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Post by bringbackcaro on Mar 29, 2019 12:55:13 GMT -5
The AAF wanted to be able to sign players on NFL contracts such as the one that Kalif Raymond has with the Titans, in order to be a true developmental league for the NFL. When that was blocked, the league's fate was sealed (unless they get another bailout now) This sounds more like a convenient excuse that they are trying to make rather than something that would actually save the league. Attendance and ratings are not going to go up just because there's NFL practice squad guys playing.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 29, 2019 14:34:41 GMT -5
Hearing this league may not make it much longah...something about the NFL not allowing them certain things etc....as well as the usual suspects: low attendance, low TV ratings Wrong. The league is actually doing very well, and much better than anticipated, in regards to TV ratings.
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Post by 6sader7 on Apr 2, 2019 11:51:19 GMT -5
Sources: The AAF will suspend all football operations today. New owner Tom Dundon will lose approximately $70 million on his investment. Dundon makes decision against wishes of league co-founders Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian.
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Post by inhocsigno on Apr 2, 2019 13:19:27 GMT -5
Hearing this league may not make it much longah...something about the NFL not allowing them certain things etc....as well as the usual suspects: low attendance, low TV ratings Wrong. The league is actually doing very well, and much better than anticipated, in regards to TV ratings. You may want to revisit this one. "[V]ery well" must be a relative term if the USA Today reports is to be believed. In all seriousness, how did they create a business plan that did not at least see them through the end of one season, instead of folding immediately. Aren't all the costs fixed (salaries, travel, stadium rentals, etc.)?
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 2, 2019 14:21:19 GMT -5
Note that ACTP was talking about TV ratings, not how the league was performing financially.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Apr 2, 2019 14:34:46 GMT -5
Wrong. The league is actually doing very well, and much better than anticipated, in regards to TV ratings. You may want to revisit this one. "[V]ery well" must be a relative term if the USA Today reports is to be believed. In all seriousness, how did they create a business plan that did not at least see them through the end of one season, instead of folding immediately. Aren't all the costs fixed (salaries, travel, stadium rentals, etc.)? Co-founder Charlie Ebersol seems like a very shady character.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 2, 2019 17:47:38 GMT -5
The AAF provided good content for the NFL network, but the NFL shouldn't be expected to subsidize them beyond TV rights when they have the NCAA as a free developmental league. The AFL made it on their own and forced a merger with the NFL from a position of strength (Broadway Joe Namath, etc.)
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