No way. Clearly, he wants to be a success at something besides wrestling before he dies. I didn't hear his announcement, but heard a lot about what he said, and it sounds like he really has no concrete plans yet, no TV deal, which is the key to the whole thing being a success or not. If he has to put it on an internet network, that's the kiss of death, he might get a TV deal, though being Vince McMahon, he has automatic credibility issues with the real sports world. He's also going to need to be paying NFL level salaries right off the bat, or he's again gonna get the guys who aren't quite good enough for the NFL, which will mean football not quite as good as the NFL. Since there are going to be no franchises, what's the real incentive of the players? They're all working for the same guy. I'm not at all optimistic, everything that's ever challenged the NFL has been a major flop. And McMahon said this time around he wasn't gonna knock the NFL, and said he isn't gonna go the political route with it.
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