Timothy Kelly said his in-house legal gig with the XFL, a renegade spring football league backed by wrestling titan Vince McMahon, was a dream come true.
“Every day you were doing sponsorship contracts, giveaways, promotions,” Kelly said. “That’s what I love about working in sports—you’re never bored.”
It didn’t last long. Kelly spent roughly two months with the XFL before it filed for bankruptcy a year ago this week. Roughly a hundred people who worked for the startup league lost their jobs.
The XFL’s quick demise showed how the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on professional and amateur sports. Lawyers of ...
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