OKC AAF Team

[Jersey Boss]

Dang 49 years feels like 25, lol. Spot on Boulder. I guess the one thing the AFL was able to bring was the players names on the back of the jersey. In my opinion Upshaw was weak sauce as the prez of NFLPA. This union is weaker than MLB or NBA.

[jedicurt]

Dang 49 years feels like 25, lol. Spot on Boulder. I guess the one thing the AFL was able to bring was the players names on the back of the jersey. In my opinion Upshaw was weak sauce as the prez of NFLPA. This union is weaker than MLB or NBA.

i know upshaw gets that reputation, but he did things sometimes whether the players wanted it or not... Upshaw got the players free agency, the start of nfl retirement for the current players, continued insurance along with that retirement, things that the players weren't thinking about, but him as a former player, knew was needed. he tried twice to get money set aside for the older players, but the union itself ended up telling him no. he was better for the players than any of the other NFLPA presidents, including Mackey... the 1993 CBA is what allowed for the players to all become millionaires... remember it was DeMaurice Smith as NFLPA president who allowed the passing of the CBA that gives Godell all of his power, that power didn't exist in the 1993 CBA, but when it was redone in 2011. i don't think Upshaw would ever have allowed it... Smith let them put it in, so the players could get fewer padded practices.

[Jersey Boss]

Have a good weekend.

[jedicurt]

Have a good weekend.

you as well! and watch the AAF... it might be their last games...

[Jersey Boss]

you as well! and watch the AAF... it might be their last games...

Ha ha, you are a sage. Another failed start up, who woulda thunk it.

Source: AAF suspends operations in 1st season https://es.pn/2TQOVkA
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[jedicurt]

Ha ha, you are a sage. Another failed start up, who woulda thunk it.

Source: AAF suspends operations in 1st season https://es.pn/2TQOVkA
via @ESPN App http://es.pn/app

well, lets just say informed. but i'll take sage. hahaha. it almost happened after week 1, till they got a new $250 Million investor...
the AAF was doomed from the start... the quickly tried to get together after the initial rumors of the XFL return, and then threw everything together as quickly as possible, once the XFL announced the 2020 start date, to try and beat them to market.

the XFL knows they can't survive if they are just getting NFL cast offs, and it is why they are looking at every option available, and we shall see if any of those options pan out for them. next year we have both the XFL and here in OKC, the FFL, if it actually gets off the ground.

[jedicurt]

So Lawrence may not go... but other NCAA football players are certainly interested in what the XFL might give them for a year or two, before a jump to the NFL

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...a-for-the-xfl/