It's mostly perception only, but this time it seems more legit when they have people from NFL broadcasts promoting the XFL. Last time the XFL was on NBC, TNN (now Spike) and UPN which none had the NFL at the time and so when they were touting the XFL it felt more like the "us vs. them" mentality. This time it feels like they are just trying to put out the best product they can instead of all the "We're better than the NFL" crap they did last time.