- Upstart organization suspends operations, lays off employees
- WWE-backed league played half of planned 10-game schedule
The XFL has suspended operations and laid off its employees.
The eight-team professional football league conceived by World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon as an out-of-season competitor to the NFL appears to be done for good after workers were informed of the layoffs during an in-house conference call Friday.
The XFL just held a conference call in which all employees were told the league is suspending operations. Said one: “The word they used was ‘shut down’.”
