Why Dwayne Johnson’s XFL Is a Better Pathway to the NFL Than Rival USFL?

XFL and USFL both provide great opportunities for budding football stars to make an impression which might land them a call from the NFL. Both the American football league rivals are a good choice for NFL aspirants to start their careers with. But one might just be a tad bit better than the other.

In this article, we have broken down why Dwayne Johnson‘s XFL is a better pathway to the NFL than the USFL. Dive deep with us and explore the possible reasons as to why.

Dwayne Johnson XFL dovetails with NFL offseason programs

This year’s XFL season started in February and ended in May. The dates lined perfectly with NFL offseason programs. After the conclusion of the XFL season, the league players became free agents just in time to register themselves for the NFL tryouts.

This couldn’t happen with USFL as the season began in mid-April and ended in mid-June. The dates overlapped with the NFL tryout’s registration dates. The USFL players were still under contract with the league and, therefore, unavailable to register for NFL tryouts.

This factor played a pivotal role in convincing players and agents to choose between the XFL and USFL before the leagues began. Those who played for XFL were able to become available just in time for NFL rookie camp tryouts. And those who did for USFL missed the opportunity this year.

The XFL players who made it to the NFL tryouts received Johnson’s blessing and tons of support.

Johnson’s blessings to his XFL athletes

Following a successful 2023 campaign, the XFL proved itself as the league of opportunity, with over 100 players signing or receiving NFL invitations. You can visit XFL’s official website to find out all the names that were able to bag a spot to work for NFL season which began in September.

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As Johnson mentioned, he created this league to facilitate the dreams of aspiring football athletes, whose ultimate dream is to play for the NFL. Johnson too had a similar dream once. But circumstances rendered him helpless and forced him to relinquish his dreams, instead fostering a successful career in wrestling.

But now he is living his dream by making others’ dreams come true. He was delighted when 100+ of his XFL players received invitations to play for the NFL. He congratulated all of them and confessed that he would root for them to make it big in the league and promised to keep making young athletes’ dreams come true every year.

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