The XFL will make its return a month from tomorrow. It originally existed for just one year in 2001 before closing its doors due to a financial loss, but the league’s backer, Vince McMahon, has vowed to remain steadfast through a slow transitional opening, already withdrawing funds out of his own resources to carry the league through its first few seasons. The hope is, by then, that it will have gained enough of a foothold to have become sustainable on its own.
Even under the best of circumstances, that has proven to be an incredibly difficult task.