Aug 23, 2021
It's been more than
two years since we last checked in on the
spectacular
flame-out of the Alliance of American Football back in April
2019 - enough time, perhaps, to begin the process of dissecting how
something so fresh and innovatively promising went so speedily to
hell in a hand-basket.
Documentary
filmmaker Steven Potter ("Alliances
Broken") joins this week's 'cast to discuss his brand new
movie - the first extended look at the dramatic and ultimately
catastrophic story arc of a league that seemingly had everything
going for it (charismatic founder, solid venture investors,
big-name coaches, pedigreed football administrators, national
television contracts, even a supposedly ground-breaking mobile
betting app) - until all of a sudden, it
didn't.
Originally hired by
the AAF's Orlando Apollos to help with
video content
creation and local market social media promotion, Potter unwittingly became an inside chronicler of a league that rapidly (and bizarrely) went from a legitimate beacon of hope for players looking to extend their chances at pro football careers to a gargantuan debacle that hundreds of former employees and a litany of creditors are still trying to process the ramifications of.
creation and local market social media promotion, Potter unwittingly became an inside chronicler of a league that rapidly (and bizarrely) went from a legitimate beacon of hope for players looking to extend their chances at pro football careers to a gargantuan debacle that hundreds of former employees and a litany of creditors are still trying to process the ramifications of.
The evolving
"history" of the Alliance is still relatively new, and Potter helps
us get the first few chapters solidified while the memories of
those who were there are still fresh.