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eddiewalker posted:They’re doing 3 broadcast tiers. Do games on CBS Sports count as A games? Because I don't think they're airing any more regular season games on CBS.
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Is there a good chance for expansion in this league? 8 teams just seems so small.
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seiferguy posted:Is there a good chance for expansion in this league? 8 teams just seems so small. If it goes well it will 100% expand more north. If it survives this season on C-TV Stations with decent ratings and interest, I dont think putting them on Real CBS weekly would be out of the question.
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I wonder if it needs all that to be considered successful. If the NFL helped fund it or just helped legitimize it, maybe ticket sales and merch would be enough. Think minor league baseball. You don't see those games on tv, but they're fine and worth supporting financially because the league sees a return via the expanded talent pool. Maybe that's enough, or maybe that plus the ability to treat the production as r&d for the NFL is enough.
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RZA Encryption posted:I wonder if it needs all that to be considered successful. If the NFL helped fund it or just helped legitimize it, maybe ticket sales and merch would be enough. Think minor league baseball. You don't see those games on tv, but they're fine and worth supporting financially because the league sees a return via the expanded talent pool. Maybe that's enough, or maybe that plus the ability to treat the production as r&d for the NFL is enough. Honestly it would be nice to see a league like this replace D1 ball period.
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iwentdoodie posted:Honestly it would be nice to see a league like this replace D1 ball period. Disagree
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a neat cape posted:Disagree Why not? Most athlete twitters would still be illegible and at least they'd get a few more years of paychecks
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iwentdoodie posted:Honestly it would be nice to see a league like this replace D1 ball period. What's the opposite of  ?
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Crescent Wrench posted:What's the opposite of So you enjoy watching young men probably ruin their lives for free instead of being able to get paid, get healthcare, and live their lives while accomplishing the same thing? Somehow every sport except NFL has minor leagues. Its bullshit that public universities pay coaches millions, players none, and it basically doesn't benefit the school at all. Hell, in the case of places like Baylor and others it actively harms regular students both physically and financially. I say all this as a massive CFB fan, but I'd be more than happy to see a minor league system exist.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0346iw9vzo Hate him or love him, Urinating Tree is doing This Week in Sportsball for the AAF.
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Pakled posted:Do games on CBS Sports count as A games? Because I don't think they're airing any more regular season games on CBS. I'd imagine the NFL Network games are going to be their big ones. The regular schedule starts with Week 3 and it's: Saturday afternoon - B/R Live Saturday night - NFL Network Sunday afternoon - CBS Sports Network Sunday night - NFL Network The Saturday afternoon Week 2 game is on TNT to try to coax people into buying B/R Live, which is a piece of garbage.
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So somebody in the NFL N/V mentioned LaRon Landry which made me think...is the AAF honoring NFL disciplinary moves? In other words, if somebody is on an indefinite ban or similar long-term discipline could they spend that time playing in the AAF?
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iwentdoodie posted:So you enjoy watching young men probably ruin their lives for free instead of being able to get paid, get healthcare, and live their lives while accomplishing the same thing? I love it with all my being
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General Dog posted:Why does the NFL care so much about the XFL? https://twitter.com/bmagg86/status/1095777207379808256?s=19
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Love it, make it so! This is like relegation in pro soccer, I'm down!
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I have no idea how Soccer contracts work, but do guys put things in like "If this team is regulated, my contract is canceled and I can go sign with someone else" ?
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Athanatos posted:I have no idea how Soccer contracts work, but do guys put things in like "If this team is regulated, my contract is canceled and I can go sign with someone else" ? Yes. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/04/09/salomon-rondon-can-leave-west-brom-just-165m-thanks-relegation/ https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11698/11218661/jonny-evans-has-3m-relegation-release-clause-in-west-brom-contract
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sweet thursday posted:Why not? Most athlete twitters would still be illegible and at least they'd get a few more years of paychecks I like college football
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General Dog posted:I love it with all my being sounds about right, you being an irredeemable piece of poo poo a neat cape posted:I like college football how bout its the same except they get paid
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iwentdoodie posted:Honestly it would be nice to see a league like this replace D1 ball period. Hell yes.
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ulmont posted:Yes. Ha that's pretty crazy, not only do you get the shame of being relegated, you also lose all your good players in the process so it's harder to climb back out. Do teams that get relegated tend to stay down in the lower league for a long time? I'm guessing if you were that bad you probably weren't right on the cusp of being good again any time soon.
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Docjowles posted:Ha that's pretty crazy, not only do you get the shame of being relegated, you also lose all your good players in the process so it's harder to climb back out. Do teams that get relegated tend to stay down in the lower league for a long time? I'm guessing if you were that bad you probably weren't right on the cusp of being good again any time soon. Relegated teams aren't obligated to sell their big name players. Most of them do because it's hard to keep a player/players earning $70,000 a week and be profitable while in the second-tier league in your country, plus a lot of those guys don't want to be playing in a lower league. I know in England teams that are relegated from the Premier League to the Championship (2nd tier) still receive a smaller amount of the Premier league TV revenue for 2 or 3 years after they're relegated to avoid those teams being gutted because of high player wages.
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iwentdoodie posted:Honestly it would be nice to see a league like this replace D1 ball period. Yes. The money in college football is a corrupting influence that will never stop doing bad things.
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Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:Yes. The money in college football is a corrupting influence that will never stop doing bad things. Having an actual professional developmental league for the top talent is an unambiguous good, but even if you scrape the 5-stars off the top of the talent pool, there will still be money in college football as long as college football exists.
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Docjowles posted:Ha that's pretty crazy, not only do you get the shame of being relegated, you also lose all your good players in the process so it's harder to climb back out. Do teams that get relegated tend to stay down in the lower league for a long time? I'm guessing if you were that bad you probably weren't right on the cusp of being good again any time soon. Depends. Newcastle got relegated, but won the championship and gets promoted right back. Conversely, Sunderland got relegated and the next season, earned a successive relegation OTOH, Leicester won the Premier League in their second season after promotion Nissin Cup Nudist fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Depends. Newcastle got relegated, but won the championship and gets promoted right back. Conversely, Sunderland got relegated and the next season, earned a successive relegation I'm trying to equate what you wrote with possible ramifications of would could happen with the Memphis Express.
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Colostomy Bag posted:I'm trying to equate what you wrote with possible ramifications of would could happen with the Memphis Express. Memphis Express is Leicester. They’re going to the Super Bowl in two years!
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latinotwink1997 posted:Memphis Express is Leicester. They’re going to the Super Bowl in two years! Finally a modicum of sense around here.
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The NFL got away with paying nothing for its developmental league since the NFL has existed, and the one time they tried their own they hamstrung it then killed it. I can't help but wonder if one of the many reasons they're supporting it is as a trial balloon for in case the NCAA implodes. I'd love to see university teams move to the sporting club model anyway. Quit pretending some of these dudes are students.
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My hope is the AAF is them trying to usurp the CFB and actually teach kids how to play professionally to increase the level of play along with testing out rule changes. Of course this will fold after a year because the NFL will never put that kind of effort into preserving it's future and American businesses only succeed in spite of the spectacular stupidity of the people running them.
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GD_American posted:I'd love to see university teams move to the sporting club model anyway. Quit pretending some of these dudes are students. Yeah I love my college team but it would be better for the players if the top prospects who were serious about going to the NFL played in a different league (and actually got paid for it) from the guys who are merely really good at football but primarily playing to get a degree.
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RZA Encryption posted:I wonder if it needs all that to be considered successful. If the NFL helped fund it or just helped legitimize it, maybe ticket sales and merch would be enough. Think minor league baseball. You don't see those games on tv, but they're fine and worth supporting financially because the league sees a return via the expanded talent pool. Maybe that's enough, or maybe that plus the ability to treat the production as r&d for the NFL is enough. AAF is 100% a sports gambling incubator and everything else is ancillary https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2019/02/14/aaf-pro-football-league-built-sports-gambling-data-technology/2870023002/ Ebersol said it plans to spend $500 million to $750 million in the next five years to get off the ground. The investors include Silicon Valley venture capitalists and MGM Resorts International, one of the biggest casino companies in the world. This is why the AAF might be here to stay, at least for several years, even though alternative pro football leagues historically have collapsed under the weight of huge costs and the heavy shadow of the NFL.. Qwijib0 fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Feb 15, 2019 |
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News: https://nypost.com/2019/02/13/christian-hackenberg-will-somehow-get-another-start-for-aafs-express/ Views: I love this league.
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Crescent Wrench posted:News: I'm beginning to think I bet on the wrong horse with this league.
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Qwijib0 posted:AAF is 100% a sports gambling incubator and everything else is ancillary Isn't it going to have to attain some degree of popularity (in terms of people actually watching games/following the league) to get any kind of betting volume? Obviously there are degenerates who will bet on it now, but that applies to literally anything.
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General Dog posted:Isn't it going to have to attain some degree of popularity (in terms of people actually watching games/following the league) to get any kind of betting volume? Obviously there are degenerates who will bet on it now, but that applies to literally anything. I mean I don't see people wearing jerseys for 23 Red at the roulette table. Now I want to make roulette jerseys. Patent pending!!
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RZA Encryption posted:I mean I don't see people wearing jerseys for 23 Red at the roulette table. Yeah, I don't mean people have to be incredibly invested in it and have strong rooting interests and all that, but it has to at least maintain enough cultural bandwidth that people are seeing scores and not forgetting that it exists.
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RZA Encryption posted:I mean I don't see people wearing jerseys for 23 Red at the roulette table. Always bet on black.
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