Stephan RachukAs you know, the AAF suspended football operations yesterday. According to Clay Travis, the AAF actually approached Vince McMahon about buying their league because of the lack of money for a second year. McMahon declined, finding they had nothing he didn’t already have to offer.
“The AAF folding is massively good news for the XFL. The AAF demonstrated there is high demand for spring football and the XFL has the financial clout to pull it off.”—@ClayTravis pic.twitter.com/kh0VPdVewm
— Outkick the Coverage (@Outkick) April 2, 2019
Ben Kercheval of CBS Sports is also reporting that the conversations with the AAF and the XFL actually go back to December of last year, prior to the AAF debut. It seems that the AAF hasn’t been as financially stable as they lead everyone to believe, which is very unfortunate for the players, coaches, employees and fans of the league.
More AAF fallout. I'm told by a source close to the situation that the AAF and XFL had multiple conversations about a merger. Those conversations included a meeting in December of last year, but that was not the first meeting. Those conversations were ongoing as well.
— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) April 3, 2019
It’s also worth noting that since the AAF has folded there has been word that the XFL has spoken to the AAF about purchasing various assets. There is no specifics on what exactly they are looking to acquire, but I would think along the lines of technology and equipment, rather than names and logos.
