions, 44 players on field, other rules

XFL commissioner Oliver Luck says the league plans for three-point conversions and 44 players on the field.

www.azcentral.com

Well this might be interesting to watch.

 

[Swimmer]

What's the XFL? Is that the Arena football league or is it new. Thx much!!! Who Dat!

 

[los226]

Football royal rumble

 

[XLR8]

What's the XFL? Is that the Arena football league or is it new. Thx much!!! Who Dat!

Well it did not get off to a good start but it is back. I suggest watching the 30for30 documentary on the league.

 

[whodatphil]

How do you officiate 44 players? Can’t even get it right with 11 on 11

 

[MTDB1983]

Oliver Luck? Not Andrew Lucks dad?

 

[insidejob]

Oliver Luck? Not Andrew Lucks dad?

I really doubt there are two. If there are, strike me dead with lightning.

 

[XLR8]

Oliver Luck? Not Andrew Lucks dad?

XFL Names Andrew Luck's Father, Oliver, Commissioner and CEO

As the XFL reboots, it will do so with some Luck. No, not Andrew Luck . Oliver Luck, the former Houston Oilers quarterback and the father of the Indianapolis Colts star. The XFL has named Oliver as its first commissioner and CEO...

bleacherreport.com

 

[jdanton14]

I give this like 10 games before folding, and I'm taking the under.

 

[XLR8]

I give this like 10 games before folding, and I'm taking the under.

Looks like they got enough money for the first year

WWE's Vince McMahon sells $272M in stock to fund XFL

The XFL reboot is set to launch in 2020.

www.foxbusiness.com

Vince McMahon sells $272M in WWE stock to fund XFL

McMahon still maintains control over more than 80% of the company’s voting shares.

www.si.com

McMahon can stream the games on his own networks. That may actually save them some money.

 

[SAINT BIGAL]

How do you officiate 44 players? Can’t even get it right with 11 on 11

I'm still trying to understand how that is going to work.

 

[St. Geezy]

How do you officiate 44 players? Can’t even get it right with 11 on 11

So there are 8 officials in most football games. Keep in mind that in this scenario, there is a much shorter field to officiate. I'd imagine they could get by with 4 officials on each side and maybe just make the head ref the one guy that has to run/walk back and forth as a 5th official.

 

[XLR8]

I'm still trying to understand how that is going to work.

Me too. I’m guessing it will sort of be like Rugby?

 

[insidejob]

I mean, did they run some tests with this before implementing it? I'd certainly hope so. If not, stuff like this will doom the league - again. 44 guys on the field at once just seems impossible to officiate. May as well make it rules free and let them have pipes and bats. That I'd pay to see.

I still don't get it:

In the interview XFL commissioner Oliver Luck said 44 players would be on the field simultaneously during a shoot-out style overtime. Each team's offense and defense would be on opposite ends of the field in an overtime that would last as little as four minutes in order to keep the game within a three-hour limit.

Luck said each team will have five opportunities to convert a two-point conversion in the overtime session. The defense would score one point with a turnover.

Does the ball get placed at midfield and both teams rush to grab it like in dodgeball?

 

[Dr. Sting]

Me too. I’m guessing it will sort of be like Rugby?

It will be like a soccer shoot out with both teams offense and defense on the end of each side of the field. Each team alternates an attempt at a 2 point conversion until someone wins. Each team gets a maximum of 5 attempts. A turnover is 1 point to the defense. It's supposed to be able to take place in like about ten minutes tops or something.