The AAF may be all done already

[Gator87]

Doesn’t look good.


Updated link, sorry about the original
AAF reportedly needed emergency $250 million investment

 

[Jbossgator8]

Spurrier into the AAF HOF?

 

[Slevin]

Link doesn’t work

 

[Slevin]

OP link doesn’t work so I found this story by SI

Report: AAF needed $250M from NHL owner to make payroll

 

[Musclepug]

Try this

AAF reportedly needed emergency $250 million investment

 

[TheDouglas78]

Link worked depending on browswer it went to a sporting news article

 

[78]

Can't find anything on what CBS paid for the rights. The ownership group, led by Dick Ebersol's son, Charlie, has to date not shared numbers but has insisted it has the means to make it work.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Can't find anything on what CBS paid for the rights. The ownership group, led by Dick Ebersol's son, Charlie, has to date not shared numbers but has insisted it has the means to make it work.

Also seems to have some backing from the NFL or at least some of the owners as silent partners

 

[LagoonGator68]

Almost complete and total disorganization from a TV standpoint or streaming. Bad indicator.....

 

[jaywalker72]

Just stay open one more week to watch the GOAT coach in person one more time....

 

[TheDouglas78]

Almost complete and total disorganization from a TV standpoint or streaming. Bad indicator.....

The advertising of the games has been a mess... then again I also don't normally watch the channels it's on.

 

[soflagator]

 

[Swamp Donkey]

The advertising of the games has been a mess... then again I also don't normally watch the channels it's on.

No one does.

And yet they have soccer, gymnastics and fishing on major channels instead.

 

[UFHealthGator]

The AAF nearly ran out of money before its second week, per report

The AAF nearly ran out of money before its second week, per report

The Alliance of American Football burst onto the scene with better than expected television ratings on Feb. 9. One week later it ran into a familiar problem for non-NFL pro football leagues — it was reportedly out of money.

The AAF nearly went the way of the USFL, XFL, UFL, and most of the AFL after only one week of play, according to The Athletic’s David Glenn. A last-minute investment from Carolina Hurricanes CEO Tom Dundon kept the league afloat; his $250 million infusion made sure no one missed any game checks heading into Week 2.

“Without a new, nine-figure investor, nobody is sure what would have happened,” one source told Glenn. “You can always tell people their checks are going to be a little late, but how many are going to show up on the weekend for games when they don’t see anything hit their bank accounts on Friday?”

That didn’t fix the league’s Week 1 problem, however. The AAF missed payroll after its four-game debut, leaving players without a paycheck for up to 10 days after their opening day performance.

The league’s big opening weekend drew more than three million viewers to a pair of matchups that featured the debuts of the Orlando Apollos, Atlanta Legends, San Diego Fleet, and San Antonio Commanders. That was enough to convince Dundon the AAF was a worthy investment. In exchange for his nine-figure buy-in, the billionaire was named the chairman of the league’s board of directors.

“This was a terrific opportunity for Tom to expand his investment in the sports world,” Hurricanes president and general manager Don Waddell told the press in a statement. ”The AAF is off to an exciting start as a league and was founded on some truly unique and groundbreaking concepts.

”Tom is excited about the direction of the Carolina Hurricanes and remains fully committed to this franchise’s current and future success in Raleigh.”

Why might the AAF succeed where other leagues have failed?
The first week of AAF action earned plenty of buzz, thanks to a combination of innovative rules and exciting, sometimes sloppy play.

Unlike several other startup spring leagues, the AAF is operating with the NFL’s blessing, earning a broadcast spot on league partner CBS and even earning a weekend spot on the NFL Network. There are familiar faces throughout the Alliance’s sidelines, including coaches like Steve Spurrier and Mike Martz and players like Trent Richardson, Zac Stacy, Charles Johnson, and, for better or worse, Christian Hackenberg.

The end result is a familiar, but skewed, product, like watching a preseason NFL contest or going to a playoff game after drinking a whole bottle of NyQuil. But the season’s first two weeks have drawn bigger crowds than expected, provided a launching point for some big performances, and earned plenty of real estate across social media. That helped convince Dundon to pour a quarter billion into the league, and now he’ll have the chance to shape it in his image as president of the AAF’s board.

 

[GatorBart]

In before merge.....................

 

[TheDouglas78]

in before the merge

 

[UFHealthGator]

Damn I'm blind. Missed it. Wish I could delete.

 

[rogdochar]

How were "they" not able to do a financial forecast beyond 2 weeks into the first season when everything is "startup" money? = no complicated accounting required.

 

[KronoGator]

Bummer, but all these football leagues end up in the same place.

 

[Slevin]

No way this thing lasts more than two seasons. None of these things ever do. I’m hoping for it but I have no confidence. Which sucks because I think it’s a really good product on the field.