WANT TO SEE.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, HE SAYS THE
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES WILL
TO DO WITH POLITICS, ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING, AND NOTHING TO DO WITH
SOCIAL ISSUES EITHER.
WE'RE THERE TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
WE WANT REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL,
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT FANS
WANT AS WELL.
WHEN THEY TUNE IN, I DON'T KNOW
THEY WANT TO BE DEALING WITH
POLITICAL ISSUES AND THINGS OF
THAT NATURE.
THEY WANT GOOD FOOTBALL.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DELIVER.
JOHN: BRUISE PRETTY PRITCHARD IS
JOHN: BRUISE PRETTY PRITCHARD IT
JOHN: BRUISE PRETTY PRITCHARD IE
CURRENT HOSE OF THE -- HOST OF
THE PODCAST SOMETHING TO WRESTLE
WITH, AND HE JOINS US NOW.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
YOU WERE WITH THE WWE DURING THE
GROWTH OF PAY-PER-VIEW, FROM
HULK-AN-MANIA, SOME OF THE GREAT
ESTHER -- ERAS, ALSO DURING THE
XFL.
HOW THEY REVOLUTIONIZED A LOT OF
TELEVISION PAY-ER PER-VIEW, WHAT
WAS YOUR MINDSET GOING INTO THE
ORIGINAL XFL?
>> WELL, THE MINDSET WAS SIMPLY
THE FACT THAT FOOTBALL IS
AMERICA'S FAVORITE SPORT, AND
COME FEBRUARY FOOTBALL ENDS, AND
PEOPLE WERE LOOKING WHERE IS MY
FOOTBALL, AND IT WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE XFL TO
CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER FOOTBALL
LEAGUE AND GIVE PEOPLE THE
NFL SEASON WAS OVER.
JOHN: AND SOME OF YOUR
INNOVATIONS NOW ARE BEING TAKEN
APART -- BEING USED DAILY AND
WEEKLY BY OTHER SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS.
EXPLAIN.
>> WELL, EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW, THE X CAMERA THAT
HANGS ABOVE THE FIELD THAT
COVERS THE ACTION, EVERYBODY
LAUGHED WHEN THE XFL FIRST SAID
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN X CAMERA
TO COVER THE ACTION.
THEY SAID, WELL, THE PUNTERS,
THE KICKERS AND THE QUARTERBACKS
ARE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE THAT
CAMERA OUT.
TODAY IT IS THE NORM IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL AND THE NFL.
BUT WE ALSO PUT CAMERAMEN ON THE
FIELD TO BRING YOU INTO THE
ACTION SO THERE WERE A LOT OF
INNOVATIONS THAT WERE THERE THAT
PEOPLE KIND OF SCOFFED AT BUT
NOW THEY'RE THE NORM WHEN YOU
WATCH FOOTBALL TODAY.
JOHN: YOU HAVE "SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED"DED AWARD-WINNING
PODCAST, THE FORMAT WAS NOT
AROUND THEN.
ALL THESE TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE XFL
COMING UP IN THE CURRENT FORM IN
2020, WHERE DO YOU THINK IT'S
GOING TO BE SHOWN, TRADITIONAL
NETWORKS, PAY-PER-VIEW OR A
STREAMING SERVICE?
WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING
TO BE SHOWN?
>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
SHOWN EVERYWHERE.
I THINK THAT THE XFL'S GOING
UTILIZE -- I HOPE THEY HAVE
TRADITIONAL TELEVISION, BUT I
BELIEVE BY THE TIME 2020 COMES
AROUND YOU WILL HAVE AN XFL
NETWORK WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL
THINGS XFL AND ENJOY IT HOW YOU,
THE FAN, WANT TO ENJOY IT,
WHETHER IT BE ON YOUR PHONE,
WHETHER IT BE ON YOUR COMPUTER
TELEVISION SCREEN.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE
GAMUT AND GIVE IT TO YOU THE WAY
THAT YOU WANT TO VIEW IT.
WAS A DYING SPORT.
NFL MAY BE A DECLINING SPORT
TEST FROM FIVE DAYS POTENTIALLY
DOWN TO THREE, THREE AND A HALF
AS EUROPEAN SOCCER AND RUGBY ARE
PLAYED RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU THINK THAT CHANGES THIS
GAME THAT THE MILLENNIALS HAVE
SUCH A HARD TIME WATCHING THREE,
THREE AND A HALF HOURS
SIGNIFICANTLY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S BEEN TALK OF HAVING A
GAME WITH NO TIMEOUTS, NO TV
TIMEOUTS, POSSIBLY NOT EVEN
HAVING A HALFTIME.
YOUR ADVERTISERS.
WELL, HEY, IT COULD BE PICTURE
IN PICTURE AND YOU COULD SEE THE
GAME CONTINUE AS YOU'RE ALSO
GETTING YOUR ADVERTISING MESSAGE
OUT THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO FIND NEW WAYS
AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ADVERTISE
WHETHER IT BE ON THE FIELD OR