One month after cancelling the remainder of its return season, the XFL has reportedly fired nearly all of its employees and suspended league operations.
The XFL held a conference call Friday morning where all employees were told about the league suspending operations, according to NFL Network and ESPN.
The NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported one employee described "the word they used was 'shut down.'" Reporter Mike Garafolo added that XFL employees are being paid through Sunday and a source on the call told him there was no discussion regarding when operations could restart.
The XFL has yet to confirm Friday's developments, but several XFL employees have shared the news on Twitter saying that they've been laid off.
In a letter to fans on March 20, league officials said they planned to return for a full season in 2021. But ESPN reported Friday that the league now has no plans to return in 2021.
The league played just five games of a 10-game regular season in eight cities. It was a revival of the XFL that played one season in 2001.
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What a shame it was a great league too bad the virus killed it
ReplyDeleteI was really enjoying it too. Great presentation with all the open mics. Nice to see St. Louis and Houston get football teams.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, AFC West plays the NFC South this year, so Chiefs (Jordan Ta'amu) vs. Panthers (P.J. Walker) is on the schedule. I doubt either one gets playtime, but I'm still calling it the XFL Championship game.
I enjoyed watching. Sad it’s gone.
ReplyDeleteI'm good as long as I still have WWE.
ReplyDelete@12:46 yes if they ONLY could actually speak English while wearing those mic's
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