On Saturday at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC (or ESPN+) in San Antonio, Texas, the D.C. Defenders (9-1) will face the Arlington Renegades (4-6) within the XFL Championship Sport on the Alamodome. However, will anyone watch?

The league is hoping so, because the NBA playoffs have the evening off. The XFL has an opportunity to take heart stage, they usually want it. Examine this out from Sports activities Media Watch final week:

“The USFL delivered the 2 largest spring soccer audiences of final weekend — its first weekly win within the three weeks it has gone head-to-head with the XFL — as Memphis-Houston drew a 0.47 ranking and 776,000 viewers on FOX final Saturday and Pittsburgh-Philadelphia 0.46 and 761,000 on NBC Sunday.

The 2 FOX home windows final week — Memphis-Houston on Saturday and New Jersey-Michigan on Sunday (0.35, 563K) — gained head-to-head matchups with the XFL playoffs on ESPN (Arlington-Houston: 0.38, 675K; Seattle-DC: 0.28, 478K).

No USFL or XFL recreation has cracked the million viewer mark within the three weeks the leagues have competed towards one another. The XFL took prime honors the earlier week with a 0.51 and 832,000 for DC-San Antonio on ABC, because the USFL topped out at a 0.48 and 798,000 for Memphis-Birmingham on FOX.”

A Defenders win might be day for Black coaches

If the Defenders win, it will likely be day for Black coaches, who, as we all know, battle to seek out and hold jobs as head coaches in professional soccer. Final April, the XFL introduced Hines Ward, Terrell Buckley, Reggie Barlow, Rod Woodson, Wade Phillips, Bob Stoops, Anthony Becht, and Jim Haslett as its coaches for this season. 4 of the eight coaches have been Black, which is groundbreaking provided that the NFL solely has three coaches that establish as Black, which is solely two greater than the league had in 1921.

The Defenders’ Reggie Barlow may very well be the primary coach, of any race, to win the XFL Championship within the league’s inaugural 12 months in its new iteration on Saturday evening.

Information may very well be set on Saturday — in TV scores and the variety column.