Football ***Official AAF Discussion Thread*** - Page 31

The first games of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) are this weekend. I haven't followed it and at this point I'm not that interested. However, a friend called me all excited. He said CBS will be carrying all the games... that seems interesting. I seen an NFL Network logo on the AAF website... that seems interesting.

What's your take? Is your DVR set? Why should I care?

https://aaf.com/schedule
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Originally Posted by chiefs1111:
Johnny Manziel just signed with the AAF according to PFT

so in retrospect this certainly seems like a marketing ploy to try to up viewership. probably forced by the league.
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Manziel threw a pick in the endzone then got kneed in the head and went out of the game with a pain killer prescription
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
At least for football it appears as though the NCAA will remain the NFL's AAA league.

Of course. Why does the NFL need the AAF?
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Of course. Why does the NFL need the AAF?

The MLB's A/AA/AAA systems says, "hold my beer".

And don't say it's not the same thing, the same logic applies to both sports unless you're an asshole who refuses to admit that it's the same.
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
The MLB's A/AA/AAA systems says, "hold my beer".

And don't say it's not the same thing, the same logic applies to both sports unless you're an asshole who refuses to admit that it's the same.

In baseball though rookies even first round picks are expected to spend at a couple months in the minors if not a couple years.
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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief:
In baseball though rookies even first round picks are expected to spend at a couple months in the minors if not a couple years.

I know. So why isn't that college. You know, since it works for the NFL.

In before, "No kid out of high school us ready for the NFL, they need four years in college to grow. And that's different than baseball's A/AA/AAA system - they're not spelled the same!"
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
I know. So why isn't that college. You know, since it works for the NFL.

In before, "No kid out of high school us ready for the NFL, they need four years in college to grow. And that's different than baseball's A/AA/AAA system - they're not spelled the same!"

Even draft picks from college hit the minors in baseball, then again careers tend to be longer.
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Originally Posted by RINGLEADER:
Same. I’m convinced the only way you could make a spring league work is if the NFL is behind it and every pro team has their own minor league team as a developmental outlet. I would watch a Chiefs team in a developmental league even if they sucked. AAF and XFL? Meh.

It would have to have the NFL behind it as a developmental or at least called a minor league franchise.

How much money does an NFL team want to spend to develop players?

How is the CBA figured into this?

Would the public back it during the off season?

NFL Europe was the ticket and it wasn't ran correctly.
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Guess it didn’t fold his weekend.

Hotshots vs Commanders on NFL right now.
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Guess it didn’t fold his weekend.

Hotshots vs Commanders on NFL right now.

Watching now. Hope I'm helping their ratings just a bit, and hoping it helps..
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AAF has proven that San Antonio could certainly support an NFL team. Not lets see if Jerruh will relent.
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Suspending football operations.
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All @TheAAF football operations will be suspended in the next few hours, per source with knowledge of situation. League is not folding, yet. But it's heading that way.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 2, 2019

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With the AAF suspending operations before its first season ends, Vince McMahon has sold enough WWE stock to finance the XFL for more than one season https://t.co/ems7qHuNrl
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 2, 2019

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Originally Posted by Stinger:

All @TheAAF football operations will be suspended in the next few hours, per source with knowledge of situation. League is not folding, yet. But it's heading that way.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 2, 2019

That sucks. I enjoyed the league.
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