Alliance of American Football (AAF) 2019 Season

[BillJ]

Would the AAF players still be under contract though? I have a hard time believing any of them were signed to multi-year contracts. That seems kind of foolish for a upstart league when your not even getting NFL star quality talent.

IIRC, they were all signed to three year contracts. There was no danger to the AAF as they were non-guaranteed.

 

[BillJ]

Front office folks said they were misled about the financial stability of the league...

We have some more fallout from the demise of the AAF. Daryl Johnston, the former Cowboys fullback and commentator, was the general manage of the San Antonio Commanders, and now he’s dishing on what went down. Johnston said during a recent appearance on ESPN Radio that he and others were “misled” by the league’s founders about the financial stability of the startup, per Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com. “There were several people who took jobs with the Alliance because they were told they had two years, and they’re in a very difficult spot now at this stage. This was something that caught me totally by surprise,” Johnston said. Johnston also said there are multiple San Antonio businesses who have so far been stiffed on payments they’re owed, and that Bill Polian called him out of the blue on the day the league ceased operations and told him to immediately shutdown practice.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2019/04/extra-points-goff-rams-aaf-ryan-cfl

 

[XCV330]

The Curse of Memphis pro football continues. The town is doomed to have a team in town no more than two years.

Memphis Southmen, 1974-1975 (WFL)
Memphis Showboats, 1984-1985 (USFL)
Memphis MadDogs, 1995 (CFL expansion)
Memphis Pharaohs, 2005-2006 (AFL)
Memphis Oilers,1997 (NFL)
Memphis Express, 2019 (AAF)

Memphis.. stop killing football leagues. give it up!


edited: crap forgot the Memphis Maniax, XFL 2001. Seeing a trend here.

 

[BillJ]

Tennessee Oilers,1997 (NFL)

To be fair, they were only ever going to be there for a year.

 

[Jayson1]

I wonder how of the players and coaches etc simply take jobs with the XFL league.

Jason