AAFL On the Outs?

Unfortunately nothing public, just a bit churning around the rumor mill. Apparently the AAFL is either close to or seriously considering shutting down shop before it started. Might be something coming after the weekend.

For those of you around or working in AAFL markets, I know they've been getting some decent ink. Had anything new come out about the league recently? I know they did some radio deals but were looking at good TV deals.

 

As of earlier this week, I was told the franchise near me had sold around a thousand tickets. It's an incredibly stupid idea and always has been, so it wouldn't surprise me.

 

It was an idiotic idea from the start.

Thankfully, this might prevent newspapers from getting the "Why ain't you doin' writeups on the AAFL?" phone calls.

 

I never thought it had a chance.

 

The what?

 

Erasable ink, or perhaps water-soluble. Have heard of no deals, no franchise nicknames, nothing.

 

I was assigned to do a freelance mag piece on the AAFL.
Crappity crap, if the league dies, I wonder if I'll still get paid for the work I've done on the story.
I do know that while the AAFL is running ads, they aren't paying for them. They are swapping tickets and player appearances for the ads. That doesn't seem to be a good sign.

 

Who were the main financial backers?

I read that players would make about $100,000 a year.

Still, kinda dumb.

 

Good. At least it will put a stop to the cheesy-ass radio commercials informing me I have to get my tickets now, since with "millions of fans and only a limited number of seats" I somehow couldn't find a way to get inside our local 60,000-seat abortion of a stadium deep in the heart of the hood.

 

I applied for a job with the AAFL and never got a call back. That's like not getting a call back from the local grocery store.

 

What is the AAFL?

 

Mr. Statrat, meet Google.

All American Football League.