The Alliance of American Football promised to be more than just another upstart football league. With state-of-the-art technology, big-name football talent, and big money backing, the AAF seemed poised to succeed where so many others before it had failed. And then it all fell apart. What happened to the Alliance?
Thanks to Conor Orr and Albert Breer for reporting this story, and to Harry Swartout for producing.
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