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Why is the director of ESPN's This Was The XFL documentary creating a direct rival to the XFL?
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Charlie Ebersol is founder of the Alliance of American Football, which was announced yesterday, and he also directed the 30 for 30 documentary on the downfall of Vince McMahon's XFL that his dad, Dick Ebersol, put on NBC. What's odd, says David Bixenspan, is that many of Charlie Ebersol's AAF ideas are similar to McMahon's plans for the XFL revival. Which begs the question: Was the founding of the AAF in any way connected to the founding of the new XFL?
TOPICS: XFL, 30 For 30, This Was The XFL, Charlie Ebersol, Dick Ebersol, Vince McMahon, Alliance of American Football, Documentaries, NFL
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