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PHOTOS: First glimpse of uniforms for Alliance of American Football released
By Keith Farner
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If you were unaware, the “Protect or Pick” Quarterback Draft is set for Tuesday evening for the inaugural season of theAlliance of American Football. In addition to that news, the first uniforms for the first season of the professional spring football league have been released.
The cities set to participate in the league, which begins in the spring of 2019 — just after the upcoming Super Bowl ends — are Birmingham, Atlanta, Memphis, Orlando, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and San Diego. The live show from Las Vegas will air at 8 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network. There are 52 quarterbacks eligible for the draft.
Some of the uniforms below are from the Memphis Express, Arizona HotShots, Atlanta Legends and San Diego Fleet.
Several recent and former SEC connections are in the league, including Steve Spurrier (Orlando), Aaron Murray (Atlanta) and Hugh Freeze (Arizona).
Players who receive NFL contracts are allowed to break deals with the AAF, which was founded by TV and film producer Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian.
A 10-game regular season begins in February. The following images come via Darren Rovell of ESPN:
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
