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Albany Empire the team owned by Antonio Brown has now been kicked out of the NAL Football League

Antonio Brown becomes an Owner of a Professional Football Team!
Albany Empire the team owned by Antonio Brown has now been kicked out of the NAL Football League

You cannot make this up. Antonio Brown has ruined another great football team. The former Central Michigan star wide receiver and son of Albany legend Eddie Brown recently purchased the Albany Empire of the NAL and just a few months later has already screwed every player on the team.

According to the NAL, Albany’s membership in the NAL has been terminated. The team is responsible to play for 1/7’s of the league operating budget and it was not paid. Then the league fined Antonio Brown and he refused to pay the fine as well.

“After exhausting all avenues, the NAL board of owners have decided unanimously to terminate the membership agreement of the Albany Empire,” the league said in a statement. “The decision was reached after an emergency conference call of the members in good standing to discuss the Empire’s failure to pay their league mandated and overdue assessments. Each team is responsible to pay for 1/7 of the league’s operating budget via monthly assessments starting in April.  The Empire’s owner, Antonio Brown, was also fined $1,000 for Conduct Detrimental to the League for his recent public comments.  Mr. Brown refused to pay that fine.”

The team was given until noon ET on Thursday to make its required payment. It failed to do so, and the team was removed from the league.

This sucks for the players like Roland Rivers II and others on the team who are very solid players. I hope they are able to land on another team and soon.

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