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Docjowles posted: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. Someone please tweet my week 3 post @ freezing cold takes, cause fuckin welp This was when we thought Dundon was "saving" the league lol
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syzpid posted:apparently the AAF was paying the networks to air the games, and it looked like none of the networks were planing to pay for the games, which is why Dundon shut it down. They already signed a contract to be paid to air AAF games, and the league would've shut down even faster without the TV broadcasts. If they were forced to renegotiate those deals somebody absolutely would've paid, but the AAF had zero leverage to push for it. I wonder if the XFL will broadcast on the WWE network...
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A lot of good men got plaque on their brains because of a rich shyster. A story as old as time.
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syzpid posted:apparently the AAF was paying the networks to air the games, and it looked like none of the networks were planing to pay for the games, which is why Dundon shut it down. There's no way they were getting games on CBS and NFLN without paying through the nose for time buys -- networks may be thirsty for live content, but they're not thirsty enough to throw money at an unproven startup. In an alternate universe where the AAF didn't turn into a 20-clown-car pileup, maybe they could've leveraged those solid ratings into a paying deal down the line, but it definitely wasn't happening in year one.
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Some more AAF stories.quote:Another story that spread far across the AAF offices has Marshawn Lynch crashing the league’s quarterback draft last November at the Luxor casino in Las Vegas. According to one employee, Lynch, whose cousin Josh Johnson was the first pick in that draft, and who is notoriously media-averse, agreed to do a two-minute interview for the Alliance at that event in exchange for $5,000. But when a check was presented to Lynch, he asked that his money be delivered instead in quarters—which AAF co-founder Charlie Ebersol took seriously. In the end, 20,000 quarters were delivered to Lynch’s room and the interview apparently took place . . . but no one ever saw it. It didn’t air.
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latinotwink1997 posted:It’s only 250lbs in quarters he has to haul around to the slots, nbd. It's only 5 bags
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I liked the part on the employees that just started looting their offices.
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I saw a package of Topps AAF football cards at Walmart. I thought about picking them up for the giggles but it was 20.00. Knowing the history of the league, it will probably be cheaper some day.
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It is right and good that Dundon’s hockey team got shithoused out of the NHL playoffs in 4 games.
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I went to one AAF game, the Legends v the Birmingham Iron. Basically the only things i remember were that Turner Field, excuse me, Georgia State Stadium is not a great venue for football and you can still see rooms and poo poo off to the side where they've stashed some of the Braves signage. We were close to the field but so was everybody and it kind of felt like packing sardines in. The team store was overpriced and every time Simms threw a bad pass or a pick the entire crowd of like 1000 people would chant for Aaron Murray. Overall it was just a weird experience.
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Docjowles posted:It is right and good that Dundon’s hockey team got shithoused out of the NHL playoffs in 4 games. Dundon is not blameless here but I really think the villains are Ebersol and Polian, with the percentage divided as yet undetermined. They knew there was no funding plan but pressed on. Hell, blame Silicon Valley for making that poo poo an acceptable modern financial model.
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Darth Brooks posted:I saw a package of Topps AAF football cards at Walmart. I thought about picking them up for the giggles but it was 20.00. Knowing the history of the league, it will probably be cheaper some day. I held the box in my hand at a Target a few weeks back and sort of regret not getting them.
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May 27, 2019 06:55
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They still have 12 boxes of cards left on Amazon.
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https://www.amazon.com/Memphis-Expr...gateway&sr=8-48 So much merch for the AAF lol.
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Elephanthead posted:https://www.amazon.com/Memphis-Expr...gateway&sr=8-48 The Memphis Express's famous black quarterback
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ESPN has a write up on the end of the AAF: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26957796/inside-short-unhappy-life-alliance-american-football
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wandler20 posted:ESPN has a write up on the end of the AAF: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26957796/inside-short-unhappy-life-alliance-american-football Good read. Charlie Ebersol seems like the typical rich kid who thinks he can do anything because he was born to wealthy and successful parents, though he at least seems like he had good intentions in regards to the players.
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lmao the founder of the AAF is the same age I am? Not sure if that is more shameful for me or for the people that trusted Ebersol to run that poo poo successfully.
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Docjowles posted:lmao the founder of the AAF is the same age I am? Not sure if that is more shameful for me or for the people that trusted Ebersol to run that poo poo successfully. 36 year olds run tons of poo poo way bigger and way more important than the AAF so not sure why that’s so surprising
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wandler20 posted:ESPN has a write up on the end of the AAF: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26957796/inside-short-unhappy-life-alliance-american-football I don't know why but it always pisses me off when articles start with '___ woke up at 6:45'
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The Big Jesus posted:I don't know why but it always pisses me off when articles start with '___ woke up at 6:45' It's a thing in journalism now. Every long form piece starts with the retelling of an ancedote. It's annoying.
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Amy Pole Her posted:36 year olds run tons of poo poo way bigger and way more important than the AAF so not sure why that’s so surprising North Korea, for example.
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That was a good read. Thanks.
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I haven't had a chance to finish the article yet, I think I'm about halfway through but it really sounds to me like it was the Fyre Fest of football leagues.
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:I haven't had a chance to finish the article yet, I think I'm about halfway through but it really sounds to me like it was the Fyre Fest of football leagues. Please dont trigger Charlie Ebersol.
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They literally make that reference in the article, heh.quote:The AAF drew comparisons to the disastrous Fyre Festival. That angered Ebersol
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LOL, guess I'll finish it tonight to get to that part
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Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:Even with how prematurely it ended the AAF was far more successful than the Fyre Festival. Yeah, Fyre Fest came to mind, but the AAF did actually play 8 weeks of football where everyone had pads and helmets and jerseys and the fans had a place to sit and everything. They played in decent venues and didn't have any starting QB's suffer career-altering injuries because of poor playing surfaces or anything like that.
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General Dog posted:Yeah, Fyre Fest came to mind, but the AAF did actually play 8 weeks of football where everyone had pads and helmets and jerseys and the fans had a place to sit and everything. Yeah on some levels it was organized really well. Essentially the problem was that they failed to monetize enough at the start and their war chest was way too small to begin with. The desperation move of bringing in Dundon backfired once he realized how hosed the financial situation really was.
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Play posted:The desperation move of bringing in Dundon backfired once he realized how hosed the financial situation really was. That is probably one thing that got me most. Uh, you are a billionaire and figured out the following evening "poo poo, this might have been a bad investment" cracked me up. Due diligence much? Of course there are probably 1,000 other behind the scene type things but the buyers remorse one is quite epic.
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