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re: Just got an ESPN alert on my phone that the AAF is suspending operations

Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:33 pm to
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17390 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:33 pm to
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What does that have to do with them not being able to play this weekend? This is where I call BS.


Because the guy they got to put up some emergency money and save the league from folding earlier in the year was pretty much funding things on a week to week basis while things shook out.

He "committed" 250 million but he didn't just write a big check and that pledge came with a shitload of qualifiers.
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 12:34 pm
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115638 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:33 pm to
Who you let invest in your business is just as important as what they invest.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171955 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:33 pm to
The hits keep coming for us lifelong SAC fans. A dream season in shambles.
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 12:34 pm
Posted by Ssubba
Member since Oct 2014
7385 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:36 pm to
Birmingham will try to claim this title somehow.
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8956 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:40 pm to
Why can't we have nice things
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
15151 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:40 pm to
There’s a theory the AAF was cutting edge with gambling technology. Dundon invested to get his hands on that technology.

He anticipates sports gambling to be widespread in a few years. A dynamic gambling app with shifting odds as a game progresses and the ability to wager on the outcome of each play has the potential to be huge.
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
Member since Sep 2006
30032 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:41 pm to
Seeing as how all the other leagues that popped up were so successful, I just can’t believe this is happening.
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 1:52 pm
Posted by stapuffmarshy
lower 9
Member since Apr 2010
17507 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:42 pm to
Posted by Dr Rosenrosen
Member since May 2006
4092 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:42 pm to
It was a good run.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
40270 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

Who you let invest in your business is just as important as what they invest.


Exactly.

I really wanted this to work. They might have shot for too much too fast. Look how long it took the MLS to become profitable - at least a decade.
Posted by GeauxAggie972
Poterbin Residence
Member since Aug 2009
29534 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:42 pm to
Time to re-use this one:

Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
39234 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:43 pm to
Goodbye, Johnny. We hardly knew ye.
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
30753 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:47 pm to
looks like dundon is a piece of shite

quote:

Just got off the phone with a source close to the AAF. A few things:

1. No one, I mean no one, gets why Dundon is doing this. Not the AAF, nor its partners, nor the NFL

2. Just because Dundon is the control owner doesn't mean it's his company. Complications on the horizon.


quote:

3. Source confirmed what I previously thought: The idea that Dundon bought the AAF to steal its technology is out there. There will be lawsuits if he does.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17390 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:48 pm to
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Goodbye, Johnny. We hardly knew ye.


He was apparently last seen Monday night clubbing in West Hollywood with a concussion.

Hopefully, the league has a few hundred bucks left in the bank to get the poor guy a plane ticket back home.
Posted by stapuffmarshy
lower 9
Member since Apr 2010
17507 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

Source confirmed what I previously thought: The idea that Dundon bought the AAF to steal its technology is out there. There will be lawsuits if he does.



The AAF has cured cancer!!!! Someone call Nipsey Hussle!
Posted by Ssubba
Member since Oct 2014
7385 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:49 pm to
This will be a great 30 for 30 in 15 years.
Posted by Cocotheape
Member since Aug 2015
4242 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:49 pm to
Johnny was destined to be an XFL guy anyway
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115638 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:50 pm to
Raise your hand if you bought tickets for this weekend



:rasies hand:
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171955 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:51 pm to
What's gonna happen to the players? They just quit getting paid?
Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
Member since Jan 2016
43073 posts
Posted on 4/2/19 at 12:51 pm to
Vince sold another 270m worth of WWE stock

Vince ole sly dog is a fricking genius businessman.

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