Talk:The Spring League

Coming back?

Did the proposed June 2018 game ever happen? Realistically, with a presumably deep-pockets springtime league slated to play American football in the spring of 2019, and Vince McMahon's new XFL slated to start in 2020, what is the chance of this thing ever playing again? It seems to have made it this far on shoestrings and bailing twine, so to speak. 2600:1004:B118:F21E:BC84:1A98:65BF:9CED (talk) 02:37, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Semi-pro

"semi-professional football (gridiron) scouting event and showcase" is being replaced by " professional football (gridiron) league and scouting event" under the edit summary of "The Spring League does provide compensation to some of its players. Actual games are played in accordance to NFL rules. Wins and losses are recorded and actual box scores are posted." by NYCsportslawyer, believe to have a conflict of interest on the related article, Fall Experimental Football League.

It is semi-pro because not all players are being paid, so the reason "does provide compensation to some of its players." supports semi-pro status not a pro status. While games may be played with NFL rules, but that is not completely true as XFL test rule are being used. Wins and losses standings and actual box scores are no where to be found. Nor does the format of play with only two games per team says league to me as having basically one division, each team does not play all the other teams with the four teams. There is no "crowning" of a league champion or other effects of league standings (losing team gets first pick on recruit, whether it is called a draft or not). There is no team "cohesiveness" or continuity that I am aware of (see draft comment). As the Showcase that we were able to dig up info on had different teams then existed in the league round robin. Spshu (talk) 13:35, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Plus, while some players may (and this is unconfirmed) get some pay, they charge players to tryout and sign up. So it's pay-to-play, not pay-for-play, meaning it's not professional. It's also not really a league. It's a workout camp that people have to pay to participate in. Frankly, I think this article needs a total overhaul to reflect that this is not a genuine professional league, but a workout for players trying to get noticed by pro scouts. oknazevad (talk) 00:07, 25 July 2020 (UTC)