The NFL should partner with the XFL.



Granted, the NFL doesn’t need the XFL or any other professional football league, for that matter. That’s been proven time and again as those other leagues have folded and the NFL has continued to grow in popularity. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t want it to succeed, at least to the point where it is sustainable, and the NFL should strongly consider propping up the XFL and investing in the league’s future.



It’s not about money, necessarily. XFL owner Vince McMahon has plenty of that. It is about providing some support in terms of marketing and exposure that could allow this league to be the first of its kind to get over the hump and succeed for years to come. Nobody seems to know right now exactly what the XFL would need in terms of attendance and ratings to make it viable as a long-term play but whatever those numbers are the NFL should figure out a partnership that makes sense to help...