There's some validity to that point. In the end, the gamble was as pointless as leading with a pair of 3s. 1 for Ebersol was putting too much faith in his old buddy, McMahon. Before the debut Ebersol said nobody delivers young viewers like McMahon. Trouble is, those young viewers enjoy getting their brains scrambled on the World Wrestling Federation.
Football is a different story.
McMahon and Ebersol tried to bring the WWF shtick to the XFL and it blew up in both of their faces. The worst error was inserting Jesse Ventura as the lead analyst. The Minnesota governor was the wrong fit. The whole approach failed on two fronts. The broadcasts didn't have enough of the WWF components to satisfy that audience.