Oliver Luck was on the Pro Football Talk (PFT) Podcast Monday to talk XFL. Mike Florio asked him wide-ranging questions from the AAF folding, new XFL rules to John Manziel.
Notes from the Interview;
Oliver rated his surprise in the AAF folding a 7 out of 10. He was surprised and saddened. Surprised it folded before the season completed
Charlie Ebersol approach Luck years ago about starting a league and he turned him down because of lack of capital to start a league
Luck was involved with NFL Europe and knows a new sports leagues need 2 to 4 years to develop. It also requires money
Luck didn’t know about merger talk rumor of AAF and XFL
XFL not interesting in AAF team markets at this time
Looking at what AAF did well and not well overall
AAF did well with their game pace. Liked the audio element with their games
Team practice facilities are being looked at, and it takes time to finalize
Going to use the old St Louis Rams practice facility for XFL team. Others are being worked out.
40 million football fans are used to games in the Fall. If they can get some fans out of that number, a spring league will do well
XFL games will be on Saturday and Sunday, towards the end of the season there might be Thursday night games
TV deal will be announced soon
League is open to taking players not NFL draft-eligible
XFL would be open to Manziel as long as the coaches feel like he’s good enough
XFL would stay a Spring football league even if the NFL goes on strike next year
Vince has the staying power and won’t be a one year and done league
XFL Rules
XFL Kick Off Formation
30-second play clock
Kick off will be different
No fair catch 5-yard halo rule on punt returns
Overtime will be more like soccer or NFL shoot out vs. NFL overtime quarter
Game time under 3 hours
Forward pass rule: A pass that doesn’t cross the line of scrimmage so you can do it multiple times
11 on 11, same field type, and number of downs
XFL to use one, two, or three-point conversions
Team scoring a touchdown in the XFL will emerge with 6, 7, 8, or 9 points.
There will be around 12 changes to the rules that differ from NFL and NCAA football
Breakdown of XFL one, two, or three-point conversions
All are not kicks but play from scrimmage
One Point Play – from 2-yard line
Two Point Play – from 5-yard line
Three Point Play – from 10-yard line
Breakdown of XFL Overtime shoot out
44 guys on the field
5 opportunities each team for one point
Each side will have five chances to convert a two-point conversion
The defense can score a point in overtime from a turnover
Overtime would last as little as four minutes
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Brent
July 10, 2019 at 8:04 am
Some interesting changes. I love the point conversion rules – that will definitely be more exciting and worth watching. I don’t know about the overtime shootout, but I’ll have to see. I know I don’t like the way the NFL does overtime, so I’m glad to see the XFL try something there
Brent
July 10, 2019 at 8:04 am
Some interesting changes. I love the point conversion rules – that will definitely be more exciting and worth watching. I don’t know about the overtime shootout, but I’ll have to see. I know I don’t like the way the NFL does overtime, so I’m glad to see the XFL try something there