AAF would be on the verge of suspending operations; League & # 39; Heading & # 39; towards folding | Bleacher's report

Eight weeks into the season, the American Football Alliance may have played its last game.

By Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk and Darren Rovell Action Network, the AAF should suspend all its operations on Tuesday.

Florio noted that the league is not bending yet, "bit's okay. "

Rovell added that the owner of AAF Tom Dundon risks losing $ 70 million and has decided to suspend his operations "Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian, co-founders of the league.

The AAF has been in financial difficulty since the beginning of the season on February 9th.

David Glenn On February 18, The Athletic newspaper announced that Dundon, owner of the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL, was named president of the AAF after investing $ 250 million to help the league restore its finances.

Dundon told reporters Last week, the NFL Players Association could help the league by allowing its players, especially those on the training teams, to play in the AAF.

"If the players' union does not give us young players, we can not be a development league," Dundon said. "We are looking at our options, one of them being the removal of the league."

The NFLPA refused the application for several reasons. Most important of all was that using active players in AAF games could violate the ABC rules that limit mandatory training sessions during the off season and the possibility that injuries sustained in the AAF delay the accumulated service time in the NFL, which has financial implications.

The inaugural AAF campaign was scheduled for a 10-week regular season with a two-week post-season ending with a championship game on April 27.