In the latest in a long line of negative stories involving the Albany Empire, disgraced owner Antonio Brown has been accused of threating players with a gun.
Things were rocky from the start when Antonio Brown purchased a controlling stake of the Albany Empire, but Thursday's news feels a bit like the dagger.
Antonio Brown and the Albany Empire have hired the team's 3rd head coach, a little over a month into the season. At this rate, the Empire should have 9 different head coaches in 2023, maybe more.
Few people around the Capital Region are surprised by the turmoil surrounding the Albany Empire and their lightning-rod owner, former NFL star Antonio Brown. This weekend was just another act under the big-top circus.
2023 has been a season of drama for the Albany Empire. However, the team's new lightning-rod owner may be making the best decision of his reign; getting on the field and playing.
Antonio Brown was somehow supposed to be "good" for the Albany Empire of the National Arena League. The former NFL magnet-to-trouble was going to connect the Empire to the community. Now the arena football team is in the midst of reports of the head coach, along with star players quitting the team, only a few weeks into the season.
Less than two months after Antonio Brown was announced as a member of the Albany Empire ownership group, the former NFL wideout teased a possible comeback.
On Saturday, it was reported that Antonio Brown was claiming "100 percent" ownership of the Albany Empire, the arena football team that plays at the MVP Arena. At the time, then-Empire co-owner Mike Kwarta disagreed with Brown's assessment of "who owns what."
On Saturday, former NFL star Antonio Brown claimed that he was now the sole owner of the Albany Empire of the National Arena League. His co-owners disagreed with Brown's claim. The Empire opened their season on Sunday afternoon at the MVP Arena with a 70-33 crushing of the Orlando Predators, despite the ownership confusion.