The Rock Explains Why XFL’s Recent Partnership Talks Fell Through

The Rock and his business partners from RedBird Financial put together funds to buy the XFL. Now, the league is on the cusp of a return, but they will not be partnering with the CFL.

The XFL and Canadian Football League were supposed to have a working agreement, but things fell through. This was a surprise for some, as it was thought that the XFL and CFL could help each other out.

While speaking to Bloomberg, The Rock went over the deal with the CFL and what exactly went wrong in that situation.

“We were all in alliance at that time (in 2021) for some sort of partnership between the XFL and the CFL in the spirit of growing the game because we all love the game of football.”

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“We got down the line and eventually those conversations started to stall. We all agreed: respectfully, let’s put the pencils down [and] wish each other the best of luck.”

It’s interesting that The Rock’s talks with the CFL fell through. The Great One played for the Calgary Stampeders, but was cut from the team in his first season with the team. Young Rock is currently telling that story as part of the NBC show’s storylines.

We will have to see what’s next for the XFL, but they will not have the partnership that they might have been banking on with the Canadian Football League. Keep checking back with Thirsty for more details.

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