The Alliance of American Football is officially no more. With the newfound professional football league formally shutting down its season on Tuesday, co-founder Bill Polian said he was optimistic about the future.
In the past tense, not the present tense.
“I am extremely disappointed to learn Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all football operations of the Alliance of American Football,” Polian recently said in an official statement released by the league, via NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk. “When Mr Dundon took over, it was the belief of my co-founder, Charlie Ebersol, and myself that we would finish the season, pay our creditors, and make the necessary adjustments to move forward in a manner that made economic sense for all. The momentum generated by our players, coaches and football staff had us well positioned for future success. Regrettably, we will not have that opportunity.”
The Alliance of American Football notably fell two weeks shy of reaching its first full season, a devastating moment for stakeholders in the enterprise. The league was forced to halt its football operations on Tuesday. With two weeks left in the regular season, the league will not even reach its postseason stage. The Alliance of American Football captivated audiences early on in February and had trouble keeping up that momentum in subsequent weeks. Bill Polian could not provide a solution.
Nonetheless, the league definitely caught enough people's attention — Polian and others felt the AAF had enough regional visibility and local interest to finish out at least one full season though funding is not hard to come by these days, which ultimately forced the Alliance of American Football to cease operation this week.
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