XFL Cancels It’s First Season Due To Coronavirus Scare
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XFL’s promising first season back has now come to an abrupt end. The games and audience interest surprised a lot of fans and even naysayers but now, thanks to the Coronavirus scare the season is over. The league sent out this message via social media:
The season had been scheduled to end on April 26 with the XFL Championship Game in Houston.
XFL players will be compensated for their base pay and benefits for the regular season, while XFL ticket holders will be issued refunds or credit toward future games. Finally, they expect to play a full season in 2021.
The XFL previously announced that Sunday’s XFL game between the Seattle Dragons and the LA Wildcats will be played as scheduled, but without fans present in the stadium.
This news comes a week after a CenturyLink Field concessions employee tested positive for coronavirus after working a Seattle Dragons game at the venue.
This marks the second straight year that a start-up spring football league has failed to play a full slate of games in its debut. The Alliance of American Football (AAF), who also had an eight-team membership and 10-week regular season, ceased operations last April after only eight weeks of action.
Unlike the AAF, which declared bankruptcy shortly thereafter, the XFL is expected to return in the future.
