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Wylie posted:Anybody got the gist of the rest of this article? NHL dude dumped a quarter billion dollars on the AAF and now what, he gets to name the teams after his kids or something? Does that much money get them through the season, at least? What does he stand to gain from this, except the excitement of losing a quarter of a billion dollars? (assuming the AAF survives until then), it sounds like Dundon's investment would lead to a Raleigh franchise in 2020~
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Aye Doc posted:(assuming the AAF survives until then), it sounds like Dundon's investment would lead to a Raleigh franchise in 2020~ Nooooo I can't change alleigances from #ForgeOn
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Toughest kicker in the league. https://twitter.com/elliott_fry22/status/1097540407762829312 Edit: Apollos out here makin moves: https://twitter.com/TheTomAlexander/status/1097851254515077122 wandler20 fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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Apollos going all-in to win this season since there may not be a next.
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Feb 19, 2019 17:14
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How are they already so far in the hole? Is this a scam?
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General Dog posted:How are they already so far in the hole? Is this a scam? It's really hard to put a giant league like this together.
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From what I recall, one of the things that they expect to derive value from long-term is the stuff they're doing with their app and the sensors it uses on the field. If they can convince the NFL to use them, it opens up a lot of sports betting options that didn't exist before. That's why MGM Grand is one of the AAF sponsors, they want first crack at that potential action. Right now, they're just using it for their little play-prediction game, but they want to be able to build off of that.
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FizFashizzle posted:It's really hard to put a giant league like this together. Yeah, but https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2019/02/14/aaf-pro-football-league-built-sports-gambling-data-technology/2870023002/ quote:Investors are so bullish on it that 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. To help develop the tech, the league also hired a head engineer who previously worked as a software engineer at Tesla, the electric car maker, and Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor. If the investors were lined up to spend $500 million how on Earth did they have trouble making payroll in week 3, somebody screwed something up somewhere
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Rastor posted:Yeah, but maybe some investors got cold feet and pulled out after informally committing or something? But yeah this seems fishy
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FizFashizzle posted:It's really hard to put a giant league like this together. it turns out that ebersol was the third man
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Is there a betting line on who the embezzlers are?
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It's even worse - the AAF missed payroll in Week 1. https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1097901652932288512 https://twitter.com/BenKercheval/status/1097902528342179840 Sounds to me like Tom Dundon got sold a fake bill of goods, the whole league was a scam which is going to quickly unravel, and someone is going to have a nice stay at Club Fed for it. dirty shrimp money fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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So who sucked Tom Dundon's dick?
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Aw man. I figured that the other shoe had to drop eventually, because this was all going off too well. I didn't have "rampant financial fraud" as that other shoe, though.
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dirty shrimp money posted:It's even worse - the AAF missed payroll in Week 1. I think the charitable interpretation would be https://twitter.com/billyarnie/status/1097904208207118338 so in this version the plan all along was that Tom Dundon would buy it and become the chairman but they needed to put together the Minimum Viable Product before he would sign. I think this all seems fishy though.
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You'd think that would be part of the plan. I mean it kind of goes without saying that starting a pro football league will require a lot of seed money and will likely take a significant amount of time before becoming truly profitable. They should've been prepared to operate for one or two full seasons at a loss. Most likely expenses have far exceeded over-optimistic projections and caused this. That bailout is either gonna be the best or worst investment ever. Still, this league has every advantage: support from the NFL, billionaire investors, tv deals, positive fan reaction (that game in San Antonio was nuts), gambling partnerships. A lot of people have bought into the AAF, if this attempt fails then maybe a second US pro league just isn't meant to be.
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I don't believe that glitch / 'this was our plan all along!' bullshit for a second
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They don't want players throwing the footballs into the stands after touchdowns because they're leasing the footballs from Rent-a-Center. Brilliant move, AAF.
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What if The Producers, but football?
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It's gonna be really funny when Vince McMahon buys them out in order to resuscitate the XFL when it inevitably dies again.
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check your inboxes guys i just got offered a contract only concerning thing is they are asking for a deposit up front before i can start being paid
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I'm holding out hope. I'm not ready for the AAF to die.
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There's a lot to like about the AAF. How few commercials there are, the faster pace of play, QBs and replay officials being mic'd up, the no-kickoff... I really hope the Alliance lasts long enough for the NFL and NCAA to steal some of these ideas.
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Play posted:I don't believe that glitch / 'this was our plan all along!' bullshit for a second The payroll glitch was the go to bullshit excuse line of every failing dotcom during the 90s.
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Pakled posted:There's a lot to like about the AAF. How few commercials there are This was something that while nice has worried me about it's longevity. They need to figure out fairly organic product placement and fast.
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Ches Neckbeard posted:This was something that while nice has worried me about it's longevity. They need to figure out fairly organic product placement and fast. They're gonna end up getting third or fourth tier marketing agreements so we're gonna end up with like "Let's take a look at the BI-LO instant replay"
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At this point they need to take what they can get. Get some Bose radio/headsets just loving anything to stop hemorrhaging. This assumes it's not a complete embezzlement scam
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They need to go the nascar route and sell ad space on uniforms.
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Mr. Nice! posted:They need to go the nascar route and sell ad space on uniforms. Several teams already have Navy Federal patches on their jerseys.
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General Dog posted:What if The Producers, but football? Mods, please make change the thread title to AAF Week 3 N/V: Springtime for Hackenburg
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Please do not swallow the gatorade on the sidelines, it is very expensive and we cant make payroll, so swish it around and share one mouthful across the team The good news is Singletary might end his AAF career winless, which is something we can all enjoy
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Pakled posted:There's a lot to like about the AAF. How few commercials there are, the faster pace of play, QBs and replay officials being mic'd up, the no-kickoff... I really hope the Alliance lasts long enough for the NFL and NCAA to steal some of these ideas. The main reason the commercials are so few is because it isn't established yet. I imagine those commercial breaks will steadily grow in length and frequency, hopefully not too fast Like someone mentioned they are pushing that app extremely hard, it looks like a big part of their business plan. Personally nothing gets me less excited than the prospect of searching for "easter eggs" inside of a commercial app. Easter eggs is the dumbest nerd poo poo Wylie posted:Several teams already have Navy Federal patches on their jerseys. I got two words for you: TATTOO. MARKETING. They're not even using that empty skin. Prices start at 2 million for a full sleeve on a starting quarterback and go down to 10,000 for a forearm piece on a third string defensive tackle
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