2020 XFL season

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The 2020 XFL season was the first season in the reboot of the

XFL, and the second in the history of the XFL brand created and owned by professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon, coming 19 years after the 2001 XFL season
.

The season began on February 8, 2020, with the

Seattle Dragons. The league planned to have a ten-week regular season through April 12, with division championships April 18 and 19, with the XFL Championship scheduled for April 26 in Houston.[1]

In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the XFL announced that the league would be cancelling the rest of the season, ahead of the league's suspension of operations and bankruptcy filing a month later.[2]

Background

In the 2017 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary This Was the XFL, McMahon openly mused about reviving the XFL, noting that changes would need to be made compared to 2001 in order to make it viable and relevant in the modern era.[3] McMahon had purchased the trademarks of the defunct United Football League and an alternative brand, "UrFL" (Your Football League), in early 2017.[4] The following year, the director of the documentary, Charlie Ebersol (son of Dick Ebersol), would go on to help form the Alliance of American Football (AAF) in 2018, hoping to beat the revived XFL in being the first to play (they did by a year).[5] While the league was able to launch in 2019, a year before the XFL's first season, it went bankrupt before its first season finished after it twice lost its major investors.[6] On December 15, 2017, Bleacher Report columnist Brad Shepard reported that McMahon was seriously considering a revival of the XFL, with an expected announcement on January 25, 2018. In a statement to Deadspin, WWE did not confirm or deny the rumors, but did state that McMahon was establishing a new company known as Alpha Entertainment, which would "explore investment opportunities across the sports and entertainment landscapes, including professional football."[7] On December 21, 2017, WWE issued a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, stating that McMahon had sold $100 million worth of WWE stock to fund Alpha Entertainment.[8] Alpha Entertainment is headquartered next door to WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.[9]

On January 25, 2018, Alpha Entertainment announced a new incarnation of the XFL, which would begin with a 10-week inaugural season beginning in January or February 2020. In a press conference, McMahon stated that the new XFL would be dissimilar to its previous incarnation, stating that "There's only so many things that have 'FL' on the end of them and those are already taken. But we aren't going to have much of what the original XFL had." McMahon stated that the league would feature eight teams as a single entity owned by Alpha (the previous XFL was also a single-entity league), which had been revealed in 2019. Alpha Entertainment was established in order to keep the league's management and operations separate from that of WWE.[10] McMahon is prepared to invest as much as $500 million, five times as much as his investment in the 2001 XFL.[11] The XFL's decision to nix cheerleaders is in part due to changing attitudes regarding women's participation in entertaining sports fans.[11] He liquidated an additional $270 million in WWE stock (representing a 4% stake in WWE) in March 2019 to provide additional funding for the league.[12]

McMahon stated that he wanted to play in existing NFL markets but did not identify potential cities specifically and did not rule out any specific cities. McMahon also did not rule out playing on

Orlando and San Diego both inquired about potential teams in their respective cities, but McMahon (while stating that "I love Pittsburgh") declined to name any cities for teams. McMahon also stated that teams would have new identities compared to recycling old identities from the old league.[13] The league sent solicitations to thirty metropolitan areas as potential locations for a team.[14]

Teams

As with the 2001 XFL, the 2020 XFL operated eight teams, all centrally owned by the league's holding company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, as a single entity. Alpha Entertainment was spun off from WWE to keep the league's finances separate from the publicly traded professional wrestling enterprise, with McMahon the sole proprietor.[7]

The emergence of the Alliance of American Football created issues selecting cities to host XFL teams, as many potential candidates became home to AAF teams (notably Orlando, the next largest

city without an NFL team and an acceptable stadium. Orlando was also one of the original XFL's most successful markets and second in attendance for the 2019 AAF season
). Not wanting teams to compete against other spring football teams in the same market, the XFL chose different cities than the AAF.

Commissioner Oliver Luck announced the eight host cities and stadiums for the first franchises on December 5, 2018, and also announced the starting date of February 8, 2020, the weekend after Super Bowl LIV,[15] as the league chose to focus on placing teams in large media markets, selecting five of the top seven largest media markets in the U.S.; based on 2017 census bureau estimates, all eight XFL markets have over 2.9 million residents each (the smallest being St. Louis).[16] This was seen as a stark contrast to the other emerging spring football league, the Alliance of American Football, which primarily chose markets without NFL teams, seen as a decision to avoid competing with existing fan bases; three of the AAF's markets (Birmingham, Memphis, and Salt Lake, the first two of which had teams in the first XFL) had populations less than half that of St. Louis's.[17] The only 2020 XFL market which did host an NFL team was St. Louis, which in 2015 saw its NFL team (the Rams) return to Los Angeles.[18]

Two of the original league's metropolitan areas also received teams in the revival: New York and Los Angeles. All eight teams received new brandings on August 21, 2019: the

Seattle Dragons, and Los Angeles Wildcats.[19]

Names and logos for the XFL teams were to be revealed in early June but were delayed over two months from that date. The XFL filed trademarks for five potential team names for its Seattle-based franchise in late June, including one for the eventually chosen name Seattle Dragons, but not for any of the other seven teams. The names, logos and colors for all eight teams were revealed on August 21, 2019, in a livestreamed special. The

2020 XFL Draft was held on October 15 and 16, 2019.[20] Training camps began in November.[21]

Besides the eight competitive teams, the XFL had operated a centralized

Dallas Renegades and was internally known as "Team 9". Team 9 replenished itself after Week 5 when the team's members were assigned to rosters when it expanded to 57 players each; but the season ended abruptly.[22][23]

Club City/State Stadium Surface Capacity† Head coach
West Division[24]
Dallas Renegades
 		Arlington, Texas
Globe Life Park in Arlington
 Grass 25,000 Bob Stoops
Houston Roughnecks Houston, Texas TDECU Stadium Turf 40,000 June Jones
LA Wildcats Carson, California Dignity Health Sports Park Grass 27,000 Winston Moss
Seattle Dragons
 		Seattle, Washington Lumen Field Turf 69,000† Jim Zorn
East Division[24]
DC Defenders Washington, D.C. Audi Field Grass 20,000 Pep Hamilton
New York Guardians
 		East Rutherford, New Jersey MetLife Stadium Turf 82,500† Kevin Gilbride
St. Louis BattleHawks
 		St. Louis, Missouri The Dome at America's Center Turf 66,965† Jonathan Hayes
Tampa Bay Vipers
 		Tampa, Florida Raymond James Stadium Grass 65,618† Marc Trestman
Practice squad
Team 9 Arlington, Texas
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Grass
 		25,000 Bart Andrus[25]

†Full stadium capacity. The large stadiums with multiple decks only open the lower bowl for XFL games, similar to the former AAF games and MLS matches played in large stadiums. The XFL has a target stadium size of 30,000 seats, so that in the event of playoff games, the upper decks can be opened to increase capacity.[26]

Tampa Bay
DC
"Team 9"
"Team 9"
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Locations of teams for the 2020 XFL season, green - practice team, Western Division - red, Eastern Division - blue

Team 9

Team 9 was a specialized team that acted as a hybrid

punter, or long snapper, who were instead reserved in a separate "player pool."[27]

During the first two weeks of the season, teams were encouraged to use players from Team 9 to fill roster spots, but were not required to do so, as they may prefer to sign a player unaffiliated with the XFL or re-sign a player who participated in their preseason camps but was cut. After Week 2, exclusively using Team 9 players to fill rosters became a requirement, with Team 9 constantly replenishing itself by adding new players from outside the XFL.[28]

On March 10, each team's maximum roster size increased from 52 to 57 players and the majority of Team 9 was dispersed. Team 9 was to reload to approximately 36 players.[29][30]

Players and coaches

Each XFL team had 52 players regular-season roster, far more than the 38 in the original XFL and comparable to the size of the 53-man NFL rosters; 46 of those 52 were active on any given game day.[31]

XFL did not have the same eligibility requirements for players as the NFL.[32] Currently[when?] the NFL requires all players to be at least 3 years removed from high school to be eligible for a team's roster.[33] Almost all prospects then participate in NCAA football for the 3-year waiting period. This eligibility requirement is an agreement between the NCAA and the NFL. The NFL, in exchange for not signing young players who would ordinarily play in the NCAA, is allowed nearly unlimited access to scout and recruit college players. In the league's inaugural season, safety Kenny Robinson, who had run into eligibility issues that led to him being expelled from college, chose to play in the XFL instead of transferring to another college; Robinson was a success in the XFL and was ultimately selected in the 2020 NFL Draft.[34]

The first head coach and general manager, Dallas's Bob Stoops, was announced February 7, 2019,[35] with the coaches for Seattle (Jim Zorn), Washington (Pep Hamilton), and Tampa Bay (Marc Trestman) following later in the month. Kevin Gilbride named New York's head coach/general manager on April 16,[36] while Jonathan Hayes was announced as the head coach and general manager of the St. Louis franchise two days later.[37] Winston Moss was announced as Los Angeles's head coach on May 7.[38] The last of the inaugural head coaches, Houston's June Jones, was hired May 13 and introduced May 20.[39]

Draft

See also:
2020 XFL Draft

The

defensive linemen and/or linebackers, ten defensive backs, and thirty players of any position. Due to the structure of the draft, there was no true first overall selection. A supplemental draft was held in late November.[40]

Compensation

The XFL used a standard form contract paying $2,725 per week for each player on the active roster, $1,040 of which is guaranteed. A $2,222 victory bonus is paid to the players on each game's winning team; this feature is a carryover from the original XFL. The contracts expire at the end of the season, freeing players to sign with any other league.[41] Players are also paid $1,040 per week during the preseason and through the playoffs if their team does not qualify.[31] Starting quarterbacks make an annual salary of up to $495,000,[31] with the average XFL quarterback earning $125,000.[42] In contrast to the original XFL, players' health insurance is covered by the league.[11]

Plans were for the league to offer contracts between one and three years in length. Signing for a longer term would make the player eligible for a loyalty bonus above and beyond their tiered salary; in return, the player would not be allowed to play in any other league during the spring, summer, or autumn months, nor is the contract guaranteed.[43] The overall salary cap will be approximately $4,000,000 per team.[44] The XFL chose a more flexible salary structure so as not to overpay for the lower ends of the roster and to be more competitive for better starting quarterbacks.[21]

Head coaches were eligible for up to a $500,000 salary, with each team having a football operations staff of 25 people.[45]

Player movement

Transactions[46]

On March 10, each team's maximum roster size increased from 52 to 57 players and the majority of Team 9 was dispersed. Team 9 was to reload to approximately 36 players. [47]

Notable Players

Season structure

Preseason

Minicamps were held at each team's discretion in December 2019. The Wildcats hosted their minicamp at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas[48] while the Renegades hosted theirs at Arlington High School. The Vipers hosted their minicamp at the renovated Plant City Stadium, which also served as the team's headquarters and practice venue during the season.[49]

The XFL held its training camps in Houston, Texas, from January 4–22, 2020. Each team trained at a different stadium in the city, with the hometown Houston Roughnecks using their game stadium, TDECU Stadium. The other seven were as follows:

The eight teams held informal scrimmages against each other.[50] The league did not initially plan to host exhibition games, but the television networks requested preseason matchups in order to conduct trial runs for their broadcasts. These were held during the day midweek in late January and were closed to the public.

Regular season

The league is divided into two divisions, East and West. Each team was given a ten-game schedule with no bye weeks, playing two games against each division rival (one home and one away) and one game against each team in the other division.

Cancellation

As the

suspended all games after two players tested positive of the virus, further social distancing measures were announced elsewhere and an unnamed Dragons player developed symptoms of the virus (he later tested positive).[53] The next day, the XFL announced it too canceled the remainder of their regular season.[2]

Playoffs

The playoffs were to feature four teams, two from each division. In contrast to the 2001 XFL (which used a crossover approach in which teams faced the opposite division), the 2020 XFL would feature two division games, with the top two teams in each division facing off against each other to determine who represents the division in the XFL Championship.[1]

On February 13, 2020, the XFL formally announced that the name of the game would be the "XFL Championship" (reviving the alternate title of the first XFL Championship, which was also known as the Million Dollar Game) and would be held at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas.[54] The league initially had hoped that the social distancing measures would expire later in the season to allow the championship to be held.[55] Any hope of resuming the season ended on April 10 with the league terminating almost all of its remaining employees and suspending operations.[56]

Standings

2020 XFL standings
East Division[57]
Team W–L PCT TD+/- TD+ TD- DIV PF PA DIFF STK
DC Defenders 3–2 .600 -3 9 12 2–1 82 89 -7 W1
St. Louis Battlehawks 3–2 .600 3 11 8 1–1 97 77 20 L1
New York Guardians 3–2 .600 -1 8 9 1–2 79 85 -6 W2
Tampa Bay Vipers 1–4 .200 -4 11 15 1–1 98 115 -17 L1
West Division[57]
Team W–L PCT TD+/- TD+ TD- DIV PF PA DIFF STK
Houston Roughnecks 5–0 1.000 7 21 14 3–0 158 111 47 W5
Dallas Renegades 2–3 .400 -3 9 12 2–1 90 102 -12 L2
Los Angeles Wildcats 2–3 .400 4 18 14 0–2 129 122 7 W1
Seattle Dragons 1–4 .200 -3 12 15 0–2 87 119 -32 L3
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched conference; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention


Season schedule

Regular season

Week 1
Date and time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance[58] Broadcast[59] Viewership
(millions)		 Rating
[60]
February 8, 2:00 p.m. ET Seattle Dragons 19 31 DC Defenders Audi Field 17,163[61] ABC 3.30 2.1
February 8, 5:00 p.m. ET Los Angeles Wildcats 17 37 Houston Roughnecks TDECU Stadium 17,815[62] Fox 3.29 2.0
February 9, 2:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 3 23 New York Guardians MetLife Stadium 17,634[63] 3.39 2.1
February 9, 5:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks 15 9 Dallas Renegades Globe Life Park in Arlington 17,206[64] ESPN 2.50 1.4
Week 2
Date and time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance[58] Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating
[65]
February 15, 2:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians 0 27 DC Defenders Audi Field 15,031[66] ABC 2.13 1.5
February 15, 5:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 9 17 Seattle Dragons CenturyLink Field 29,172[67] Fox 2.32 1.3
February 16, 3:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades 25 18 Los Angeles Wildcats Dignity Health Sports Park 14,979[68] ABC 2.40 1.5
February 16, 6:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks 24 28 Houston Roughnecks TDECU Stadium 17,103 FS1 1.36 0.8
Week 3
Date and time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance[58] Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating
[69]
February 22, 2:00 p.m. ET Houston Roughnecks 34 27 Tampa Bay Vipers Raymond James Stadium 18,117 ABC 1.91 1.2
February 22, 5:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades 24 12 Seattle Dragons CenturyLink Field 22,060 Fox 2.05 1.3
February 23, 3:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians 9 29 St. Louis BattleHawks The Dome at America's Center 29,554 ESPN 1.47 0.9
February 23, 6:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders 9 39 Los Angeles Wildcats Dignity Health Sports Park 12,221 FS1 1.00 0.5
Week 4
Date and time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance[58] Broadcast Viewership
(millions) 		Rating
[70]
February 29, 2:00 p.m. ET Los Angeles Wildcats 14 17 New York Guardians MetLife Stadium 12,116[71] ABC 1.56 1.0
February 29, 5:00 p.m. ET Seattle Dragons 16 23 St. Louis BattleHawks The Dome at America's Center 27,527[72] Fox 1.80 1.1
March 1, 4:00 p.m. ET Houston Roughnecks 27 20 Dallas Renegades Globe Life Park in Arlington 18,332[73] FS1 1.11 0.6
March 1, 7:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders 0 25 Tampa Bay Vipers Raymond James Stadium 12,249[74] ESPN2 1.03
Week 5
Date and time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance[58] Broadcast Viewership
(millions) 		Rating
[75]
March 7, 2:00 p.m. ET Seattle Dragons 23 32 Houston Roughnecks TDECU Stadium 19,773 ABC 1.55 1.0
March 7, 5:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians 30 12 Dallas Renegades Globe Life Park in Arlington 15,950 Fox 1.50 0.9
March 8, 3:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks 6 15 DC Defenders Audi Field 16,342 FS1 0.83 0.5
March 8, 9:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 34 41 Los Angeles Wildcats Dignity Health Sports Park 12,181 ESPN 0.76

Canceled games

Week 6
Date and time Away team Home team Stadium Broadcast
March 14, 2:00 p.m. ET Houston Roughnecks New York Guardians MetLife Stadium ABC
March 14, 5:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks Tampa Bay Vipers Raymond James Stadium FS2
March 15, 4:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades DC Defenders Audi Field FS1
March 15, 7:00 p.m. ET Los Angeles Wildcats Seattle Dragons CenturyLink Field ESPN2
Week 7
Date and time Away team Home team Stadium Broadcast
March 21, 2:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades Tampa Bay Vipers Raymond James Stadium ABC
March 21, 5:00 p.m. ET Los Angeles Wildcats St. Louis BattleHawks The Dome at America's Center Fox
March 22, 3:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians Seattle Dragons CenturyLink Field ABC
March 22, 6:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders Houston Roughnecks TDECU Stadium FS1
Week 8
Date and time Away team Home team Stadium Broadcast
March 28, 2:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers DC Defenders Audi Field ABC
March 28, 5:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks New York Guardians MetLife Stadium Fox
March 29, 3:00 p.m. ET Houston Roughnecks Los Angeles Wildcats Dignity Health Sports Park ABC
March 29, 6:00 p.m. ET Seattle Dragons Dallas Renegades Globe Life Park in Arlington FS1
Week 9
Date and time Away team Home team Stadium Broadcast
April 2, 8:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades Houston Roughnecks TDECU Stadium Fox
April 4, 2:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders New York Guardians MetLife Stadium ABC
April 5, 12:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers St. Louis BattleHawks The Dome at America's Center ESPN
April 5, 6:00 p.m. ET Seattle Dragons Los Angeles Wildcats Dignity Health Sports Park FS1
Week 10
Date and time Away team Home team Stadium Broadcast
April 9, 8:00 p.m. ET Los Angeles Wildcats Dallas Renegades Globe Life Park in Arlington Fox
April 11, 2:00 p.m. ET Houston Roughnecks Seattle Dragons CenturyLink Field ABC
April 12, 3:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders St. Louis BattleHawks The Dome at America's Center ESPN
April 12, 6:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians Tampa Bay Vipers Raymond James Stadium FS1

Playoffs

The playoffs were planned to start on April 18 and end the championship on April 26. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic however, the XFL couldn’t complete the regular season nor the postseason.

Division Finals
Date and time Broadcast
April 18, 3:00 p.m. ET Fox
April 19, 3:00 p.m. ET ESPN
XFL Championship
Date and time Stadium Broadcast
April 26, 3:00 p.m. ET TDECU Stadium ESPN

Reference[76]

Attendance

Announced attendance figures for each home game. In the weekly columns, dashes (—) indicate away games, while bold font indicates the highest attendance for each week.

Team / Week 1[64] 2[68][67] 3[77][78] 4 5 Total Average
Dallas Renegades 17,206 — — 18,332 15,950 51,488 17,163
DC Defenders 17,163 15,031 — — 16,342 48,536 16,179
Houston Roughnecks 17,815 17,103 — — 19,773 54,691 18,230
Los Angeles Wildcats — 14,979 12,211 — 12,181 39,371 13,124
New York Guardians 17,634 — — 12,116 — 29,750 14,875
Seattle Dragons — 29,172 22,060 — — 51,232 25,616
St. Louis BattleHawks — — 29,554 27,527 — 57,081 28,541
Tampa Bay Vipers — — 18,117 12,249 — 30,366 15,183
Total 69,818 76,285 81,942 70,224 64,246 334,272  
Average 17,455 19,071 20,486 17,556 15,968   18,571

Star of the Week

The Star of the Week is a weekly award given out by the

XFL
. The XFL selects eight nominees (one from each team) based on who they feel had the best performance, or the performance that had the most impact, of that week in XFL play and the public votes on their choice. The two winners from Saturday and Sunday's polls go against each other, and once again the public votes for the winner.

Star of the Week
Week Player Position Team Ref.
Week 1 (Feb. 12) P. J. Walker (1) Quarterback Houston [79]
Week 2 (Feb. 19) Cam Phillips (1) Wide receiver Houston [80]
Week 3 (Feb. 26) Cam Phillips (2) Wide receiver Houston [81]
Week 4 (March 4) Jordan Ta'amu (1) Quarterback
St. Louis
 [82]
Week 5 (March 11) Cam Phillips (3) Wide receiver Houston [83]

Midseason awards

The midseason awards are given out by the

XFL
at the end of Week 5. These awards are given out first by the league selecting four nominees, and the public votes on who should win. The XFL also selected a mid-season All-XFL Team for the best players at each position.

Midseason awards
Award Player/Coach Position Team Ref.
Coach of the Year June Jones — Houston [84]
Midseason All-XFL Team
Position Player Team
QB P. J. Walker Houston
HB Matt Jones
St. Louis
WR Cam Phillips Houston
Dan Williams III
Tampa Bay
Nelson Spruce Los Angeles
TE Donald Parham
Dallas
OL Terry Poole Houston
Martez Ivey
Tampa Bay
Anthony Coyle
New York
Sebastian Tretola Houston
Maurquice Shakir
Dallas
DL Cavon Walker
New York
Will Sutton
Seattle
Devin Taylor Los Angeles
Anthony Johnson DC
LB DeMarquis Gates Houston
Steven Johnson
Seattle
DB Tarvarus McFadden
Tampa Bay
Josh Hawkins
Dallas
Deatrick Nichols Houston
Will Hill
St. Louis
Kenny Robinson
St. Louis
K Taylor Russolino
St. Louis
P
 Hunter Niswander DC
KR/PR Austin Walter
Dallas

The

Tampa Bay Vipers had three, and the other four teams with two each.[85]

Statistical leaders

2020 XFL statistical leaders
Category Player Team Stat
Offense[86]
Passing yards P. J. Walker HOU 1,338
Rushing yards De'Veon Smith TB 365
Receiving yards Cam Phillips HOU 455
Touchdowns Cam Phillips HOU 9
Defense[87]
Tackles Steven Johnson SEA 48
Sacks Cavon Walker NY 4.5
Interceptions Deatrick Nichols HOU 3
Special teams[88]
Return yards John Santiago SEA 440
Field goals made Austin MacGinnis DAL 10
Punting average Marquette King STL 45.7

League finances

On December 15, 2017, Bleacher Report columnist Brad Shepard reported that McMahon was seriously considering a revival of the XFL, with an expected announcement on January 25, 2018. In a statement to Deadspin, WWE did not confirm or deny the rumors, but did state that McMahon was establishing a new company known as Alpha Entertainment, which would "explore investment opportunities across the sports and entertainment landscapes, including professional football."[7] On December 21, 2017, WWE issued a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, stating that McMahon had sold $100 million worth of WWE stock to fund Alpha Entertainment.[89] Alpha Entertainment was headquartered next door to WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.[9]

On January 25, 2018, Alpha Entertainment announced a new incarnation of the XFL, which would begin with a 10-week inaugural season beginning in January or February 2020. McMahon stated that the league would feature eight teams as a single entity owned by Alpha (the previous XFL was also a single-entity league), which had been revealed in 2019. Alpha Entertainment was established to keep the league's management and operations separate from that of WWE. McMahon is prepared to invest as much as $500 million, five times as much as his investment in the 2001 XFL.[11] He liquidated an additional $270 million in WWE stock (representing a 4% stake in WWE) in March 2019 to provide additional funding for the league.[90]

Partnerships

For 2019, The Spring League tested rules for the XFL. Seen here is the later implemented XFL kickoff formation.

The XFL ran test games with community colleges in Mississippi, Your Call Football (YCF) and The Spring League (TSL) during their spring 2019 seasons, to experiment with rule changes.[91] The XFL even had a preliminary discussions with TSL about their league becoming the "Official 'D-League' of the XFL".[92]

Gambling

In February 2020, the XFL announced that DraftKings would be the official daily fantasy sports provider of the league and an "authorized gaming operator".[93] McMahon has a minority investment in the company.[94]

Luck stated he anticipated mobile sports betting to be legal in many states by the 2020 launch date, much like it is in New Jersey, and hoped to integrate legal sports betting as part of the XFL.[95] Every state hosting an XFL team, except Florida which has an existing law banning sports betting, has either introduced or passed legislation for the legalization of sports betting. "California also has a pending voter referendum that could legalize sports betting."[96] In December 2019, Luck stated he was cooperating with the Las Vegas sportsbooks in providing official information for betting purposes.[97]

The XFL's main broadcast partner has an official partnership with gambling operators, with ESPN partnered with Caesars Entertainment to use its sportsbook information during telecasts (including displaying lines and the over/under directly on the score bug in-game).[98][99] The league also announced that it is partnering with Genius Sports on an integrity program to "protect the league from illegal activity". The agreement includes monitoring of all pre-game and live betting markets, including alerts and analysis of odds movements.[100]

The XFL also has an in-house gaming app service called PlayXFL where fans can win cash prizes for correctly predicting the exact score of select XFL games each week. Additionally, fans attending an XFL game can opt-in to play a 4-Question Pick'em contest about the game they are attending for the chance to win prizes, including merchandise and tickets, from the applicable home team.[101]

Broadcasting

This was the first year (and the only year of the contract due to no season games in 2021 or 2022) of a three-year agreement with ESPN and Fox Sports to carry all 43 regular season and playoff games.[102][103]

During the regular season, ABC was scheduled to air ten Saturday games, five of them ended up being televised, and three Sunday games, airing only one of the four Sunday games. ESPN was to air six Sunday games, airing only two of them, and ESPN2 was to air two Sunday games, airing only one of the two. Fox was to air seven Saturday games, five of the seven being televised, one Sunday game, which was televised, and two Thursday games, neither being played. Fox's main cable sports network, FS1, was to air nine Sunday games, with only four being played, and FS2 was to air one Saturday game, which was not played. ESPN and Fox were both scheduled to air one semifinal each, and ESPN was to air the championship game. All three never made the air.

Vegas Stats & Information Network produced supplemental "BetCasts" for iHeartRadio for two games each week, which featured commentary from a sports betting perspective.[104]

Viewership

In millions of viewers

Broadcaster 1[60] 2[65] 3[105] 4[70] 5[75] Total Average
ABC 3.3 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 12.8 2.1
— 2.4 — — –
ESPN 2.5 — 1.5 — 0.8 4.8 1.6
ESPN2 — — — 1.0 — 1.0 1.0
Fox 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.5 14.3 2.4
3.4 — — — —
FS1 — 1.4 1.0 1.1 0.8 4.2 1.1
Total 12.5 8.2 6.4 5.5 4.6 37.3  
Average 3.1 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.2   1.9

One decimal place is shown in table but three decimal places are used in all calculations.

Audio and radio coverage

Station Owner Platform Team affiliation Notes Ref.
National
ESPN Xtra
 ESPN Sirius XM None Simulcast of television audio feeds [106]
Fox Sports Radio Fox Sports Sirius XM
BetCast by VSiN Musburger family iHeartRadio app, web Gambling-centered audio broadcast
Local
106.7 WJFK
Entercom
Radio.com
app		 DC Defenders Select games over the air, others online-only due to schedule conflicts [107]
97.5 KFNC Gow Media Radio, web Houston Roughnecks [108]
PTSMediaSports.com PTS Media Web Houston Roughnecks Spanish-language broadcast [109]
710AM KIRO Bonneville Radio
Seattle Dragons
 Studio programming only, no live games [110]

Signees to other professional leagues

After the XFL season was cut short on March 12, 2020, players were allowed to sign with National Football League (NFL) or Canadian Football League (CFL) teams beginning on March 22.[111]

NFL signings

2020 NFL Draft, as the only NFL Draft-eligible player who played in the XFL in 2020.[112]
Also, the following players signed with NFL teams:

NFL signings
Player Position XFL team Date NFL team Ref.
Deatrick Nichols CB Houston Roughnecks March 24 New Orleans Saints [113]
P. J. Walker QB Houston Roughnecks March 25 Carolina Panthers [114]
Khari Lee TE DC Defenders March 25 Atlanta Falcons [115]
DeMarquis Gates LB Houston Roughnecks March 26 Minnesota Vikings [116]
Nick Moore LS Tampa Bay Vipers March 26 Baltimore Ravens [117]
Dewayne Hendrix DE St. Louis BattleHawks March 30 Pittsburgh Steelers [118]
Tyree Kinnel S DC Defenders March 30 Pittsburgh Steelers [118]
Christian Kuntz LS Dallas Renegades March 30 Pittsburgh Steelers [118]
Edmond Robinson LB Houston Roughnecks March 30 Atlanta Falcons [119]
Jordan Ta'amu QB St. Louis BattleHawks April 2 Kansas City Chiefs [120]
Saivion Smith CB Houston Roughnecks April 10 Dallas Cowboys [121]
Saeed Blacknall WR Los Angeles Wildcats April 13 Pittsburgh Steelers [122]
Cavon Walker DT New York Guardians April 13 Pittsburgh Steelers [123]
Dravon Askew-Henry CB New York Guardians April 14 New York Giants [124]
Austin MacGinnis K Dallas Renegades April 14 Los Angeles Rams [125]
Storm Norton OT Los Angeles Wildcats April 14 Los Angeles Chargers [126]
Donald Parham TE Dallas Renegades April 14 Los Angeles Chargers [127]
Anthony Coyle OT New York Guardians April 16 Pittsburgh Steelers [128]
John Keenoy C Dallas Renegades April 16 Pittsburgh Steelers [128]
Arrion Springs CB Los Angeles Wildcats April 16 Pittsburgh Steelers [128]
Josh Hawkins CB Dallas Renegades April 16 Atlanta Falcons [129]
Jacques Patrick RB Tampa Bay Vipers April 17 Cincinnati Bengals [130]
Avery Gennesy G Houston Roughnecks April 17 Tennessee Titans [131]
Jarron Jones OT New York Guardians April 20 Pittsburgh Steelers [132]
Kahlil McKenzie G Los Angeles Wildcats April 20 Seattle Seahawks [133]
Colin Thompson TE Tampa Bay Vipers April 27 Carolina Panthers [134]
Zac Kerin G New York Guardians April 29 Tennessee Titans [135]
DaVonte Lambert DE St. Louis BattleHawks April 30 Carolina Panthers [136]
De'Mornay Pierson-El WR St. Louis BattleHawks April 30 Las Vegas Raiders [137]
Juwann Bushell-Beatty G Houston Roughnecks May 1 Carolina Panthers [138]
Andrew Soroh FS New York Guardians June 9 Kansas City Chiefs [139]
Michael Dunn G Seattle Dragons August 9 Cleveland Browns [140]
Connor Davis TE St. Louis BattleHawks August 16 New York Jets [141]
Pace Murphy OT Dallas Renegades August 18 Dallas Cowboys [142]
Ricky Walker DT Tampa Bay Vipers August 22 Cleveland Browns [143]
Will Clarke DE St. Louis BattleHawks August 23 Detroit Lions [144]
Cam Phillips WR Houston Roughnecks August 26 Carolina Panthers [145]
Jon Toth C DC Defenders August 27 Cleveland Browns [146]
DeAndre Thompkins WR DC Defenders August 30 Pittsburgh Steelers [147]
Antonio Callaway WR Tampa Bay Vipers September 7 Miami Dolphins [148]
Jeff Badet WR Dallas Renegades September 17 Washington Football Team [149]
Matt McCrane K New York Guardians September 22 Cleveland Browns [150]
Austin Walter RB Dallas Renegades September 23 San Francisco 49ers [151]
Willie Beavers G Dallas Renegades September 24 Atlanta Falcons [152]
Tegray Scales LB Dallas Renegades October 13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers [153]
Sergio Castillo K Houston Roughnecks October 14 New York Jets [154]
Walter Palmore DT Houston Roughnecks October 21 Dallas Cowboys [155]
Hunter Niswander P DC Defenders October 26 Dallas Cowboys [156]
Elijah Campbell DB DC Defenders November 3 New York Jets [157]
Giorgio Tavecchio K Los Angeles Wildcats November 10 Tennessee Titans [158]
Josh Johnson QB Los Angeles Wildcats November 11 San Francisco 49ers [159]
Taylor Russolino K St. Louis BattleHawks December 7 Denver Broncos [160]
Gabe Wright DT Houston Roughnecks December 7 Jacksonville Jaguars [161]
Taylor Heinicke QB St. Louis BattleHawks December 8 Washington Football Team [162]
Isaiah Williams G Tampa Bay Vipers December 16 San Francisco 49ers [163]
Austin Rehkow P Houston Roughnecks December 23 Indianapolis Colts [164]
Jake Lampman WR Tampa Bay Vipers December 23 New Orleans Saints [165]
Tanner Gentry WR New York Guardians January 4 Buffalo Bills [166]
Austin Proehl WR Seattle Dragons January 4 San Francisco 49ers [167]
Tyree Jackson QB DC Defenders January 7 Philadelphia Eagles [168]
Godwin Igwebuike S Seattle Dragons January 14 Detroit Lions [169]
Brian Khoury LS DC Defenders March 17 Baltimore Ravens [170]
Martez Ivey OT Tampa Bay Vipers April 6 Carolina Panthers [171]
Scott Daly LS New York Guardians May 4 Detroit Lions [172]
LaDarius Wiley S Los Angeles Wildcats May 13 Seattle Seahawks [173]
Eric Dungey QB Dallas Renegades May 14 Cincinnati Bengals [174]

CFL signings

The following players signed with CFL teams:

CFL signings
Player Position XFL team Date CFL team Ref.
Armanti Edwards WR Dallas Renegades April 10
Edmonton Eskimos
 [175]
Dontez Byrd WR Seattle Dragons April 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [176]
Joe Powell SS St. Louis BattleHawks April 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [176]
Jalen Saunders WR Houston Roughnecks April 20 Ottawa Redblacks [177]
Trenton Thompson DT
Team 9
 April 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders [178]
Sergio Castillo K Houston Roughnecks April 21 BC Lions [179]
Ranthony Texada CB New York Guardians May 4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [180]
A. J. Hendy SS New York Guardians May 4 Saskatchewan Roughriders [181]
Brandon Wilds RB Tampa Bay Vipers May 7 Calgary Stampeders [182]
Channing Stribling CB Seattle Dragons May 12 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [183]
Na'Ty Rodgers OT Tampa Bay Vipers May 13 Ottawa Redblacks [184]
Terrence Alexander CB New York Guardians May 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [185]
Doran Grant CB DC Defenders May 28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [186]
Mekale McKay WR New York Guardians June 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [187]
Alonzo Russell WR St. Louis BattleHawks July 3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [188]
Johnathan Alston CB Seattle Dragons December 8 Ottawa Redblacks [189]
Obum Gwacham DE Tampa Bay Vipers December 9 BC Lions [190]
James Butler RB Houston Roughnecks December 10 BC Lions [191]
Jawuan Johnson LB New York Guardians December 14 Ottawa Redblacks [192]
De'Veon Smith RB Tampa Bay Vipers December 15 BC Lions [193]
Markus Jones LB
Team 9
 December 17 Saskatchewan Roughriders [194]
Tyler Roemer OT Los Angeles Wildcats December 17 BC Lions [189]
Teo Redding WR New York Guardians December 18 Montreal Alouettes [195]
Jeremy Clark CB Seattle Dragons December 21 Saskatchewan Roughriders [196]
Sammie Coates WR Houston Roughnecks December 21 Saskatchewan Roughriders [196]
James Folston Jr. LB Dallas Renegades December 28
Edmonton Football Team
 [197]
Dejon Allen G St. Louis BattleHawks December 28 Toronto Argonauts [198]
Kent Perkins G St. Louis BattleHawks December 29 BC Lions [199]
Jazz Ferguson WR Dallas Renegades December 30 BC Lions [200]
Robert Priester SS Tampa Bay Vipers December 30
Edmonton Football Team
 [201]
Tre Watson LB Dallas Renegades January 4 Montreal Alouettes [202]
Derek Dennis OT New York Guardians January 7
Edmonton Football Team
 [203]
Demetrious Cox S New York Guardians January 15 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [204]
Davon Grayson WR St. Louis BattleHawks January 15 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [204]
D'Juan Hines LB New York Guardians January 18 Ottawa Redblacks [205]
Jameer Thurman LB DC Defenders January 19 Calgary Stampeders [206]
Philip Nelson QB Dallas Renegades January 22 Montreal Alouettes [207]
Eli Rogers WR DC Defenders January 22 Montreal Alouettes [207]
Nelson Spruce WR Los Angeles Wildcats January 22 Montreal Alouettes [207]
Trae Elston S Houston Roughnecks January 25 Calgary Stampeders [208]
Jarrell Owens DE New York Guardians January 25 Calgary Stampeders [208]
Tavaris Barnes DE DC Defenders January 27 Calgary Stampeders [209]
Jeremiah Johnson CB Houston Roughnecks January 30 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [210]
Marwin Evans S Dallas Renegades January 30 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [210]
Marcelis Branch S Tampa Bay Vipers February 1 Calgary Stampeders [211]
Kahlil Lewis WR Houston Roughnecks February 2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [212]
Khyri Thornton DT St. Louis BattleHawks February 2 Toronto Argonauts [213]
Treston Decoud DB Dallas Renegades February 3 Toronto Argonauts [214]
Jermaine Ponder CB Seattle Dragons February 3 Montreal Alouettes [215]
Ryan Davis WR Tampa Bay Vipers February 5 Ottawa Redblacks [216]
Taylor Cornelius QB Tampa Bay Vipers February 9
Edmonton Football Team
 [217]
Daniel Williams WR Tampa Bay Vipers February 11 Calgary Stampeders [218]
Reshard Cliett LB Dallas Renegades February 15 Toronto Argonauts [219]
Matthew Colburn RB New York Guardians February 15 Toronto Argonauts [219]
Tarvarus McFadden CB Tampa Bay Vipers February 15 Toronto Argonauts [219]
Shawn Oakman DE Los Angeles Wildcats February 15 Toronto Argonauts [219]
Anthoula Kelly CB Tampa Bay Vipers February 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [220]
Desmond Lawrence CB DC Defenders February 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [220]
Marko Myers CB Seattle Dragons February 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [220]
Herb Waters CB Tampa Bay Vipers February 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [220]
Kermit Whitfield WR Dallas Renegades February 18 Saskatchewan Roughriders [221]
Kony Ealy DE Houston Roughnecks February 22 Toronto Argonauts [222]
Cameron Artis-Payne RB Dallas Renegades February 23 Montreal Alouettes [223]
Blake Jackson WR Houston Roughnecks February 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [224]
Jalen Tolliver WR Tampa Bay Vipers March 4
Edmonton Football Team
 [225]
Stansly Maponga DE Seattle Dragons March 9 Ottawa Redblacks [226]
Ajene Harris CB Houston Roughnecks March 11 BC Lions [227]
Andrew Ankrah DE St. Louis BattleHawks March 11
Edmonton Football Team
 [228]
Reggie Howard NT Los Angeles Wildcats March 11
Edmonton Football Team
 [228]
Nick Holley WR Houston Roughnecks March 12 Calgary Stampeders [229]
Trey Williams RB Seattle Dragons March 19 Calgary Stampeders [230]
Wesley Sutton S New York Guardinas March 22 Montreal Alouettes [231]
De'Ondre Wesley OT DC Defenders April 1
Edmonton Football Team
 [232]
Casey Sayles DT St. Louis BattleHawks April 5 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [233]
Prince Charles Iworah CB
Team 9
 April 7 Montreal Alouettes [234]
Shamarko Thomas S DC Defenders April 19 Ottawa Redblacks [235]
Carlton Agudosi WR St. Louis BattleHawks April 30 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [236]
Praise Martin-Oguike DE Seattle Dragons June 4 Ottawa Redblacks [202]
Cole Boozer OL DC Defenders June 9 Montreal Alouettes [237]
Rashad Ross WR DC Defenders June 9 Montreal Alouettes [237]
Jordan Smallwood WR Los Angeles Wildcats June 21 Ottawa Redblacks [202]
Terry Poole OT Houston Roughnecks June 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [238]
John Yarbrough C Tampa Bay Vipers June 25 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [202]
Dexter McCoil LB St. Louis BattleHawks June 28 Toronto Argonauts [239]
Reggie Cole CB DC Defenders June 28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [240]
Robert Nelson CB St. Louis BattleHawks June 30 Montreal Alouettes [241]
Nyles Morgan LB Seattle Dragons July 1 Edmonton Elks [202]
David Rivers CB St. Louis BattleHawks July 9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [242]
Tarean Folston RB Tampa Bay Vipers July 9 Edmonton Elks [243]
Mike Stevens CB Los Angeles Wildcats July 10 Saskatchewan Roughriders [244]

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