The hope for a spring football league has taken a big hit. The Alliance of American Football is suspending operations in the middle of their inaugural season according to multiple sources (first reported by ProFootballTalk).
Although ratings significantly dropped off after a promising debut back in February, the reason for the league’s collapse appears more to do with internal debates about the future of the AAF.
The major player involved is Tom Dundon, the majority owner of the league. Dundon has threatened to pull funding for the league if the NFL Players Association doesn’t comply with the AAF’s request to “borrow” bottom-of-the-roster players from the NFL to help the AAF become the farm league they have always wanted it to be.