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ONE COUNTRY
from Onside Kick
by LASA Ezine
By Samuel Robinson
Blue = XFL Red = USFL
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Note: Teams will be placed where their home stadiums are. Teams playing in a home stadium in a different city than where they claim to represent (such as the Philadelphia Stars playing in Detroit) will have a dashed line connecting them to their claimed city.
No California Gold Rush
Although it has many large media markets, there are no teams from either leagues in California. Although the XFL had a team in LA in its 2020 iteration, the Wildcats, they had some of the lowest attendance and TV numbers in the league. Instead of California, the XFL has designated Seattle and Vegas to be its teams out west.
Txfl
The XFL has put three teams, a high proportion of their eight team league, in Texas. This makes sense given that the league is headquartered in Arlington, where all of the teams practice, and the teams travel every week to the city they are playing in. Putting three teams in Texas cuts down on travel costs, which are a major cost for any football league, while also attracting fans with regional rivalries.
