But there was something else that boomed as people watched professional football inside a stadium built for soccer. And it’s also professional football in Washington, D.C.“Oh, no, you don’t want to go to FedEx,” Susan said, nodding his head in the vague direction of the Washington Redskins’ stadium in Landover, Md. It was a game against the Detroit Lions, a game the Redskins actually won, probably their most exciting home game of the year. In other words, exactly the fan the Washington Redskins once owned and have lost in recent years. “You can’t fundamentally change the game,” XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck (father of former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck) said as he stood on the field before the game.

Source: Washington Post February 09, 2020 01:15 UTC