With the professional football league Alliance Of American Football suspending operations, WWE has extended an offer to those players looking for other opportunities outside of football. Paul Fair, WWE Director of Talent Development, made the following announcement on Twitter to the players of AAF:
?RT: W/ the bad news coming out today for the players involved w/ #AAF, I’m opening up 2 spots to our April @WWE Tryout. Any player open to exploring opportunities beyond FB can complete a profile at https://t.co/fKGN3ZMVEV & enter #AnotherDoorOpens in the “Referred By” section.
— Paul Fair (@GRIT_PaulFair) April 3, 2019
AAF league co-founder Bill Polian made the following announcement after operations were suspended (credit to ESPN):
“I am extremely disappointed to learn Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all football operations of the Alliance of American Football,” Polian said in a statement Tuesday. “When Mr. Dundon took over, it was the belief of my co-founder, Charlie Ebersol, and myself that we would finish the season, pay our creditors, and make the necessary adjustments to move forward in a manner that made economic sense for all.
“The momentum generated by our players, coaches and football staff had us well positioned for future success. Regrettably, we will not have that opportunity.”
Fair followed up his Tweet with another saying that they will be looking at two players that send in their application:
I will review all profiles over the next 48 hrs and choose 2 players to invite. All other applicants will continue to be considered for future tryouts. Let’s GO!!! #WWERecruit @WWE @WWENXT @WWEPC @TripleH @NXTMattBloom
— Paul Fair (@GRIT_PaulFair) April 3, 2019
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