keonsbitterness
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Please, if not for Dundon, the AAF would have died a month ago. They had issues meeting payroll in freaking week two!
So who's the champ?
Because the initial investor failed to fulfill his obligation. The league has the TV ratings to be sustainable, they just have debt they have to pay down and Dundon is, again, being the worst kind of VC.
The TV ratings are double what the league needs to be sustainable
Came from Dundon himself, IIRC
You are assuming he got paid for those two weeks.
Vince will sabotage his own pet project?
Seeing the crowds, or empty seats as the case was, at some of those games, it's not surprising. When the television cameras have to avoid showing this at almost all costs, you know they're in trouble. Empty lower sections, and no one in the end of the stadiums. Looked like pro soccer games (outside of MLS) in The US.
Some looked fairly well attended, but some clearly suffered heavily at the gate. TV ratings are nice, but what did that represent revenue wise for the league? And I ask because I have no idea.
Dunden and his decision indicate not nearly enough.
dude I watched some of the San Antonio Commanders games and they had a pretty packed Alamodome. I will say that Birmingham had some empty crowds but to be fair there was literally a tornado going on around the area during their game
They're thrilled right now. They won't have to compete and they're going to get better players than they would have had otherwise, presuming the league does fold.I wonder what the XFL is thinking right now.
RIP Hotshots. I never attended a game, nor watched one, but hey, at least they existed.
Yeah, I think for a minor league with zero advertising, they had some pretty good successes when it comes to attendance. San Antonio obviously was the huge success of the league, Orlando, San Diego and Birmingham did well. Memphis was kind of okay, would have been better if they weren't 2-6, plus there was some weather issues early, they finished around 13k average I think, i'm sure the league would have been happier with all teams in the 15k range though.
Arizona was the big disappointment, they didn't even average 10k despite being one of the best teams in the league. and Atlanta is Atlanta... i'm not sure why they went to these markets in the first place since their stated goal was to not compete with the NFL.
Salt Lake had cold weather and a Utah branded stadium, plus a bad record. Maybe being in like St. Louis, Oklahoma City and maybe Shreveport or Laredo would have been better choices for those bottom three teams. But I guess it depended on having management groups and facilities in the host cities.