Alliance of American Football Chooses Unique Method of Filling the Rosters

On February 9th, 2019, the first game of the Alliance of American Football will kick off. If you haven’t heard of the AAF yet, it is a new springtime professional football league founded by Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian that will start competition six days after Super Bowl LIII. Although the team names have not yet been announced, the eight cities that will be home to the inaugural teams have.

Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, and Salt Lake City will host teams, with six of the eight teams playing in the home stadiums of G5 teams: Georgia State Stadium (Atlanta), Legion Field (Birmingham), Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Memphis), Spectrum Stadium (Orlando), Alamodome (San Antonio), and SDCCU Stadium (San Diego).