CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREThe Alliance of American Football League is suspending football operations as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to a person familiar with majority investor Tom Dundon’s plans. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the development.The AAF was entering Week 9 of the 10-week regular season.
Dundon, the owner of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, made the decision to suspend operations amid an inability to reach an agreement with the NFL Players Association to use younger NFL players in the AAF. He pledged a $250 million investment after the opening week of the season. — Johnny Manziel April 2, 2019Just the reality of this unfortunate situation.. great concept, good football on the field and fun for fans to watch. Just not enough money to go around which has been the main problem with “other” leagues for a long time.
Just last week, Dundon told USA TODAY Sports that the NFLPA would not allow the league to use practice squad players from NFL rosters. According to the report, the NFLPA felt the decision would violate terms of the league's collective bargaining agreement.NEWSLETTERSThank you! You're almost signed up for SportsKeep an eye out for an email to confirm your newsletter registration.
He named several big-name investors in the league, such as the Founders Fund, the Chernin Group, Slow Ventures and Shaquille O’Neal. Another investor, casino giant MGM Resorts International, confirmed it was bullish on the real-time technology being developed by the league for use in sports gambling and other data-driven fields.
Wish more investors would step in and try to work through it but the nflpa wanted no part in a developmental league for the AAF
Yeah
For what it's worth the Orlando Apollos should be declared champs of the short lived AAF.
Well nobody saw this coming, right? When does the xfl2020 start?!
The what? Never heard of it.
Its called titnus my friend no not Tits, Titnus, Titnus! comedy
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UnrealAllan Damn, I better get tickets fast 😏
Not shocked games were incredibly boring
I forgot they existed? 😨😵😫
The what?
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