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Signed to practice squads today:
K Austin MacGinnis (Renengades), Los Angeles Rams
DT Kahlil McKenzie (Wildcats), Cincinnati Bengals

Released from practice squads today;
LB Tegray Scales (Renegades), Tampa Bay Bucs
QB Jordan Ta'amu (BattleHawks), Kansas City Chiefs

Not sure if this deserves its own thread, but it sort of ties into one of the points Garcia made here. From our own Mike Mitchell on Twitter (@ByMikeMitchell): "According to a reliable source. #XFL President Jeffrey Pollack and Special Advisor Basil DeVito have been in communication over the last fe...

And FB itself is not a niche - its the league that's new. Yes, I made that distinction in my post. But that's also a very big caveat - pro football does well with fans on TV when it's NFL or major college sports; not so much for secondary leagues. It's part of the reason so many others have failed....

CB Josh Hawkins was cut from the Panthers practice squad.
P Hunter Niswander (Defenders) signed with the Cowboys practice squad.

The number of different platforms available to show games has certainly made it easier to enter the marketplace, even on a smaller level in terms of number of teams, games played, etc. Keep # of teams and games (and probably players) down, costs stay down.

I can't say I'm surprised at numbers 1-3.

Columbus and Omaha are interesting because they're such strong college towns, but I wonder if that would also be a reason the XFL (or any other league) may want to stay away.

DT Khalil McKenzie was waived by the Bengals.

You're right of course that carriage fees have always been important - but they're MORE important now because of the cord cutting as well as how important live sports (and thus those networks) have become to cable companies. As you said, if Amazon or Netflix or one of the bigger streaming services d...

Couple things I learned while writing the article: 1) We usually look at ratings in the context of what kind of ad revenue can be brought in, but while that's obviously still important, squeezing as much $$ out of cable companies for carriage fees has become more of a priority, especially with so ma...

DE Will Clarke (BattleHawks) signed with the Saints practice squad.
CB Saivion Smith re-upped with the Cowboys practice squad.