Life without Notre Dame football just isn’t the same, but we have good news. This past weekend, a new professional football league began play — the Alliance of American Football. The eight-team league is seen by some as newfound competition to the NFL. Of course, the AAF isn’t exactly interested in competing with the NFL, which is part of why they operate after the NFL season ends. By running reruns of the games on NFL Network, it would appear that the NFL is going to counter that, and maybe turn it into a developmental league.