#MillionsAndMillions On Deck. The Rock buys the XFL hours before bankruptcy auction

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For Kaep to join the XFL, the league would have to be super, super progressive. Is The Rock built like that?

It's one thing to tweet and show support for Kaep and all that good stuff, but there's going to be a lot of big ups in his ear when it comes time to branding/marketing discussion. And Rock has always played it safe and followed the $.

2020 looks to hopefully be a change in shift when it comes to progressive-ness but we'll see if the XFL would be willing to take Kaep because A LOT comes with that (stuff I am all for but you out your damn mind if you think Rock's partners and execs will be like "Sure, bring the political divide in :blessed:!" )
 

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For Kaep to join the XFL, the league would have to be super, super progressive. Is The Rock built like that?

It's one thing to tweet and show support for Kaep and all that good stuff, but there's going to be a lot of big ups in his ear when it comes time to branding/marketing discussion. And Rock has always played it safe and followed the $.

2020 looks to hopefully be a change in shift when it comes to progressive-ness but we'll see if the XFL would be willing to take Kaep because A LOT comes with that (stuff I am all for but you out your damn mind if you think Rock's partners and execs will be like "Sure, bring the political divide in :blessed:!" )

For sure there's a risk. There's a risk attached to buying an IP that has failed twice too.

If they do decide to look into making the league more progressive - I think there would be a gap in the market for that. Damn near every other league is run by an old boys' club made up of fossilised cacs who are deeply invested in keeping America exactly the way it is.

I would be really interested to see if they have Black team owners or if they go the same route that Vince was trying with the league owning all the teams.
 

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For Kaep to join the XFL, the league would have to be super, super progressive. Is The Rock built like that?

It's one thing to tweet and show support for Kaep and all that good stuff, but there's going to be a lot of big ups in his ear when it comes time to branding/marketing discussion. And Rock has always played it safe and followed the $.

2020 looks to hopefully be a change in shift when it comes to progressive-ness but we'll see if the XFL would be willing to take Kaep because A LOT comes with that (stuff I am all for but you out your damn mind if you think Rock's partners and execs will be like "Sure, bring the political divide in :blessed:!" )

I think its going to depend a lot on how the XFL treats its football players. If the players are treated better than NFL players, it may cause some of them to look at other options for their career.
 

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For sure there's a risk. There's a risk attached to buying an IP that has failed twice too.

If they do decide to look into making the league more progressive - I think there would be a gap in the market for that. Damn near every other league is run by an old boys' club made up of fossilised cacs who are deeply invested in keeping America exactly the way it is.

I would be really interested to see if they have Black team owners or if they go the same route that Vince was trying with the league owning all the teams.

Plus I think a lot of the people are overlooking how bad the new NFL CBA is for the players. I'm sure a lot of them aren't happy with the new deal.
 

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For Kaep to join the XFL, the league would have to be super, super progressive. Is The Rock built like that?

It's one thing to tweet and show support for Kaep and all that good stuff, but there's going to be a lot of big ups in his ear when it comes time to branding/marketing discussion. And Rock has always played it safe and followed the $.

2020 looks to hopefully be a change in shift when it comes to progressive-ness but we'll see if the XFL would be willing to take Kaep because A LOT comes with that (stuff I am all for but you out your damn mind if you think Rock's partners and execs will be like "Sure, bring the political divide in :blessed:!" )
When the BLM movement exploded into the mainstream with George Floyd's death, remember how all companies suddenly became BLM supporters?

And remember this?

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Nothing against The Rock whose intentions may be good, but supporting progression and making Kaep (including his famous Nike deal) the face of the sport are no longer as "controversial" as MAGA heads would make you think.
 
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