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The Alliance of American Football was hit with two lawsuit brought by former players and a league executive last week Morgan Burnett Jersey , with more expected in the coming months," ceased operations, but it looks like the league is far from over as far as two former players and a former AAF executive are concerned after two lawsuits were filed against the defunct league last week, as per a report from ESPN.But while it should come as no surprise to learn that controversial investor Tom Dundon and AAF founder Charlie Ebersol are named as the defendants in one of the suits, it is interesting to note that former Pittsburgh Steelers safety and AAF Head of Player Relations Troy Polamalu has been named as one of the defendants in the other.Former Birmingham Iron punter Colton Schmidt and Orlando Apollos linebacker Reggie Northrup have filed a lawsuit alleging breach of contract, fraud and false promise against Dundon and Ebersol among other claims, the full details of which are available to view here.The second suit has been brought by former Iron director of community relations James Roberson Mike Wagner Jersey , seeking damages for a range of payments he believes employees were entitled to and naming a number of additional investors and AAF managers in his lawsuit that include Bill Polian, Jared Allen and Polamalu. These two lawsuit are very likely to be first of many that the AAF will be forced to face in the coming months, with the lawyer for Schmidt and Northrup expecting several more players to add their name to the players claim in the near future. As reported by Michael Rothstein and Kyle Bonagura of ESPN.The AAF will also face a bankruptcy hearing, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, an issue that is already impacting the ability of former players to sign with the CFL.For the 40 or more former players who have found a new home in the NFL, they may yet look back on their experience in the AAF as a positive one. But for the hundreds of other players, coaches and staff members left out in the cold Mark Barron Jersey , it looks like the whole experience will have left them will an understandable sense of bitterness. The Steelers were determined not to trade receiver Antonio Brown to the Patriots or to any other team in the AFC North. And now, of course, Antonio Brown plays for the Patriots.Both Adam Schefter of ESPN and Mike Giardi of NFL Network report that the Patriots did indeed try to trade for Brown in March, but the Steelers resisted their overtures. Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that the Patriots actually offered a first-round pick for Brown.While the only good news is that the Steelers won’t have to face Brown tonight in New England, the Patriots get a major boost. And they get Brown without giving up trade compensation, without paying Brown $30 million in guaranteed money, and with a potential compensatory draft pick in 2021 Bud Dupree Jersey , if Brown leaves in free agency after this season.That guaranteed money Brown has lost in Oakland becomes the strongest argument against the notion that the trade to Oakland and inevitable release by the Raiders was part of a broader plan to get Brown to New England. Brown will get a $9 million signing bonus, a base salary close to the minimum for his level of service, and incentives worth another $5 million or so. That’s a far cry from $30 million.But while it may not have been planned from the get-go, once the proverbial Rubicon was crossed in Oakland (as a league source told PFT, the fine letter from G.M. Mike Mayock was the tipping point), it’s fair to wonder whether things were said behind the scenes regarding hypothetical interest in a hypothetical acquisition of a hypothetical player who may be available, hypothetically. The fact that the deal came together so quickly fuels that speculation — especially given the financial commitment made by the Patriots.Remember when everyone believed running back LeGarrette Blount misbehaved his way out of Pittsburgh Javon Hargrave Jersey , knowing that the Patriots would welcome him back? Remember when Blount was pressed on that subject and didn’t deny it? Those same suspicions are wafting now, and even though Brown won’t be on the field or on the sidelines tonight in New England, it gives an added flavor to one of the best rivalries in football.