The XFL is hiring a TON of new people, including social media managers, art directors, and more. Is the XFL spending too much money too fast? I want to hear from you!! Plus Farhan Lalji from TSN, Nathan Rubbelke from the St. Louis Business Journal, and Steve Gera from BreakAway Data all join the show to chat about the world of CFL, XFL, USFL, and more!

The XFL is looking for more money, TOGETHXR has dropped their trademark lawsuit against the XFL, we’re chatting week 10 of the CFL, previewing the BC Lions traveling to Calgary to face the Stampeders, and interviewing a boatload of people! Daniel Kaplan of The Athletic, Paul Reeths of OurSports Central, Darrin Bauming of Bonfire Sports, former XFL Dragons member Dontez Byrd, BC Lions standout WR Dominique Rhymes and newly signed Calgary Stampeder running back Dedrick Mills all join the show!

This week on The Markcast we’re talking XFL contracts, player pay and season timeline vs. the USFL, CFL week 9, and the shutdown of Major League Football (MLFB) on this eclectic episode with all of your alt-football news! Greg Parks of XFL Board, CFL legend Milt Stegall, Sarah Said of The Parleh, and Simone Eli of WKRG in Mobile, Alabama all join the show!

XFL insider Mike Mitchell returns to the program to recap and analyze a BUSY week in the alt-football landscape. We cover ALL of the big XFL announcements from the last week including the 8 2023 cities the XFL will be playing in, the venues and coaches attached to those cities, and the XFL’s announcement that they will be housing and training all of their players in Arlington for the first 3 years in a recently announced “hub” format.

We are going LIVE following the latest XFL Player Showcase on Friday, August 22nd at 2pm PST / 5pm EST from Tempe, Arizona to recap the XFL Arizona Showcase with the writers of XFL News Hub! Join Reid Johnson from The Markcast, with Brandon Anderson, Evan Willsmore and Matt Lyons from XFL News Hub as they recap all of the day's events and look forward to the upcoming XFL Town Hall on Sunday, July 24th where we will potentially be learning the team cities, names and venues for the upcoming XFL 2023 season.

In the upcoming showdown between the XFL and the USFL, we pose an important question in our best Ryan Gosling impression asking: What do you want (from the XFL)? Plus we have an ALL-star lineup of guests this week including Montreal Alouettes owner Gary Stern, James Larsen of USFL Newsroom, Sean Fitz-Gerald of The Athletic, and Sara Orlesky of TSN.

The USFL has wrapped their “inaugural” season 1 and with the XFL’s return in sight, who has the high ground? We bring on Ben Fischer of the Sports Business Journal and Mark Perry of USFL News Hub (fresh off his appearance at the USFL championship in Canton) to tackle USFL v. XFL, USFL year 2 expansion, and much more. We also preview CFL week 5 and chat all things Canadian football with Kristina Costabile of CFL.ca and Chris Ackie of the Montreal Alouettes.