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The American Football Alliance has published an apology after the suspension of operations earlier this week:

"This week we made the difficult decision to suspend all football operations for the Alliance of American Football, and we understand the difficulty this decision has caused to many people and we are sorry. This is not what we want, but we are also committed to finding solutions to all outstanding issues to the best of our ability Due to ongoing court proceedings, we are not able to comment further or share the details of the decision.

"We are grateful to our players who have provided quality football and who can now apply the non-exclusion clauses of our contract, we encourage them to pursue their dreams and wish them the very best." We are grateful to our fans, who have been true believers from the beginning and to our world-class partners, and to the coaches and employees of the Alliance who have dedicated their valuable time and considerable talent to this adventure, we are always grateful to them. "

the AAF paused Tuesday, only eight games in his inaugural season, while he was looking for new capital investment. Darren Rovell of the reported action network AAF owner Tom Dundon, who made the decision "against the wishes of the co-founders of the league, Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian, "will lose $ 70 million on his investment.

David Glenn The Athletic reported on February 18 that Dundon, also owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, has been named President of the AAF after an investment of $ 250 million.

Dundon revealed in late March the AAF's future was compromised if he could not partner with the NFL.

"If the players' union does not want to give us young players, we can not be a development league," Dundon says, by United States todayKevin Allen and Mike Jones. "We are looking at our options, one of which is to remove the league."

The decision left the players unemployed and the opportunity to pursue their football dreams. At first it seemed that the league staff was also facing unexpected heavy expenses:

The former president of Memphis Express, Kosha Irby, said at the Memphis Commercial Callof Jason Munz The team had sent the hotel a check for $ 74,500 on April 1. The accusations of a player had been canceled, but it would have been the same for everyone.

While we did not know at first if AAF Players can sign with NFL teams, the league gave the green light on Thursday: