XFL suspends operations, lays off employees and has no plans for 2021 season

[Maveric]

XFL suspends operations, lays off employees and has no plans for 2021 season

The XFL's chief operating officer, Jeffery Pollock, said Friday that the league is suspending operations and all employees have been laid off, sources told ESPN.

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[Scot]

XFL files for bankruptcy after shutting down operations because of the coronavirus

The XFL was unable to weather the storm from the COVID-19 pandemic

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And she’s gone....

 

[Doomsday]

Excellent postmortem article on the XFL, it's successes and sudden collapse due to the pandemic.

The inside story of the XFL's sudden collapse, and what comes next for spring football

7:30 AM ET April 10 was payday at the XFL. Kurt Hunzeker hadn't slept. As the St. Louis BattleHawks' president, his job was to shepherd the team into a presumptive 2021 season. Kickoff to that second season was at least 10 months away -- and because of the deepening coronavirus pandemic, maybe...

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