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Effective immediately, all AAF players are authorized to sign with NFL Clubs.


TheSpecialJuan

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Birmingham Iron

  • OL Brandon Greene has signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • OL Kitt O’Brien has signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • OL JC Hassenauer has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • S Jack Tocho is expected to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Birmingham Iron OL Michael Dunn is expected to sign with Dolphins, pending physical
  • LB Beniquez Brown will visit the Cincinnati Bengals
  • DE Casey Sayles will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • QB Luis Perez will visit the Philadelphia Eagles

Orlando Apollos

  • QB Garrett Gilbert signed with the Cleveland Browns
  • DE Andrew Ankrah is expected to sign with the Washington Redskins
  • CB Keith Reaser signed with the Kansas City Chiefs

San Antonio Commanders

  • CB De’Vante Bausby signed with the Denver Broncos
  • S Derron Smith has signed with the Minnesota Vikings
  • CB Duke Thomas has signed with the Minnesota Vikings
  • K Nick Rose has visits lined up with Bears and Vikings

Salt Lake City Stallions

  • TE Nick Truesdell will visit the Jets and has interest from the Texans

Atlanta Legends

  • S Tyson Graham is expected to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers pending a physical
  • C Parker Collins signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • K Younghoe Koo will visit with the Bears

Memphis Express

  • QB Brandon Silvers has visits lined up with Vikings, Jaguars and Jets

Arizona Hotshots

  • WR Rashad Ross has signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • Arizona Hotshots signal caller John Wolford will visit the Vikings next week
  • Arizona Hotshots C Jacob Ohnesorge will workout for the Jaguars next week

San Diego Fleet

  • DE Alex Barrett signed with the Raiders
  • Fleet DE Damontre Moore has signed with the 49ers
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Just now, TheSpecialJuan said:

Birmingham Iron

  • OL Brandon Greene has signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • OL Kitt O’Brien has signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • OL JC Hassenauer has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • S Jack Tocho is expected to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Birmingham Iron OL Michael Dunn is expected to sign with Dolphins, pending physical
  • LB Beniquez Brown will visit the Cincinnati Bengals
  • DE Casey Sayles will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • QB Luis Perez will visit the Philadelphia Eagles

Orlando Apollos

  • QB Garrett Gilbert signed with the Cleveland Browns
  • DE Andrew Ankrah is expected to sign with the Washington Redskins
  • CB Keith Reaser signed with the Kansas City Chiefs

San Antonio Commanders

  • CB De’Vante Bausby signed with the Denver Broncos
  • S Derron Smith has signed with the Minnesota Vikings
  • CB Duke Thomas has signed with the Minnesota Vikings
  • K Nick Rose has visits lined up with Bears and Vikings

Salt Lake City Stallions

  • TE Nick Truesdell will visit the Jets and has interest from the Texans

Atlanta Legends

  • S Tyson Graham is expected to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers pending a physical
  • C Parker Collins signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • K Younghoe Koo will visit with the Bears

Memphis Express

  • QB Brandon Silvers has visits lined up with Vikings, Jaguars and Jets

Arizona Hotshots

  • WR Rashad Ross has signed with the Carolina Panthers
  • Arizona Hotshots signal caller John Wolford will visit the Vikings next week
  • Arizona Hotshots C Jacob Ohnesorge will workout for the Jaguars next week

San Diego Fleet

  • DE Alex Barrett signed with the Raiders
  • Fleet DE Damontre Moore has signed with the 49ers

https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/04/aaf-players-2/

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I know the AAF is old news.  But some of this info coming out is getting crazy.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/12/aaf-refuses-to-release-players-for-possible-cfl-employment/

 

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Apparently, the AAF views the contracts as league assets that, in theory, can be sold, as the AAF tries to raise money in order to pay its many debts via bankruptcy proceedings.

Sold to whom, you ask? To the CFL, apparently.

 

The AAF is refusing to allow the players to sign with the CFL based on their contracts..which the AAF is not paying them for.  They are keeping their careers hostage to use as a bargaining chip for their bankruptcy proceedings.

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I'm curious how this would have worked. AAF best players would be allowed to sign with the NFL. Meaning if you do well in the AAF, and become recognizable, you get to try out at the NFL then possibly take the pay check from the NFL and are gone. However, if you stink in the NFL, or even stuck in the practice squad, you can't move down and play in AAF. In a sport that depends so much on marquee names, how can a league losing its best and most recognizable players every year survive? The AAF was doomed to fail. Period.

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2 hours ago, RIAnBOW said:

If I were a player I'd do as I please and encourage the AAF to sue me if they don't like it.

The AAF is out of money.  They (the AAF) don't have the resources to pursue a bunch of fringe football players who generally don't have any money either (suing someone who broke isn't much a a strategy).

On the flipside, if I were Tepper and there were some players we thought could really make a difference, I'd snap them right up (which he has done) and again, encourage the AAF to sue me if they don't like.  Picking a fight with a guy like Tepper is also a bad strategy.

Screw the AAF. 

What I can't believe is Vince McMahon appears to be ready to go right back down this same rabbit in 2020.

The AAF isn't forbidding anyone from signing NFL contracts.  Just joining any team other than NFL, like the CFL.

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