I'd hardly say this was a "commie plan" though. Like sure it has communist involvement, but thanks to terrible management and a ridiculously greedy playerbase (they've had dozens of strikes/"sit-outs" over the past 20 years or so because everyone with even the tiniest of name recognition demands $40m+ a year) the bubble has been building faster and faster. It's one of the big reasons I'm super disappointed about covid making the XFL fold, as although the NFL/MLB/NHL/NBA are all rapidly dying they could've been a sports org capable of starting the entire process anew, growing a tree in the aftermath of the holocaust.