Pete Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has just placed a ban on gatherings of more than 250 people in the Seattle area due to the COVID-19 outbreak. So, this weekend's game between Seattle and LA (if it happens as scheduled) will be not only in an empty stadium, it will be with absolute bare bones staff/personnel/broadcasters. The Dragons are expected to comment today on their plans. XFL confirmed the game will take place as scheduled without any fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Yeah - a few folks have said the expectation is the XFL will suspend the season but I haven't seen anything official yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Season suspended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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twiztor Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 wow. Vince finally gets a modestly successful football league going, and a few weeks in the season is cancelled because of a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 It's weird that they said suspend instead of cancelled since they aren't starting up again until next year. SO with that said - apparently XFL players will be allowed to sign with NFL teams starting today (since the XFL league year is over) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 A Seattle Dragons player has tested positive for Covid-19. The team and the three teams they played are now being asked to self-quarantine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 XFL season is now officially canceled: I guess is was only officially suspended until today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I'm not going to lie, XFL was fun to watch and a million times better than their first run. I thought it was an actual viable product and it sucks that it was successful and it got shut down anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Craig H said: I'm not going to lie, XFL was fun to watch and a million times better than their first run. I thought it was an actual viable product and it sucks that it was successful and it got shut down anyway. I was really enjoying it. More than I expected, by far. Congrats to @Lawful Metal, Houston ended up at the top of one league, at least. And, as far as we know, they didn't even have to cheat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Woohoo! First undefeated season in XFL History!!! Also I heard that PJ Walker was getting interest from Seattle, Denver, and other places (Not Houston, apparently, but they have a truly shitty GM). Good for him. hope some of the other guys can get a sniff at training camps whenever those happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Death From Above Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 A small note on player movement north or lack thereof: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 https://www.profootballrumors.com/2020/04/xfl-cancel-2020-shut-down The XFL may very well be an unfortunate casualty of the current situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I generally offer very little remorse for Vince in any scenario, but it does feel like the XFL did basically everything right in this iteration. Would suck to see it end due to this of all things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 So correct me if I am wrong but the AAF actually lasted longer than the XFL. Granted a pandemic is the reason why but still stunning given how terrible that league was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southside Jim Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) I hope it survives, if only because I wanted it to fail due to Vince's incompetence, rather than external forces. If it dies like this, than those WWE documentaries can claim it died due to COVID-19, instead of Vince being an idiot completely out of touch with reality. Instead, Vince can go to his grave thinking "I could have made it as a football promoter, but those damned networks and COVID-19 screwed me over." Vince drove all his competitors out of business, his wife became a Cabinet secretary.... This dude NEEDS to suffer some major league humiliation that he can't spin as being someone else's fault. Edited April 10, 2020 by Southside Jim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Wow. I really didn't want the XFL to die. These are words I didn't expect to type out ever. They did nearly everything right this second time around, plus they had tv deals in place and attendance was good. Why kill the league of they could just do it again in February or March? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Craig H said: Wow. I really didn't want the XFL to die. These are words I didn't expect to type out ever. They did nearly everything right this second time around, plus they had tv deals in place and attendance was good. Why kill the league of they could just do it again in February or March? Think of the expenses here. They have TV deals, but aren’t making money off them. The plan was put them on TV for 3 years to build buzz, then use that with hopefully good ratings to secure a profitable TV deal. They were already planning to lose money this year, but this was taking that and excluding half a season of ticket sales and concessions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 It technically isn't dead dead. They are running a skeleton crew still out of league HQ in case they are able to start back up But as Dan said - they already had been hit hard since they had games wiped out (including their championship). Now what could eventually work in their favor would be is if the NFL season gets cancelled but by next March sports are happening again, people would be craving something to watch. The problem is there is probably no way now for them to have a 2021 season unless everything is completely normal by June 1 (which we know it won't be) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChesterCopperpot Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Dunking on Rovell never gets old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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