The Alliance of American Football’s rocky first season took an ominous turn this week when Tom Dundon, the league’s principal investor, told USA Today’s Kevin Allen and Mike Jones that he would have to consider folding the league without an influx of young players from NFL rosters.
Dundon blamed the NFL Players Association for the lack of cooperation. He said the league was hoping to work out an agreement to use NFL practice squad players, specifically quarterbacks and linemen, for the next AAF season.
“If the players union is not going to give us young players, we can’t be a development league,” Dundon said.