Jonathan Coachman on XFL’s Rumors and Vince Buying a NFL Team Instead

TMZ Sports held a recent interview with former WWE and ESPN commentator Jonathan Coachman discussing the recent rumors of XFL’s revival and the possibility of Vince purchasing a NFL team instead.

On the topic of the rumors regarding XFL’s revival, Coachman believes the rumors are true and something Vince McMahon likely spent a lot of time working on due to the large sums of money involved. He also mentioned being very interested in calling XFL games if the league does return and is given the chance by Vince.

“Best believe, Vince [McMahon] has been doing some research behind the scenes. Because he’s not gonna come out and blow 50 or 100 million dollars on something that he’s already tried. If he calls me, because I’m the only person in the history of the world to be a voice of Monday Night Raw and also be on Sportscenter for 10 years, so if Vince calls for somebody who knows both sides of the fence, you’re d**n right I’m gonna pick up the phone.”

On the topic of Vince McMahon purchasing a NFL team instead, Coachman stated he could see Vince being interested in the idea of purchasing the Carolina Panthers due to having a home in the area and other personal ties to North Carolina.

“How cool would it be, because all this came down in the last couple of days that P. Diddy is trying to get together a group, but yet the old, crotchety owners, wouldn’t want P. Diddy and his crew in there, which I think would be a mistake by the owners. But, Vince has legitimate money, he’s a billionaire, he could come up with the funds, and he’s also at the age where the other owners would respect that. So, I’m not saying that he would, but I think that’s a second possibility that people aren’t kinda tossing out there, because they wanna believe that he would start his own entity.”