There's a new football league starting this weekend. Who's in the AAF? Will you watch?

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    mute Well-Known Member

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    Saturday night on CBS, the same network that just broadcast Super Bowl LIII, there will be more football games.

    Depending where you are in the country, you can catch the San Diego Fleet at San Antonio Commanders, or Atlanta Legends at Orlando Apollos. Hey, it’s football.

    another pro football league, Vince McMahon’s XFL reboot, will start in 2020." data-reactid="24" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Plenty of people looking for a new NCIS episode on CBS might wonder what they’ve stumbled upon. It’s the Alliance of American Football, and eight-team league that kicks off (but without kickoffs, those have been eliminated in the AAF) on Saturday and goes through the championship game in Las Vegas on April 27. And then another pro football league, Vince McMahon’s XFL reboot, will start in 2020.

    There has long been a place for a second professional football league. If one can even get a fraction of the NFL’s popularity, it will do just fine. Maybe the AAF can be that league.

    What is the AAF?
    The league was founded by Charlie Ebersol, son of longtime NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol, and Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian. The main focus of the league seems to be the football itself, and putting out as good of an on-field product as possible. Terrible football is something that doomed the slickly produced first run of the XFL.

    There are eight teams: the aforementioned San Diego, San Antonio, Atlanta and Orlando franchises that play Saturday, and then on Sunday the Memphis Express play at the Birmingham Iron, and the Salt Lake Stallions play at the Arizona Hotshots. You can see the AAF wanted to mostly get into the biggest markets that lacked an NFL team.

    Who is playing in the AAF?
    The AAF didn’t get any huge stars, but there are plenty of players that serious fans will recognize.

    The most famous player in the league could be Trent Richardson. Richardson, the third pick of the 2012 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns who was later traded to the Indianapolis Colts, is still trying to get back in the NFL after failing his first time around. Richardson is with Birmingham, where people will fondly remember him from his Alabama days.

    There are a few quarterbacks whose names should be somewhat familiar: Trevor Knight (Arizona), Aaron Murray (Atlanta), Zach Mettenberger (Memphis), Christian Hackenberg (Memphis), Garrett Gilbert (Orlando) and Mike Bercovici (San Diego).

    Among the non-quarterbacks you might know, from college stardom or flaming out as high NFL draft picks: receiver Josh Huff (Arizona), linebacker Scooby Wright (Arizona), safety Rahim Moore (Arizona), kicker Nick Folk (Arizona), running back Denard Robinson (Atlanta), kicker Younghoe Koo (Atlanta), running back Trent Richardson (Birmingham), kicker Nick Novak (Birmingham), running back Zac Stacy (Memphis), running back Matt Asiata (Salt Lake), receiver Greg Ward (San Antonio), tight end Gavin Escobar (San Diego), defensive end Damontre Moore (San Diego).

    There are a few intriguing players. There are also sure to be a handful of breakout stars who turn a solid AAF showing into a shot in the NFL.

    Who are the AAF’s coaches?
    The AAF did land some big name coaches. Mike Singletary will coach Memphis, Rick Neuheisel is with Arizona and Steve Spurrier returns to coaching with Orlando. Dennis Erickson, Mike Riley and Mike Martz will head the teams in Salt Lake, San Antonio and San Diego, respectively.


    Will the AAF have any different rules?

    Some other rules:

    • No kickoffs. Teams will start at their own 25. That’s a nod to player safety and the NFL might watch that closely.

    https://sports.yahoo.com/theres-new...ng-weekend-whos-aaf-will-watch-160821225.html
     
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    delete this thread. I didnt notice the other one on main page (facepalm)
     
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    I didn't tune in for a second of it, but I'm not knocking it and hope it finds some measure of success. I like the idea of some sort of "minor league" rather than the false pretenses of NCAA players being college students. I'm old enough to remember enjoying NFL Europe games. Barcelona Dragons anyone? (with RU QB Scott Erney and former BC coach Jack Bicknell)
     
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    Hopefully they will steal a few top draft picks and FA's with real contracts and destroy the NFL CBA. The AFL in spite of the NFL BS, elevated the game.
     

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