Are You Watching AAF/Hotshots Football?

[NJCardFan]

NFL needs to jump all over this and partner with or buy one of the leagues. Can you imagine an AAF combine and draft after the NFL draft? How interested would you be in this league if we could draft the best player in the league at the end of the season with another #1 draft pick?


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I'm interested in what's going to be left for the XFL.

 

[Zeno]

I'm interested in what's going to be left for the XFL.

The XFL will pay more than AAF but they also don’t see themselves as a developmental league...it will be interesting to see what type of player they will attract.

 

[Zeno]

Here is as good a place as any to drop this...

Talks on NFL loaning players to AAF said to be ‘ramping up’

The co-founder of the AAF, Bill Polian, said Wednesday that informal discussions have taken place about the eventual possibility of the NFL loaning players to his league. Although plenty of “procedural hurdles” would need to be cleared before that could happen, he added, the subject has been “bandied about” between officials representing the two leagues.

“The talk is ramping up — I’ll say that,” Polian, a longtime NFL personnel executive and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, told USA Today.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...ping-up/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c6b2cbf9b707

 

[oaken1]

I keep getting games for the birmingham iron...in california.... trying to be a Fleet fan but still have not managed to see them play a game.

 

[Harry]

Living in Orlando I’m having fun watching Spurier. It shows how hard it is to handle all the side stuff required to win in the NFL. This guy can build an offense as good as anyone who’s coached in the NFL.

 

[NJCardFan]

Living in Orlando I’m having fun watching Spurier. It shows how hard it is to handle all the side stuff required to win in the NFL. This guy can build an offense as good as anyone who’s coached in the NFL.

Spurrier was successful in the USFL with the Bandits. Even with John Reaves at QB.


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[Billy Bob]

I just noticed, the AAF Championship game is on april 27th, at the end of draft day 3, perfect ending to the draft.

 

[Ronin]

ProFootballTalk‏Verified account @ProFootballTalk 57s58 seconds ago
All @TheAAF football operations will be suspended in the next few hours, per source with knowledge of situation. League is not folding, yet. But it's heading that way.

 

[Zeno]

Well that is disappointing.

 

[TheCardFan]

What a waste of money.

Hopefully some of the players were able to earn camp invitations.

 

[Zeno]

What a waste of money.

Hopefully some of the players were able to earn camp invitations.

The bad part was it wasn't bad football. The had no plan B if the NFLPA would not allow players to be loaned to the league for development and when they wouldn't it killed them.

 

[Ronin]

XFL (@realXFLfootball)
4/2/19, 10:52 AM
Don’t worry. We’re not folding. #XFL2020

 

[Ronin]

Chris Pika (@BlogAndTackle)
4/2/19, 11:20 AM
So, with reports of ⁦‪@xfl2020‬⁩ having $400M from Vince McMahon's sale of WWE stocks in recent months (including yesterday), XFL has the upfront money needed to ride the wave. They would do well to get some of the NFL types involved at all levels of the AAF over to their operation.

 

[Ronin]

Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
4/2/19, 11:31 AM
#Vikings GM Rick Spielman told me on the podcast that he believes several AAF players will be signed by NFL teams. Hopefully that happens omny.fm/shows/rap-shee… twitter.com/profootballtal…

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Alliance of American Football suspends operations, just weeks into inaugural season

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report...st-weeks-into-inaugural-season-165805452.html

The Alliance of American Football, which has played just eight weeks of games in its inaugural season, is suspending operations.

There are multiple reports, from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal, that the fledgling league is at minimum ceasing all football operations on Tuesday though it isn’t folding entirely — yet.

Darren Rovell of The Action Network reports that the decision is being made by league owner Tom Dundon over the objections of founders Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian.

There is a conference call scheduled for Tuesday afternoon that should shed more light on the situation.

There have been stories for weeks that the league quickly ran into financial trouble, and those clearly continued despite the influx of money from Dundon. Rovell wrote that Dundon will lose $70 million on the investment he made.

 

[Southpaw]

I hear Taps. Damn it.

 

[NJCardFan]

Looks like $250 million doesn't go as far as it used to. Thomas Dundon just gave that to the AAF a few weeks ago. I don't care who y'ar, that's a lot of biscuits to lose.

 

[Ronin]

Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero)
4/2/19, 1:23 PM
AAF chairman Tom Dundon is officially suspending the league's operations as of 5 p.m. ET today, I'm told. A letter will be sent explaining what that means for league and club officials, who say they have received limited info so far about how to proceed.

 

[TheCardFan]

Looks like $250 million doesn't go as far as it used to. Thomas Dundon just gave that to the AAF a few weeks ago. I don't care who y'ar, that's a lot of biscuits to lose.

I am getting old but 250m could have built 2,777 habitat for humanity houses.

What a waste of resources!

 

[Phrazbit]

Their hope of the NFLPA agreeing to player loans is an absolute joke. If that was expected to be a backbone for the league's stability then these guys were all idiots.

If I am an NFL player, even a fringe roster guy, the absolute last thing I would be willing to do is risk my health and my non-guaranteed NFL contract, during the freaking off-season, so I can get beat up by desperate players in an empty stadium.

 

[dscher]

I am getting old but 250m could have built 2,777 habitat for humanity houses.

What a waste of resources!

The rich can't get richer off of habitat for humanity.. duh.

 

[NJCardFan]

The rich can't get richer off of habitat for humanity.. duh.

What a person does with their money is their business, not yours.

 

[dscher]

What a person does with their money is their business, not yours.

But I get to have my own opinion... Just like you do. I never stated it was good or bad, just my observation. It is what it is.

 

[TheCardFan]

What a person does with their money is their business, not yours.

Just said it was a waste...just my opinion.

I think it sucks for the league, the players, and the employees.

 

[TruColor]

I am getting old but 250m could have built 2,777 habitat for humanity houses.

What a waste of resources!

I heard he pulled the money out, which led to the folding of the league.

So - not so much of a waste.