XFL is now the ex-FL

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Sad to see the news, but it's not unexpected. It's a very expensive product to produce for a season and the US economy isn't going to be strong next February.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Like he said. The dead season. Sans nba and nhl layoffs, and March madness. The others are as boring as watching chess

Chess gets a bad rap.

They just need better commentators to spice up the moves & it is cant miss TV!

 

[SteelersPride]

Chess gets a bad rap.

They just need better commentators to spice up the moves & it is cant miss TV!

more action than baseball.

 

[wildturkey]

@Rock Strongo you thought the same as me, funded for 3 years, they had good numbers, theres more to this story thats not coming out.

Personally I think they were gonna fold anyway and are just using the virus as cover. Like they would have played out the season to say they got further than the AAF did, but it was gonna end anyway. My gut tells me that "3 year funding" was only contingent on the league getting certain returns. They weren't getting those returns. This allows them to say the league didn't fail again, which would be a huge embarrassment to Vince McMahon. Going this route they can plausibly blame the virus.

But if they really had 3 years of funding, I don't see any reason why the league couldn't start up again next year. If its there, you're not losing anything.

 

[thedddd]

Sadly didn't expect much but I thought Vince funded it for three years? I guess not anymore.

They can lay claim to the fact they lasted as long as PI reviews in the NFL!

 

[Center Ice]

Thanks China

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Thank fuck for that.

 

[Markwassillylaugher]

da fuq, i thought vince put up 3 years worht of operational money up front, so even if the league ran in the red, they were good for 3 years......

Remember that he still has the WWE. they are still hosting events from their Florida studio.
I am very unhappy that they have no plans to return for 2021. their merchandise sales were doing well.

 

[SteelersPride]

Remember that he still has the WWE. they are still hosting events from their Florida studio.
I am very unhappy that they have no plans to return for 2021. their merchandise sales were doing well.

the wwe stock tanked i posted it earlier, im sure that has alot to do with this, since he took out against the wwe to fund this, 3 years up front.

 

[MizzouFalcon]

Big oof.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Well this as to be expected, of course there were quite a few idiots here that thought for sure " This will be different:, "They will get right this time", " Don't bad mouth it give a try". How many leagues do we have to see fail before these morons realize there are two ways to watch football in America. College and NFL that is it.

 

[wazzu31]

Personally I think they were gonna fold anyway and are just using the virus as cover. Like they would have played out the season to say they got further than the AAF did, but it was gonna end anyway. My gut tells me that "3 year funding" was only contingent on the league getting certain returns. They weren't getting those returns. This allows them to say the league didn't fail again, which would be a huge embarrassment to Vince McMahon. Going this route they can plausibly blame the virus.

But if they really had 3 years of funding, I don't see any reason why the league couldn't start up again next year. If its there, you're not losing anything.

Having 3 years of funding really has nothing to do with it though. Now Vince doesn’t have to pay for any of the contracts of league officials and coaches. The AAF folded because there wasn’t enough capital, this XFL didn’t work because there is no more revenue to offset the massive overhead.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Having 3 years of funding really has nothing to do with it though. Now Vince doesn’t have to pay for any of the contracts of league officials and coaches. The AAF folded because there wasn’t enough capital, this XFL didn’t work because there is no more revenue to offset the massive overhead.

Neither worked because they both sucked and are sub par football

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

Freakin' coronavirus. Killed a perfectly good football league.

Which league?

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

The what is now the what what?

You dolt, do you even know what planet you are on????

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Neither worked because they both sucked and are sub par football

Well and one started up right at the beginning of the worst global pandemic we've seen in decades.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Well and one started up right at the beginning of the worst global pandemic we've seen in decades.

And here come the excuses. As if had the pandemic not occurred they would have somehow played better football.

 

[Markwassillylaugher]

Neither worked because they both sucked and are sub par football

this league had several innovations that many fans liked. they put a premium on scoring, ( remember the old AFL)
this league fell due to the virus and not poor games.

 

[YankeeRebel]

this league had several innovations that many fans liked. they put a premium on scoring, ( remember the old AFL)
this league fell due to the virus and not poor games.

The league did not fall do to the damn Virus, STOP IT! The league failed because it was shitty football, period! Yeah they tried some novel approaches they were interesting, but the talent and overall play was flipping horrible. I will concede the virus did not help, but there is no way this shit was gonna last.

 

[Myles]

Neither worked because they both sucked and are sub par football

Agree that they were sub par football, but I like some spring football. I was rooting for both leagues to succeed. Better quality than college but not near as good as the NFL.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

And here come the excuses. As if had the pandemic not occurred they would have somehow played better football.

I don't even have words for how retarded this statement is.