The sale of the XFL to Dany Garcia, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and RedBird Capital Partners has closed. Garcia sent out the following tweet via her social media.
The deal is officially closed! Excited & humbled to be the first woman to ever own an American major sports league. A big thank you to @TheRock & #GerryCardinale & our incredible teams for all their work the past few months. More #bigmoves to come! #xflowner#ForTheLoveOfFootball
The deal is official closed and “the keys” to the XFL have been handed over. I humbly accept and promise to put my callouses to hard work building our new brand. Congrats to my partners @DanyGarciaCo & #GerryCardinale and our sharp, hungry team. #XFLOwner#ForTheLoveOfFootball
This marks a new era for the XFL. Fans and media types are referencing it as the XFL 3.0. What’s next for the new owners remains to be seen. A TV deal, rehiring staff seem to be the first items in line for the new Ownership group.
The original XFL started in 2001.
XFL 2.0 started in January of 2018.
XFL 3.0 now begins on August 21st 2020.
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Gregory Crawford
August 21, 2020 at 1:49 pm
This is a great day for this league. Now comes the hard work to make this a self sustaining body with a goal of long term survival in the world of professional football. I think a goal that is anything less than this is sure to fail in the eyes of those of us who really want to see a new league prosper. New innovations are fine, but, tricks and gimmicks will only get you so far. My advice ( for what its worth ) is, solidify your base cities first, then if things are going well, open up new cities . Trust me there are tons of them out here waiting for the chance to join the pro football fraternity. I hope, one day Birmingham is one of them . ******* FORGE ON ******
Gregory Crawford
August 21, 2020 at 1:49 pm
This is a great day for this league. Now comes the hard work to make this a self sustaining body with a goal of long term survival in the world of professional football. I think a goal that is anything less than this is sure to fail in the eyes of those of us who really want to see a new league prosper. New innovations are fine, but, tricks and gimmicks will only get you so far. My advice ( for what its worth ) is, solidify your base cities first, then if things are going well, open up new cities . Trust me there are tons of them out here waiting for the chance to join the pro football fraternity. I hope, one day Birmingham is one of them . ******* FORGE ON ******
Dude
August 21, 2020 at 5:17 pm
Let’s rock. Good luck to Dany, Rock, and the partners…and the players and people that make this something better.
Oh and change Houston’s colors to something a little more powder blue if you know what I mean.