A new developmental football league will play its first game on Wednesday night, attempting to catch success that has eluded every other semi-pro football league in America in the past.

The Fall Experimental Football League, or FXFL for short, is a four-team league that will play a six-week season with one goal: To serve as a developmental league for players who came out of college too early, need more exposure or just didn’t make a roster in the NFL this season.

“A developmental league is absolutely needed right now and we feel like we’ve designed a model that makes sense,” Brian Woods, the league’s commissioner, told For The Win. “Playing games on week nights, having an abbreviated schedule, giving these young players a chance to develop their skills …”

So why will this league succeed where everyone else has failed? Woods claims he has a better business plan by making it focused on developing players and relying less on projecting large fan attendance. He said he’s also focused more on keeping costs down.

“I think we have a good plan in place to be sustainable,” he said.

Players get paid between $900-$1000 a week and receive worker’s compensation and health insurance, said Woods. The league will be broadcast on a handful of local networks and ESPN3. Like in the NBA Developmental League or MLB Minor Leagues, players are encouraged to leave to pursue NFL tryouts.

Teams have had only a few weeks to get ready for the season, but because many of the players spent the previous weeks at NFL training camps, Woods said many coaches were impressed at the players’ football-readiness and the progress they’ve made in such a short time.

“I think fans will be very impressed with the level of play they’re going to see this evening,” Woods said.