AAF reportedly needed emergency $250 million investment

Aaf and xfl should have joint venture to make a league.

They're paying the players too much

I walked in there fully prepared to sign a $250 million check

roundtable guys were wondering if they would even finish the season. seemed like they had everything working well. too bad.

Wait a sec, you mean to tell me they didnt have the cash available to at least get through the seaason??


WTF?

The AAF is trying to be what the USFL should have been 30 years ago. They are trying to follow the same original plan Dave Dixon and co. drew up without making the same mistakes that eventually ended the league (greedy owners including, but not limited to Donald Trump, breaking away from the original plan in pursuit of their own self interests)

In essence, the AAF is trying to be football socialism. All eight teams are owned by the league and the players are all paid roughly the same. Unfortunately, just like with socialism, you can only have so much of someone else's money before they start demanding to be a decision maker motivated by their own self interest...just like this guy now being named the league Chairman in exchange for his $250 mill. If the league doesn't generate enough revenue on its own it will need to bring in more investors...who will in turn want something for their investment.

Eventually, the better players are going to separate themselves and want to earn more than the other players

And they are trying this at a time where there are so many media/entertainment options available that they average person could just gloss over the games and never know this league existed. That's a far different media landscape from when the USFL began. Then, there were limited channels and just getting on TV meant you were going to get several million viewers

The USFL was able to gain some traction once they deviated from the original plan and started to hit the NFL at its weak spots. Namely, allowing college underclassmen to leave school early and enter the USFL (which was prohibited by the NFL) and by allowing rookies to be paid huge contracts the NFL wouldn't pay. That led to Herschel Walker, Steve Young, Reggie White and others joining the league. Capitalism then took over and the idealistic vision of everyone operating within a predetermined set of values and financial parameters went out the window.

In the end, self interest ALWAYS wins.

I think if I were a Carolina Hurricanes season ticket holder, I’d be pissed. They could miss the playoffs by a spot, but the owner had an extra 250M laying around? WTF!

At least Vince McMahon has already set aside what? $150 million in cash to fund the first season.

How do you miss payroll on week 1?! That’s pathetic planning.

There is one way to save the AAF (if it truly is at a life and death crossroads), and no one will like it:


It gets purchased by the National Football League and is converted into the official minor league of the NFL.