Earlier this week the NFL and XFL announced plans to collaborate with each other on health, safety, and technology innovations. Essentially this collaboration will have the NFL using and monitoring the XFL to test out ideas for new in game rules and other ways to enhance the gameday experience from a player and consumer perspective.
This kind of cooperation has led many to believe that the XFL could be the official developmental league that many believe the NFL is desperately lacking compared to the three other major American sports.
However, XFL chairwoman/owner Dany Garcia told ESPN that said this deal is not the first step in becoming an NFL developmental league.