More than 72 hours after the news broke, the Alliance of American Football finally released an official statement confirming that the league suspended operations.

News broke Tuesday that eight games into its inaugural season, the AAF would be suspending football operations and not playing the final two weeks of the regular season. The league itself did not initially respond to the reports, but some of the league’s more prominent figures, such as Johnny Manziel and Steve Spurrier, did publicly comment on the matter.

The first update from the league came Thursday when it announced that all players were now free to sign with NFL teams. Friday at roughly 11 p.m. ET (taking the “Friday afternoon news dump” to a new extreme), an official statement was finally released online.

This week, we made the difficult decision to suspend all football operations for the Alliance of American Football. We understand the difficulty that this decision has caused for many people and for that we are very sorry. This is not the way we wanted it to end, but we are committed to working on solutions for all outstanding issues to the best of our ability. Due to ongoing legal processes, we are unable to comment further or share details about the decision.

We are grateful to our players, who delivered quality football and may now exercise their NFL-out clauses in our contract. We encourage them to continue pursuing their dreams and wish them the best. We are grateful to our fans, who have been true believers from the beginning, and to our world-class partners. And to the Alliance coaches and employees who devoted their valuable time and considerable talent to this venture, we are forever grateful.

The league’s official website now only displays the statement.