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AAF Head Cautiously Optimistic About First Week’s Performance, Results

There is a theory out there that states that the American people want more football. A number of leagues over the years have put this theory to the test only to see those leagues go under within a few years. The latest to attempt to prove the theory is the Alliance of American Football, the brainchild of Charlie Ebersol, the son of Dick Ebersol, as well as Bill Polian.

The AAF kicked off its inaugural weeks of games last weekend, with the first of the games being broadcast on CBS. The CBS game slot averaged a pretty healthy 3.