🏈 XFL suspends operations. Future unknown. Files Chapter 11

[Crtuneman]

Just reported that the XFL has laid off all employees and suspended operations indefinitely. I hate to see that. They were fun to watch and they had a real shot to make a niche for themselves in the spring. Corona did them in.

XFL Closes Doors

 

[BAMAneck]

Agreed .

 

[#80]

IMO anyone that invested in that was mad at their money.

 

[rick4bama]

Saw maybe :15 seconds of a game.

 

[TideatMileHigh]

The NFL conspired with the CCP. That was their endgame to destroy the XFL.

 

[OldPlayer]

Is it time to blame the NFL for COVID-19?

 

[planomateo]

too bad, there needs to be additional options to the NFL.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Saw maybe :15 seconds of a game.

Wow. Rick ....
must have had an idle moment
Never was interested
Did they knee for the anthem?

 

[rick4bama]

Wow. Rick ....
must have had an idle moment
Never was interested
Did they knee for the anthem?

Maybe
Yes
I don't know!
Just wasn't the right time for me to watch any that were on. No because I did watch the first time it was on!

Anyone hear about Colin K. being pick up by the Jets?

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

IMO anyone that invested in that was mad at their money.

I believe McMahon was running the show on his own money. It is possible he may skip 2021 and try again in 2022 as it was doing pretty decently. I will say that he did the players a solid by paying them their base as if they played all games and releasing them to sing with CFL or NFL teams at any time (well, as long as they returned for the championships if it was played, which won't happen now).

 

[planomateo]

WWE stock is down 60% from 52 week high. He's in the entertainment business and relies on crowds and PPV.

 

[TerryP]

Anyone hear about Colin K. being pick up by the Jets?

This thread ...

 

[OldPlayer]

Maybe
Yes
I don't know!
Just wasn't the right time for me to watch any that were on. No because I did watch the first time it was on!

Anyone hear about Colin K. being pick up by the Jets?

It's a bogus story. Not true.

 

[footballer]

This thread ...

Ck now plays guitar for the house band on American Idol.

 

[planomateo]

Sell shares of WWE to pay for the XFL combined with WWE stock declines prior to COVID-19 that's down 60% from it's 52 week high doesn't sound promising.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Selling shares of WWE to fund the XFL makes perfect sense. Rich folks don't have much money just sitting around, it is all tied up in something. Much like Bill Gates is mostly in Microsoft stock, McMahon is mostly in WWE stock. That ~$37 share price is a bad thing, but live entertainment is suffering horribly right now. No money from ticket sales and the loss of TV revenue from shows hurts. I have no doubt they can recover though.

 

[TerryP]

It's a bogus story. Not true.

@rick4bama it's not so much a bogus story as it is an elaborate troll. Barry McCockiner (say it outloud and slowly) has duped 100's of media personalities over the years with his "breaking news trolling" on Twitter. He's been quoted on news programs, Skip Bayless has quoted him, and as you can see by the images he got a lot on this one as well.

Just today he's changed part of the nickname on Twitter to Ian Rappaport. Over the last few days ...

 

[rick4bama]

 

[MunchyOs]

Spring football leagues are just snake bit. Two years in a row now that a league didn't even get to finish a season. And the XFL....snake bit doesn't even cover it. In 2001, a few months after the original incarnation folded, we had 9/11. Fast forward nearly 20 years later. The XFL tries again. The reboot had no ties whatsoever to it's predecessor. They really wanted to get it right this time. And...once again....a national catastrophe happens. What are the odds that both attempts to start up the XFL are followed by such events?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

It's a bogus story. Not true.

Winnipeg Jets.