How Will X Games League and Snow League Change Freeskiing?

It's been a big month for freeskiing. The nearly simultaneous reveals of the X Games League (XGL) and Shaun White's Snow League indicate that competitive freeskiing is set to receive a significant facelift over the next two winters.To recap, the XGL is billed as a winter-spanning, four stop competition series with a unique team format (X Games currently hosts two events each year—one winter, one summer). Team investor-owners, drafts, annual incomes for athletes, and other systems pulled fr