— Vince McMahon’s new football league – the XFL – has suspended all operations and laid of all employees, according to ESPN and other sources. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be temporary as the league has “no plans to return” amid all the uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing. XFL CEO Jeffrey Pollack held a 10-minute conference call to inform employees of the news and while he did not explicitly state that the league was done forever, everyone came away from the meeting under that assumption.

NEWS: on a call today with COO Jeffery Pollock, XFL employees were just informed that the league is suspending operations and all employees have been laid off. Another sport impacted further by the current COVID-19 crisis.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 10, 2020

The XFL has suspended all operations and currently has no plans to return in 2021, sources tell @SeifertESPN and @FieldYates. https://t.co/64GOcCL9J8

— ESPN (@espn) April 10, 2020