XFL’s First Season Officially Suspended Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The XFL is the latest domino to fall.
The NBA indefinitely suspended its season Wednesday night, then the NHL followed suit and put a pause to its season until further notice. Major League Baseball canceled the remainder of spring training while the NCAA canceled all winter and spring tournaments — including March Madness and the Frozen Four — due to the coronavirus outbreak.
With most leagues putting a hold to their seasons, many wondered if the XFL would do the same considering it was one of the only leagues to not make a decision.
And now they have.
The XFL released a statement Thursday adding the players will be paid “their base pay and benefits for the 2020 regular season.”
Check out the full statement below:
XFL statementhttps://t.co/MbuHgUmzmZ pic.twitter.com/PIZLOl1fld
What do you think? Leave a comment.— XFL (@xfl2020) March 12, 2020
The XFL was five games into its inaugural 10-week season.
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