Halfway through its sixth season in existence, the XFL has completely found its footing and is looking to further grow its dominance over the NFL as the world’s premier football league.

            “Our first year back in 2001 was a bit rough, no sense denying that,” said XFL president Vince McMahon. “But once we rededicated ourselves to making this thing work and fixed some of the glitches for Year Two we really started rolling. By our fourth year we had pulled completely even with the NFL as far as revenues and TV ratings and this season we’re completely blowing them out of the water.”

            The league’s celebration of violence and the unparalleled access it gives fans to players and coaches through dozens of cameras has built it a huge following.

            “While the NFL was wussifying itself year by year – putting in more and more rules in to protect the quarterback and outlawing celebration routines – we gave fans what they want: hard-hitting action and big personalities,” said McMahon. “And while teams like the New England Patriots were becoming exceedingly stand-offish and tight-lipped – hiding their coaches and players from the media like they were in the CIA – we have provided completely unfiltered access to our players and coaches at all times, allowing fans to truly feel like they are inside the game. It’s not magic why we’ve sped past the NFL. Any idiot could see back in 2001 that we had a business plan that would be very successful. None of what we have achieved since then is a surprise to us.”

            The XFL has also made huge in-roads in acquiring top talent.

            “At first we just had a few name players like Tommy Maddox and He Hate Me,” said McMahon. “And, while they continue to be superstars – Tommy with his four Big Game MVPs and Hate Me’s back-to-back-to-back rushing titles – we’ve also increasingly acquired the NFL’s best players thanks to us not having a salary cap system in place. It seems every year we get a good 75-percent of the top NFL free agents. The NFL had a good run there, but I don’t know how much longer they can hang around. Their time is over.”

            The NFL has definitely taken notice off the XFL’s growing dominance.

            “It’s an open secret that Paul Tagliabue’s retirement was forced by the other owners,” said Dallas owner Jerry Jones. “We have mediocre play across the league, inept referees, teams in Arizona and Jacksonville and elsewhere that can’t sell out their stadiums eight times a year – it’s a mess. If we don’t do something now, our team owners are going to get out and look into investing in the XFL before it’s too late, me included.”