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It appears that Vince McMahon’s XFL is the latest spring football league to go down.
According to several reports, the XFL is suspending day-to-day operations and has laid off all employees during the health crisis.
NEWS: on a call today with COO Jeffery Pollock, XFL employees were just informed that the league is suspending operations and all employees have been laid off. Another sport impacted further by the current COVID-19 crisis.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 10, 2020
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Despite initial optimism about being able to return next season, the XFL will reportedly not go forward in 2021.
Just confirmed this report with a @XFLDragons team official. @xfl2020 will not go forward in 2021. https://t.co/d3uJ6MSsTs
— Femi Abebefe (@FemiAbebefe) April 10, 2020
Citing the #Coronavirus situation, the @xfl2020 will not go forward in 2021. All team officials were notified in a conference call today. This was feared after the cancellation of this year's schedule left a gaping hole in budgets.
— Neil Stratton (@InsideTheLeague) April 10, 2020
The Internet was devastated by the news of the XFL basically folding.
Feel for the XFL folks who lost their jobs today – they put in more than they got back and deserved a second season.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) April 10, 2020
The most obvious thing the XFL got right was hiring smart people who LOVE football and letting them create. Those people deserve so much better than what they are getting now
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) April 10, 2020
Spring football leagues are just cursed.
XFL had a real chance, and legit long-term financial firepower, and they get taken down by a global pandemic.
Sucks. https://t.co/0kX8yxG40C
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) April 10, 2020