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You got me, I don't watch either.

Good thing he burned his bridges in the CFL. He's used up all of his football lives.

You never know. He could wreck the XFL next year.

jc

This isn't right..

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/04/aaf-players-left-stranded-with-nowhere-to-live/

AAF players left stranded with nowhere to live
Posted by Michael David Smith on April 4, 2019, 5:49 AM EDT

Many of the players who signed on with the Alliance of American Football were in temporary housing arranged by the league, and when the league pulled the plug they had nowhere to go.

Understandably, players who were signing on for a 10-week season at relatively modest salaries didn’t buy houses or sign year-long leases in the cities where they were playing, and some of those players say the hotels and apartments the AAF arranged for them kicked them out just as soon as the AAF canceled its season.

Rich Ohrnberger, a former NFL player who was working as a radio analyst in the AAF, wrote on Twitter that “Players in Memphis came back to their hotels after news came down, and had their personal items waiting in the lobby. Kicked out of their lodgings.”

Memphis fullback Anthony Manzo-Lewis wrote on Twitter that he had already been kicked out of his hotel room and had no idea where to go. Teammate Brandon Silvers replied that he had a few more days at his Airbnb and would let Manzo-Lewis crash with him.

Ohrnberger also wrote that the players who suffered injuries are now on the hook for their own medical expenses going forward. Gionni Paul of the Salt Lake Stallions wrote on Twitter that he’s concerned after breaking his arm in the AAF. Some players indicated that they’re looking into filing workers’ comp claims.

That the AAF is folding so abruptly, with so little consideration for the players, does not speak well for chairman Tom Dundon or founders Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian. The league needed a better plan in place for how to survive — and how to handle it if the league couldn’t survive.

As sad as that is to hear, at the current time it really doesn't surprise me.

I didn't watch any of it, I never planned to watch any of it. I love watching football (college and NFL), during football season. At other times of year I have other things I like to watch.. college basketball, the NBA when it gets near the finals or if the Cavs are any good, golf, catch the occasional baseball game, etc.

I have no interest in watching football year round.

They made one, and he was wearing it.

Same here.

- I'll have the Thursday game on, usually just on in the background.
- Now that we're in the burbs, we sometimes go to our local high school on a Friday night.
- Saturday is wall-to-wall college football.
- Sunday, obviously.
- Monday, the game is on and I'm usually watching.

That means only Tuesday and Wednesday I'm not watching football, which changes later in the season when we get Tuesday night #MACtion and my Rockets are on. Add training camp (which I only follow through here), preseason (again, only on in the background), bowls and postseason games, shoot, I'm spent.

And you figure, with the combine, free agency and the draft, there's almost year round NFL activity. Yeah, sorry, I don't need spring football. In fact, I will go out of my way to avoid it.

Curious, do you all think they might have done better to play during NFL season on nights the NFL did not have games?

You know, when football fever is in full swing, people are pumped about football.

I know many people who put many things on hold during football season. I don't do as much yard/house work even though weather wise down here it is the best time. Sundays are set aside for football, some Saturdays are as well. So once football season ends, it's back to the regular schedule for many folks.

I don't think they stand a chance competing against the NCAA or HS either. With college football now scheduling Tuesday night games, that really only leaves Wednesdays in the fall.

I'm also one that's done watching football after the season. I've given up Sundays (and many Friday nights and Saturdays) to it for almost 6 months and I'm ready to use the weekends for other activities for the rest of the year.

I don't think a professional league of less than NFL or top NCAA talent can survive in any season.

Doubt it would have mattered. Football is already so saturated in the U.S. Even passionate fans are glad it's over when it is..

People love and follow their teams, the transactions, the league in general, the drama that comes with it, and so on. When a new league comes along and it's really just football-- no real excitement that I know of, teams and players I don't know, and so on, there's really no reason to turn on to watch. This in addition to the reality that there really isn't a market for minor league sports period, which is pretty much what this was.

Granted they are still really good players, all things considered, but they're not the best of the best. They would have done well to at least get some more big names in there though I doubt it would have been enough.

Maybe but it wouldn't have impacted me. I have my favorite teams that I will watch at all levels.. I will watch other games when the top tier teams are playing or if I have some rooting interest..

Just like I'm not going to carve out time to watch 2nd tier college like Middle Tennessee against Marshall, I'm not going to carve out time to watch 2nd tier pro football either.

Interesting question. If the XFL were to reserve Wednesday's during the season, would it work? Maybe. It's "football season" and allows me put football on to watch. That might be the only way it would ever get turned on in my house, even then, it's a stretch.

j/c

Well I have to say that I did see Johnny Football get his brains scrambled on a hit in the last Memphis game. It took two guys to help him walk off the field. It was a real bell ringer.