LoneWolf&Subs Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) XFL has turned into a bigger dumpster fire than I expected. MUHAHAHAHA! Edited April 21, 2020 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Per Meltz - the reason Luck is suing (which the amount is believed to be about $20 million) Reason is that Vince had guaranteed Luck's deal so right before decided to fold the league, Vince started ghosting Luck and then fired Luck (while just telling everyone else the league was closing) to try and get around paying him. I can't wait for the full recap in the WON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 LOL at Vince trying to pull carny wrestling promoter tactics in non-wrestling environments where people that know how the real world works and aren't marks for the idea of working for Vince say "Haha....NO". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 10 hours ago, clintthecrippler said: LOL at Vince trying to pull carny wrestling promoter tactics in non-wrestling environments where people that know how the real world works and aren't marks for the idea of working for Vince say "Haha....NO". I don't know, it's pretty football. Straight out of Al Davis's playbook, firing someone "with cause' to try and prevent paying them. Did it at least twice to head coaches (and God damn did Mike Shanahan take it personally) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Sadly the WON update didn't really have anything that hadn't already been reported In fact the most interesting nuggets were that the league was already talking about moving Tampa Bay to Orlando and that the Guardians would go from playing in MetLife to playing in Red Bull Arena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Reports are that Vince is trying to sell all the rights to the XFL to someone/anyone else Letters of intent are due by mid June and formal bids are due the beginning of July. I doubt anything is going to come of it considering how much Vince overvalues his own properties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert C Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I found a quarter, a nickel and a dime that were covered in something when I was cleaning out my truck yesterday. Wonder if he'll get a better offer than that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 10:26 PM, Brian Fowler said: I don't know, it's pretty football. Straight out of Al Davis's playbook, firing someone "with cause' to try and prevent paying them. Did it at least twice to head coaches (and God damn did Mike Shanahan take it personally) I know Al Davis was a crazy person, but based on their behavior since being fired from the Raiders I'm willing to bet that Mike Shanahan and Lane Kiffen did something to make Al Davis go after their money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 9 hours ago, RIPPA said: Reports are that Vince is trying to sell all the rights to the XFL to someone/anyone else Letters of intent are due by mid June and formal bids are due the beginning of July. I doubt anything is going to come of it considering how much Vince overvalues his own properties well fuck. now it's even MORE unlikely that we see 2001 xfl on the network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Oh here we go EDIT - Luck's attorneys say they will be issuing a statement later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 "You used a PHONE we're keeping $20 million dollars" is so great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) So I looked up the Antonio Callaway thing from his wiki... “*Scoff* I would never hire someone with such a dangerous record. We don’t hire people with felonies here in the XFL.” Quote On Sunday, August 5, 2018, Callaway was issued a citation in Strongsville, Ohio for possession of marijuana and driving with a suspended license during a traffic stop at 3am.[32] The drug charges were dropped, and Callaway paid $911 for the license violation.[33] Edited May 13, 2020 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Death From Above said: "You used a PHONE we're keeping $20 million dollars" is so great The best part of the phone allegation is that Vince is claiming that the phone is being "forensically examined" to discover the extent of Luck's personal usage. Lol, Quote *"Gross neglect" of his job during the early days of the pandemic This is hilarious too. In the actual filing, the XFL claims that Luck "effectively abandoned his responsibilities" by relocating from the XFL offices in Connecticut, to his home in Indiana, and failing to "devote substantially all of his business time to his XFL duties as required by the contract." Luck's attorneys have already pointed out Luck only began working at home when the Conn. governor's stay at home order made working in the office impossible. I'm going to guess that Vince's idea of devoting "substantially all of your business time" differs greatly from what a reasonable person would expect. 17 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: So I looked up the Antonio Callaway thing from his wiki... “*Scoff* I would never hire someone with such a dangerous record. We don’t hire people with felonies here in the XFL.” Well, Vince has some grounds here. At least on the face of it. The actual "allegation" is that Luck hired Callaway without Vince's approval and then refused Vince's order to fire him. Also Callaway is kind of a screw-up. He got suspended by the NFL for violating the substance abuse policy. Cleveland cut him later in the season because he was facing a second suspension that would have been 10 games instead of 4 (a full season is sixteen games). The final straw was him (Callaway) missing meetings and showing up late for practices. Mostly, this smells like Vince trying to do an end run around a guaranteed contract. Things were apparently fine until he decided there wasn't going to be a second season and stopped responding to Luck's texts and phone calls. He fired Luck (by text) one day before the XFL laid off everyone. Vince spends too much time dealing with sycophants and wrestlers who stupidly agree to awful, one-sided contracts. Edited May 14, 2020 by Tarheel Moneghetti Fixed a couple typos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Calloway was signed by the XFL before the season even started and Vince had to approve all signings of that nature. Luck’s response was basically that he has text messages that prove Vince is full of shit and that the judge should immediately award him the case. I mean we all know this is gonna be settled out of court anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 7:55 AM, RIPPA said: Reports are that Vince is trying to sell all the rights to the XFL to someone/anyone else Well, the name on the contract says "McMahon". . .but it says. . . VINCE McMa. . .wait, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 The best part will be that it wasn't Vince's plan but now that someone made the theory Vince will be all THAT'S BRILLIANT!!! and do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 *Undertaker sitting up GIF goes here* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Vince claims he isn't trying to buy it which totally means he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 August 3 has been set for the auction for those wanting to buy the XFL Vince is the one claiming that 20 different buyers submitted bids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 I am a little surprised they waited this long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Well this is a twist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Vince surrogate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Has Ballers just become real life? Ricky Jerret to the XFL rumours begin now. Edited August 3, 2020 by Ultimo Necro 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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