Let's try that again, again.
Three years ago this month, we were excited about the launch of the Alliance of American Football, the first prominent minor football league launched since 2001. That league was a lot of fun … until it folded halfway through the season after massive financial problems ended up too much to overcome for the men holding the purse strings. We never got to see a championship game.
Two years ago this month, we were excited about the launch of the XFL, and that league was even more fun (and more competently run) than the AAF.