The Alliance of American Football looked like it just might make it for a couple of weeks after it started. Instead, like every other potential NFL challenger for the past five decades, it flamed out spectacularly.

The league left players stranded without a way to get home and even reportedly stuck some of them with hotel bills after abruptly folding.

Now, the AAF is trying to get its creditors to back off, saying the league has no money to pay back claims, per Sports Business Journal’s Daniel Kaplan:

Sports agent Darren Heitner isn’t impressed, though, responding to the tweet noting financial decisions the league has made recently:

What a mess this turned out to be.