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AAF shutting down
#2776021
04/02/19 02:18 PM
04/02/19 02:18 PM
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Marshall County
PRB
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Well, that didn’t last long.... Mash
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: PRB]
#2776036
04/02/19 02:42 PM
04/02/19 02:42 PM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Donlon put in $250 million a month ago. He's already lost $70 million with two weeks remaining and then playoffs. He's no fool.
The biggest thing in this is the NFL Players Association failing to support the idea of "if you're hurt, need playing time, on the practice roster, you could gain experience in the AAF." The players saw it as a demotion to second-tier after making it to the NFL, the best of the best. Even on a practice roster, the union hung tough. Without them agreeing and the owners being fully supportive, the spring league was doomed.
Vince McMahon is insane for reviving the XFL. He might as well burn his money.
The AAF actually had good people and structure. It just didn't have the NFL as a partner, which it said all along it wanted to do.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: Clem]
#2776103
04/02/19 04:07 PM
04/02/19 04:07 PM
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Chilton
Powpow65
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Donlon put in $250 million a month ago. He's already lost $70 million with two weeks remaining and then playoffs. He's no fool.
The biggest thing in this is the NFL Players Association failing to support the idea of "if you're hurt, need playing time, on the practice roster, you could gain experience in the AAF." The players saw it as a demotion to second-tier after making it to the NFL, the best of the best. Even on a practice roster, the union hung tough. Without them agreeing and the owners being fully supportive, the spring league was doomed.
Vince McMahon is insane for reviving the XFL. He might as well burn his money.
The AAF actually had good people and structure. It just didn't have the NFL as a partner, which it said all along it wanted to do.
The NFL already has a partner, the NCAA. If the NFL was to partner with or support the AAF, it would be like growing it's own competition. No brainier there
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: PRB]
#2776247
04/02/19 07:50 PM
04/02/19 07:50 PM
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Northport, AL
Phil_Army
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Why did they choose to do it at the time of year they did? They should've waited until after March Madness, spring football games, etc. Give us some football in the late spring/early summer when we're starving for football.
I just wish they've put D2 and D3 college football in the spring so we'd have it year round. It would give tv exposure to small schools that need the money. I would watch
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: JayHook2]
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04/02/19 10:18 PM
04/02/19 10:18 PM
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CeeHawk37
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D3 college football....The top 5 AHSAA 7A teams would dismantle. Certainly that couldn't sell much TV time. Just saying You might be right if you’re talking about the bottom of the barrel D3 schools. I’d wager the top 100 D3 schools would beat any high school team like a drum. Huge difference between HS kids and NCAA athletes. If D3 and D2 were the only football on TV some station would pick up the broadcast, even if it were ESPN 3 or something like that. Especially for the teams up north like the UW schools, Mount Union, etc. Those teams can and do beat FCS schools when they play them. To the OP, I hate the AAF couldn’t make it. For a lot of those players it was at least an opportunity to play the game again.
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: PRB]
#2776609
04/03/19 10:12 AM
04/03/19 10:12 AM
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Hunting-231
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Why the guy thought the NFL would fund/join/subsidize this venture is ridiculous. I didn't go out of my way to watch it on TV, but the few games that I saw - I enjoyed.
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: CeeHawk37]
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04/03/19 11:01 AM
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Joe4majors
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D3 college football....The top 5 AHSAA 7A teams would dismantle. Certainly that couldn't sell much TV time. Just saying You might be right if you’re talking about the bottom of the barrel D3 schools. I’d wager the top 100 D3 schools would beat any high school team like a drum. Huge difference between HS kids and NCAA athletes. If D3 and D2 were the only football on TV some station would pick up the broadcast, even if it were ESPN 3 or something like that. Especially for the teams up north like the UW schools, Mount Union, etc. Those teams can and do beat FCS schools when they play them. To the OP, I hate the AAF couldn’t make it. For a lot of those players it was at least an opportunity to play the game again. ^^^This. It wouldn't need to be live broadcast for all 250 D3 football teams. Heck, they don't even broadcast (nationally) all of the D1 games. One reason that D3 schools would balk at the idea though is that there is a higher percentage of football players that also play baseball in the spring. Interesting idea though.
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: Clem]
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04/03/19 03:59 PM
04/03/19 03:59 PM
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bama1971
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Vince McMahon is insane for reviving the XFL. He might as well burn his money.
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Agree Clem, but at least he’s enough of a business man to have capital on hand to run it for a year. He sold $20M of his WWE shares to fund it recently
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: bama1971]
#2777391
04/04/19 11:52 AM
04/04/19 11:52 AM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Vince McMahon is insane for reviving the XFL. He might as well burn his money.
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Agree Clem, but at least he’s enough of a business man to have capital on hand to run it for a year. He sold $20M of his WWE shares to fund it recently That would be $272 million in WWE stock that he sold. At least he's planning to burn a lot of money instead of just $70 million. https://www.si.com/wrestling/2019/03/28/wwe-stock-vince-mcmahon-shares-xfl
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: Clem]
#2777424
04/04/19 12:30 PM
04/04/19 12:30 PM
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North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Vince McMahon is insane for reviving the XFL. He might as well burn his money.
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Agree Clem, but at least he’s enough of a business man to have capital on hand to run it for a year. He sold $20M of his WWE shares to fund it recently That would be $272 million in WWE stock that he sold. At least he's planning to burn a lot of money instead of just $70 million. https://www.si.com/wrestling/2019/03/28/wwe-stock-vince-mcmahon-shares-xflVince McMahon is dreaming if he thinks he can go up against the NFL and win. 272 million sounds like a lot but it takes BILLIONS of dollars to compete. There are 32 NFL owners and ALL of them are billionaires.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: PRB]
#2777448
04/04/19 01:04 PM
04/04/19 01:04 PM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Vince already has invested a lot and probably will put in more. This was just a little bit of planning. He has 575 duzen-brazillion shares of stock.
He also is worth $3.3 billion.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: AAF shutting down
[Re: Clem]
#2777581
04/04/19 04:36 PM
04/04/19 04:36 PM
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jmudler
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He has 575 duzen-brazillion shares of stock. That is a lot!
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