XFL? Many so-called professionally well-respected sports analysizers predicted it to be just another football league, that would fade soon, like the USFL did.

Did those experts take into consideration that the XFL has the mighty backing of WWF creative genius Vincent K. McMahon and NBC? Along with many loyal WWF and wrestling fans?

Well, the first week of football brought NBC big ratings, surpassing the ratings of the NFL’s Pro Bowl.

The action, intensity and flash of the announcing and camera angles brings excitement to what the NFL has not brought to the fans.

The first games proved that the XFL is going to be around for quite a length of time. While most still speculate the actual ability of the players and call the XFL a minor league production, they’re all wrong. XFL is going to be and is one helluva show.

The players play the game hoping for advancement. They are teachers and lawyers and doctors. They are real people. Take into consideration the San Francisco Demons’ first home game: trailing by one-point with the clock frantically ticking, a high school teacher kicks a game-winning field goal. That first game was far better than any NFL playoff game. The games are played like they should: intense, fast-paced, the way football should be played. No stopping for television here!

The games themselve were entertaining, but add the WWF-esque style programming and it’s perfect for fun. Vicariousness brings fans into the games.

Sure, the XFL doesn’t have Favre, Faulk or Manning, but what they have is a group of folks who love football, love to play, love to watch, love the game.

The XFL is not minor-league. The action is superior, and made the Pro Bowl appear inferior.

Did they mention that the XFL is awesome?

It is. Just watch and see for yourself. XFL stands for real football, for real people. No million dollar egotized adults here.

The XFL is destined for success. Give it time. The XFL will generate several great stories, local heroes and the NFL will end up looking to the XFL as an example.

Vince McMahon might be the creator, the financial entrepruneur, but he and the XFL will not be just another fad of America’s imperfect society.