re: AAF fallout *update* players now getting medical bills for team labwork done in mini camp

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The Alliance of American Football officially has pulled the plug on the league, for good.

The AAF announced that a bankruptcy petition was filed today in federal court in Texas.

‘The AAF is committed to ensuring that our bankruptcy proceeds in an efficient and orderly manner. Pursuant to the bankruptcy laws, a trustee will be empowered to resolve all matters related to the AAF’s remaining assets and liabilities, including ongoing matters related to player contracts.”

That last part is a reference to the reported refusal of the AAF to release the players for potential employment in the CFL, even though all players were released for NFL opportunities. Apparently, the bankruptcy trustee will try to sell those contracts to the CFL before cutting the players loose.

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Also, congrats to teke184 for correctly guessing what the AAF was going to attempt with it's players who don't get NFL calls. (AAF contracts had built in outs for the NFL but not the CFL, XFL, Arena and other indoor leagues, or other international leagues like the German Football League).

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Unfortunately the CFL won't sign anyone until they are released b/c they don't want to get involved in a lawsuit.

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I hope the former AAL players file a class action lawsuit and straight up maul their asses if the AAL tries to enforce contracts that they’ve already broken.

These people are a real piece of work.

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players now getting medical bills for team labwork done in mini camp

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I hope Vince is taking notes

Getting medical bills for issues where you went into the doctor on your own are bad enough.

I’d be going insane if I were given the bill for team covered medical expenses they didn’t fricking pay.

Yeah I got a buddy dealing with all of this. It's a shite show. Luckily his family is well off and he's got a degree to fall back on, but a lot of these guys aren't so fortunate/smart to secure their future outside of football.

Mr. Farrow, you owe this for your uniform cleaning

It’s like the dude didn’t watch his own documentary.

I actually got a friend of mine going through the same stuff. He was 3 years removed from college, but he was doing pretty decent for himself. Got a barber's license and opened up his own barber shop. He literally shut down everything and moved his wife and child to a small apartment all the way out in Arizona, just because he wanted to give football one last chance. He's managed to move back and has his business back up and operating and everything, but from what he told me he really lost a good bit of money from this whole thing than if he would have never left his business to begin with. He claims he's done with football for good, now. Can't blame him.