(19 Feb 2014, 10:55 am)aureolin wrote What happened with the XFL can't be compared to venturing into the EPL. With the XFL he tried to create a rival to the NFL. It was never going to work in a million years. If he had just bought an NFL franchise though? Most likely a completely different outcome...
This is the gist of what I was trying to get at.
Although he has failed in his past ventures he was, perhaps, being a little bit too ambitious with his ideas. With NUFC, he doesn't have to build up a fanbase and/or generate interest - it's already there and, in financial terms at least, it's successful.
If bought, the launch of the WWE Network in a few weeks time could give the club a new outlet to shill merchandise to an audience not saturated by football.