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https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... ship-game/

>> As explained last night, attendance continues to be a challenge for spring football leagues.

Two Texas games on Saturday drew just over 17,000 in-person fans, each. A Sunday game in San Antonio did considerably better.<<

MF never posted my comment correcting him but did issue a second article


https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... 20-opener/

>>The USFL in 2022 had an enhanced degree of difficulty, since all games were played in Birmingham. The XFL plays its games in the eight cities its franchises represent. And the initial attendance figures from Saturday show that there’s room for improvement.

Via the Dallas Morning News, courtesy of Sports Business Journal, the Arlington Renegades drew 12,047 to the home opener against the Vegas Vipers. That reflected a drop of nearly 30 percent from the crowd of more than 17,000 that showed up to see the same team in the same stadium for its XFL 2.0 opener.


The other Saturday game, played in Houston between the Roughnecks and the Orlando Guardians, drew 12,784.

Again, ticket sales will be a small part of the overall viability puzzle. The third iteration of the XFL will rise or die based on people watching the games.<<

That last line is correct.
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The NBC - Rock connection may be paying off as MF himself talks up StL attendance while ignoring Seattle and Vegas

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... -st-louis/

>> For the second time in less than a week, more than 35,000 fans showed up to watch a pro football game in St. Louis. This time around, they saw the home team lose to the last unbeaten team in the XFL.

The D.C. Defenders moved to 5-0 with a 28-20 win over the Battlehawks, in front of 35,868 fans.

Last Sunday, St. Louis had an official attendance of 38,310. <<
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PFT and SMW on Week 5

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https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... ournament/

>> In 2020, the XFL didn’t have a chance to compete with the NCAA men’s basketball tournament because the pandemic shut both events down. This year, the XFL did not fare well when facing March Madness.

Via SportsMediaWatch.com, the XFL averaged 264,000 viewers in games televised by ESPN, ESPN2, and FX in Week Five. It was a 48-percent drop from Week Four.
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This weekend, the numbers should increase. ABC has a game that won’t compete with the basketball tournament, at 1:00 p.m. ET.

While the numbers are far from horrible, it’s likely not what the XFL and the Disney networks envisioned.<<

AND Sports Media Watch:
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/0 ... ed-season/

>> After averaging 1.3 million viewers in week one, viewership has declined in each subsequent week of the XFL. Keep in mind no game has aired on broadcast television since week one. ABC is scheduled to air its first XFL game in more than a month this coming Saturday in a window that will not compete with the men’s tournament.

In addition, there are only two games remaining on schedule on FX — which owns seven of the ten smallest audiences this season — and none that begin at or after 10 PM ET. <<

See the comment by john geraci.

So its all but inevitable that ratings bounce up week 2 with actually Two ABC games Saturday of which should be not going head-to-head against NCAA's.
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>> This Saturday, the Battlehawks gave the XFL some excitement in the form of a win in the league’s first overtime game of the season.

Quarterback Nick Tiano, playing for A.J. McCarron (shoulder), led St. Louis to a drive that tied the game at the end of regulation, thanks to a 34-yard field goal by Donny Hageman.

The Battlehawks won despite trailing 17-8 in the fourth quarter. <<
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