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XFL’s Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson facing cease and desist by four Olympians over new logo: ‘This looks familiar’
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s relaunch of the XFL has already hit its first main roadblock.
The XFL unveiled its new branding on Wednesday in a video that featured the phrase “collectively” in between the letter “X” however a media and commerce firm based by Olympians Sue Fowl, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, and Alex Morgan declare the brand new emblem is much like that of their model “Togethxr.”
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“Nicely doesn’t this seems acquainted,” Fowl wrote on Twitter, adopted by Manuel who mentioned: “What Sue mentioned.”
Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan posted a side-by-side of each logos, declaring the similarities between the 2.
“Imitation is the sincerest type of flattery, I suppose? Shout out to my staff at Togethxr for making a badass model title, emblem, and background story that resonates for therefore many.”
Fowl’s fiancee, U.S. ladies’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe, advised on Twitter that Johnson is dealing with a stop and desist over the brand new branding.
“Welp. That is awkward,” she wrote. “Solely factor [Johnson] and [the XFL] are gonna be cookin up is a response to the Stop and Desist and an ENTIRE new model ID [Togethxr] received this on [lock] boys.”
Johnson has but to reply publicly over the claims of his design that he says represents the “intersection of desires and alternative.”
The XFL folded in the course of the 2020 season because the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports activities leagues throughout the U.S. The league began per week after Tremendous Bowl LIV. It featured eight groups from markets throughout the U.S. The league drew 3 million viewers in its first week however the viewers tapered off within the following weeks.
Jacques Patrick #29 of the Tampa Bay Vipers carries the ball after scoring in the course of the first quarter of an XFL sport towards the DC Defenders at Raymond James Stadium on March 1, 2020, in Tampa, Florida.
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In August 2020, Johnson teamed up with Dany Garcia, of The Garcia Corporations and TGC Administration, and Gerry Cardinale, the CEO of RedBird Capital, to purchase the league from Alpha Leisure.
The XFL is ready to kick off once more in 2023.
Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.