The Alliance of American Football was an interesting experiment in creating a secondary professional football league in North America. If not for the vast financial woes and incompetent leadership from the top—two big issues, admittedly—the on-field product did pass the eye test for most who were willing to tune in.
Perhaps especially for those who tuned into the Orlando Apollos games. The Apollos were the clear head-and-shoulders best team in the AAF, which lasted through just eight weeks of a 10-week regular season schedule before Tom Dundon elected to shutter its doors.
While Dundon has taken most of the heat for the league’s closing, the Carolina Hurricanes owner, who swooped in early in the year to invest tens of millions of dollars to keep the thing afloat, has since alleged that he was maliciously misled pertaining to a number of issues, which precipitated his decision to pull the plug after acquiring a majority share.