Antonio Brown is a mess.
This week, the National Arena League kicked the Albany Empire out after their owner, former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, failed to make mandatory operating payments to the league and pay a fine for conduct detrimental to the league.
The league said in a news release the decision was reached “after an emergency conference call of the members in good standing to discuss the Empire’s failure to pay their league-mandated and overdue assessments.”
The Empire were 1-6 with seven games remaining on their schedule. This was a team coming off back-to-back championship wins before Brown signed on to be an owner.
Now, Brown is attempting to tell his side by posting a screenshot from his phone to social media.
“Arena players rats snitching on da owner,” Brown said on Twitter. on a post, he has since deleted.
Before he deleted it, the post shows one of his players in contact with another person who alleges that Antonio Brown has been in some sort of contact with his partner.
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The league took the drastic measure after Brown refused to pay money that he owed to the NAL.
“After exhausting all avenues, the NAL board of owners have decided unanimously to terminate the membership agreement of the Albany Empire,” the league wrote in a statement.” The decision was reached after an emergency conference call of the members in good standing to discuss the Empire’s failure to pay their league-mandated and overdue assessments.”
There are seven teams in the league and each team is responsible for paying one-seventh of the league’s operating budget. Brown fell behind by two payments, but he refused to pay up after he was hit with a $1,000 fine for some comments he made about the league.
The former Steelers star bought the Empire in March and trouble started almost immediately and has led up to this moment.
The Empire actually won the last TWO NAL titles, but they won’t get to go for a third because they’ve been kicked out of the league.
