May 31, 2007, - 12:15 pm
Mark Cuban Starts New Pro Football League
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Billionaire mega-media mogul and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is part of a group starting a new pro football league that will compete with the NFL for players and will play on Friday nights.
Cuban told AP:
It’s a pretty simple concept. We think there is more demand for pro football than supply.
I’m all for breaking the monopoly the No Fun League has on broadcast pro football. But I’m surprised Mark Cuban doesn’t get that this won’t work.
Hey, Mark, three letters: X-F-L.
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If Cuban wanted to get networks to cover his new league and strong arm sponsors into funding it, he should consider a women’s league. The WNBA has proven that you can get worse ratings than the XFL and still exist . . . so long as your league involves inept, masculine “female” athletes.
Tags: Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Mavs, Debbie Schlussel Billionaire, football, Mark Cuban, Mark Cuban Starts, mega-media mogul, National Football League, NFL, No Fun League, owner, XFL
You gotta love a guy who has so much money that he blows it on stupid business ventures. He’s typical of the twenty-somethings that were lucky enough to capitalize on the dot-com wave. He’s rich not because he was a smart businessman, just lucky. His previous and present investments highlight that fact. I hope he keeps spending. Sooner or later the well runs dry. However, if he’s going to throw all that cash away, I would not be opposed to having some thrown my way!
FreeAmerican on May 31, 2007 at 1:01 pm