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What does XFL stand for? The meaning behind 'X' has everyone confused



The XFL has been born again, and if you're watching the start of the league's 2020 season, you might be wondering what exactly the X stands for. You already know the NFL, which stands for National Football League. So it's natural to assume that the "FL" in XFL stands for football league. But what about the X? There are only so many words that start with that letter, and only so many that are actually useful. Merriam Webster lists 138 words that start with X, ranging from two letters to 15. Based on the original league, which only lasted one season in 2001, you probably think the X stands for extreme, or something like Xtreme. But it turns out that's not the case. MORE XFL: Rules | Schedule | Uniforms | Rosters Despite Homer Simpson declaring it so, the X does not stand for Extreme or Xtreme. Vince McMahon did want it to, according to reports. But the "Xtreme Football League" name was already taken as the league was announced in 1999, the same year the XFL was founded. From Our Sports Central: The Xtreme Football League announced its formation at a news conference in Birmingham on April 20, 1999. The XFL was to be an Eastern U.S. indoor football league that planned to begin play in April 2000 with 10 to 12 teams, all of which were to be committed by June 1. The XFL's playing season was to be April through August. But that XFL never really formed as it merged with the Arena Football league before ever starting a game. XFL logo https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/83/27/xfl-logo-white-ftr_1rlmttogzqavn1jh47jxpf6j7x.png?t=365778408&w=500&quality=80 From Brett Forrest's book, "Long Bomb: How the XFL Became TV's Biggest Fiasco": Vince McMahon — bumpkin billionaire, overworker of eyebrows — was about to reinvent football. So he schemed, when he announces for a new pro football league in February 2000. It was called the XFL. The letters, McMahon was quick to point out, didn't stand for anything. It wasn't the Xtreme Football League or the X-rated Football League, although those were dual implications of the ubiquitous twenty-fourth letter, which the American public had come to recognize as the default signpost for 'aggressive.' No, this was just XFL. Former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman was also quoted in the book saying, "XFL stands for nothing at all? That's amazing. Only Vince McMahon would have something which means nothing stand for something." McMahon did joke, however, during the 2001 announcement for the league, “The NFL stands for the ‘No Fun League.' The XFL is going to be the ‘Xtra Fun League.'”

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