Originally Posted by Anonymous

Is it possible that NXT kept them out of the regular league so they would not be criticized for having a "national" team in the league...or is that giving NXT way too much credit


That's certainly possible, but why wouldn't that have been communicated to the Duke's families?

Honestly I'm not sure why Duke's would want to be in the NXT Spring League in the first place. I mean, other than to stroke egos by beating up on local teams.