   xfl, llc was a single entity professional american football league operated as the xfl, founded by world wrestling federation owner vince mcmahon. the xfl was intended to be a major professional sports league complement to the offseason of the national football league, but was unable to find an audience and ceased operation after its debut season in 2001.http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/why-the-xfl-failed-19101/http://www.forbes.com/2001/05/11/0511topnews.html ==founding== thumb|right|250px|   created as a 50â50 joint venture between nbcuniversal and wwf-owned subsidiary wwe properties international, inc. under the company name "xfl, llc", the xfl was created as a "single-entity league", meaning that the teams were not individually owned and operated franchises (as in the nfl), but that the league was operated as a single business unit. vince mcmahon's original plan was to purchase the canadian football league (after the cfl initially approached him about purchasing the toronto argonauts), while nbc was moving ahead at the time with time warner to create a football league of their own. the concept of the league was first announced by league commissioner tyler schueck on february 3, 2000. the xfl was originally conceived to build on the success of the nfl and professional wrestling. it combined the scoring system of the nfl with the [[ka
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