Like the many secondary football leagues created before it (including the first iteration of itself), the hype for the XFL has died down since its opening week in February. This phenomenon is nothing new as of less than a year ago, the Alliance of American Football (AAF) was disbanded before its first season concluded due to financial reasons.

Football leagues that are secondary to the NFL often have a strong start and the XFL was no different. The league's week one contests averaged 3.12 million viewers per game.

However, according to Sports Business Daily, the XFL's viewership numbers have since dropped 63 percent. In week five, the four games had an average viewership of 1.16 million with both Sunday games (Saint Louis at D.C. and Tampa at Los Angeles) both fell under one million on FS1 and ESPN respectively.

And while the viewership numbers are still relatively strong compared to other sporting events, as a spring football league, the XFL will soon have to compete for the media giant that is March Madness.

The original XFL lasted just one season in 2001 but there hasn't been much talk of the 2020 version suffering the same fate.

The XFL is scheduled to end its regular season on April 12, start the playoffs six days later and then have their inaugural championship game on Sunday, April 26.