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CRON
04/10/20 1:19:00 PM
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https://www.tmz.com/2020/04/10/xfl-employees-lay-offs-coronavirus-pandemic-canceled/

The XFL just laid off ALL of its employees in wake of its canceled season ... and now, TMZ Sports has learned the league will need a miracle to survive. We're told XFL execs informed their staff Friday that they were being terminated ... and a source says the league is officially now on its death bed.
NFL Network's Mike Garafolo adds employees will be paid through this Sunday.

Remember, the XFL just kicked off its rebooted season this year with hopes of building a strong enough fan base to make the league an annual spring tradition. But, the COVID-19 pandemic forced play to halt suddenly last month ... and we're told with the lay-offs Friday, it's unclear if there will ever be another XFL game played. We're told the league will keep a skeleton staff together to handle the business side of things ... and officials are still evaluating their next steps.

If it is the end ... the league had a solid run this year -- with several players, including Houston Roughnecks QBP.J. Walker, signing NFL contracts this offseason.
We've reached out to the league for comment, but so far, no word back yet.

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Colorahdo
04/10/20 1:19:27 PM
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I thought the XFL folded in the 90s

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J03can
04/10/20 1:19:54 PM
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Damn. This time it was actually pretty good...

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Alucard188
04/10/20 1:20:27 PM
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Colorahdo posted...
I thought the XFL folded in the 90s

McMahon wanted to bring it back. He can't let go of a failed idea.

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Master_Bass
04/10/20 1:20:50 PM
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Colorahdo posted...
I thought the XFL folded in the 90s
It just came back.

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CruelBuffalo
04/10/20 1:20:56 PM
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If this harms MLS Im gonna start swinging
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CRON
04/10/20 1:20:58 PM
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Colorahdo posted...
I thought the XFL folded in the 90s
It had its first and only season in 2001, was brought back in 2018, and again had its first and only season in 2020.

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Bluebomber182
04/10/20 1:21:08 PM
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vince: this is such bad shit!
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Jiggy101011
04/10/20 1:21:17 PM
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I get that it's easy to celebrate another McMahon failure, however that really sucks for the staff and the players.

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The_Yahtz09
04/10/20 1:22:39 PM
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They literally could not have picked a worse year to try a reboot.

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darkprince45
04/10/20 1:23:00 PM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
I get that it's easy to celebrate another McMahon failure, however that really sucks for the staff and the players.
This

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Bio1590
04/10/20 1:23:15 PM
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I thought Vince had already sold enough stock to fund it for a few years?
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Balrog0
04/10/20 1:23:58 PM
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Sucks for them. I think their idea was very viable in normal conditions

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Turbam
04/10/20 1:24:16 PM
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That's pretty unfortunate for Vinnie Mac.

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Vyrulisse
04/10/20 1:24:26 PM
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Anyone not "too big to fail" is in real danger of going down the same road.

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Alucard188
04/10/20 1:24:54 PM
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The_Yahtz09 posted...
They literally could not have picked a worse year to try a reboot.

I mean, sure, Captain Hindsight. "Oh, I sure picked a bad time to buy a new house."

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Veggeta_EDGE
04/10/20 1:25:23 PM
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Hopefully Vince learns to retire now. Give the company to his daughter and son in law and go live on an island please.

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Ryven
04/10/20 1:25:40 PM
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Looks like they're be a big turn out at the CFL tryouts.

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Turbam
04/10/20 1:27:44 PM
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Veggeta_EDGE posted...
Hopefully Vince learns to retire now. Give the company to his daughter and son in law and go live on an island please.
You really want his idiot daughter and doofus son in law in charge?!?

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KiwiTerraRizing
04/10/20 1:28:48 PM
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I thought Vince had half a billion to find this thing?

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Solar_Crimson
04/10/20 1:29:30 PM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
I get that it's easy to celebrate another McMahon failure, however that really sucks for the staff and the players.
This.

The_Yahtz09 posted...
They literally could not have picked a worse year to try a reboot.
To be fair, absolutely no one thought 2020 would be the year that a global pandemic would bring the world to its knees.

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Serious Cat
04/10/20 1:30:52 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
I thought Vince had already sold enough stock to fund it for a few years?
Probably assuming there was at least some income.

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soulunison2
04/10/20 1:31:03 PM
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Have any of you watched an XFL game?

it was actually pretty exciting and a huge breath of fresh air, it was faster than the NFL and it had its shit together

it was actually succeeding
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Were_Wyrm
04/10/20 1:31:57 PM
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Oh yeah the XFL exists

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Blue_Target
04/10/20 1:33:05 PM
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Is this the biggest "company" to closed during the pandemic so far?

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Calwings
04/10/20 1:37:41 PM
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Damn. The new XFL was actually really good, and seeing people here in St. Louis happy to finally have football back was so refreshing. I was hoping with every fiber of my being that it would survive through this (even kept the BattleHawks hat on the gif in my sig) but it looks like the end is coming.
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Son Of Spam
04/10/20 1:37:56 PM
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soulunison2 posted...
Have any of you watched an XFL game?

it was actually pretty exciting and a huge breath of fresh air, it was faster than the NFL and it had its shit together

it was actually succeeding
The only thing I didn't like was the overuse of sideline reporter interviews. But yeah, it had some great ideas I hope the NFL picks up, especially their kickoff rule.

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Politics
04/10/20 1:38:37 PM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
I get that it's easy to celebrate another McMahon failure, however that really sucks for the staff and the players.

Yeah and the thing is it wasn't really his fault this time. I was actually low key looking forward to the XFL this time around.

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legendary_zell
04/10/20 1:38:40 PM
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Anyone who started anything this year or delayed anything to this year is getting screwed. This is gonna be a year to remember for all the worst reasons.

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LampChop
04/10/20 1:39:29 PM
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Atleast Vince still keeps his stupid pride, and ego because it failed from something out of his control, and not because it was the shits like the first incarnation. I can just see Prichard, Hayes, and Beaver man saying this, and McMahon yuk'ing it up.
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Ubergeneral3
04/10/20 1:47:55 PM
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spring football should be a thing. It's a shame it never caught on.

Anyways this will probolly get revived again in 10 years.

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The_Yahtz09
04/10/20 1:54:06 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
I mean, sure, Captain Hindsight. "Oh, I sure picked a bad time to buy a new house."

Solar_Crimson posted...
To be fair, absolutely no one thought 2020 would be the year that a global pandemic would bring the world to its knees.

I wasn't blaming Vince or the XFL for it. Just remarking on how unfortunate their timing was. It really sucks for the people who were trying to make a career out of the XFL, be it players, coaches, executives, administration, etc.

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ElatedVenusaur
04/10/20 1:59:51 PM
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soulunison2 posted...
Have any of you watched an XFL game?

it was actually pretty exciting and a huge breath of fresh air, it was faster than the NFL and it had its shit together

it was actually succeeding
I didn't catch any XFL games, but the AAF was absolutely the same way.
It's just that getting these things off the ground is a massive endeavor and then they're frail for years even if they manage to get started. And the NFL won't do more than the bare minimum to support these things(if that), because the NFL is lazy and doesn't actually care about expanding the game here even though every time one of these spring leagues dies, there are a bunch of NFL personnel guys complaining about how there's no developmental league and how good NFL Europe was for that.
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Jiek_Fafn
04/10/20 1:59:53 PM
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This sucks.
The XFL was doing things right this time too. They were concentrating on bringing entertaining and quality football to it's viewers. Personally I wasn't even that excited for the XFL itself. I was more interested in the NFL adopting some of the things that the XFL was doing.

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cmiller4642
04/10/20 3:35:46 PM
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God damn Vince. Football just isn't your thing
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CableZL
04/10/20 3:36:29 PM
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Really bad time to start. They couldn't have predicted a pandemic, but... That's the breaks sometimes.

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Guerrilla Soldier
04/10/20 3:39:28 PM
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sucks because it was actually legit interesting and fun to watch
and i don't even like football

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twitterfriends
04/10/20 3:40:32 PM
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Terrible luck and timing but the whole world is suffering, its hard to feel bad for billionaires and millionaires.

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Bad_Mojo
04/10/20 11:26:53 PM
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Solid Snake07
04/10/20 11:29:49 PM
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Forgot about the xfl, pretty shit timing for them.

I never watched it but that sucks. I think it could have been a good thing for football and players that never got an opportunity to shine in college

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OwlRammer
04/10/20 11:34:32 PM
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DevsBro
04/10/20 11:34:46 PM
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soulunison2 posted...
Have any of you watched an XFL game?

it was actually pretty exciting and a huge breath of fresh air, it was faster than the NFL and it had its shit together

it was actually succeeding
The 2020 XFL was awesome. Faster and with better rules that made it more fun and safer to boot.

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XxKrazyChaosxX
04/10/20 11:34:54 PM
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That's too bad.

I liked how they set up going for the extra point after scoring a touchdown. Wouldn't be surprised if NFL ends up implementing the same kick off return that XFL was doing though since that got a lot praise.

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WilliamPorygon
04/10/20 11:41:15 PM
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I don't even care about football or sports in general but I'd heard a lot of positive comments about the XFL doing things much better this time around, really sucks if it dies again through pretty much no fault of their own.

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VTBM
04/11/20 11:27:07 AM
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That sucks, it wasn't even their fault this time.

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SauI_Goodman
04/11/20 11:28:45 AM
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This time it wasn't Vince's fault. Ratings were decent. Attendance wasn't quite there but who knows what could have been. Thanks corona.

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Talk2DaHand
04/11/20 11:29:28 AM
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J03can posted...
Damn. This time it was actually pretty good...

It was super fun.

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Solid Sonic
04/11/20 11:31:23 AM
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Well at least it wasnt their fault this time, although I had low hopes.

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