• “Gross neglect” of the job once the coronavirus pandemic began. According to McMahon, Luck “effectively abandoned his responsibilities” beginning on March 13 by relocating from the XFL’s offices in Stamford, Connecticut, to his home in Indiana and failing to “devote substantially all of his business time to his XFL duties as required by the contract.”
  • Signing receiver Antonio Callaway without McMahon’s approval and then refusing to release him when McMahon ordered him to. McMahon had previously said that he did not want to sign players with problematic backgrounds. Most recently, Callaway had been suspended by the NFL for violating its substance abuse policy. He suffered an injury during the XFL’s January training camp and was placed on injured reserve.
  • Personal use of an XFL-issued iPhone, in violation of league policy.

Luck filed his federal lawsuit April 21.

The filing is heavily redacted, including portions that appear to respond to his termination letter. One of his attorneys indicated that Luck would respond with a new filing later Wednesday.

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