For the people who want a developmental league where someone like Mike White can get real experience, the players' association is in the way.
The first-year AAF is in danger of folding due to a lack of cooperation from the NFL Players’ Association to use NFL players, according to the league’s majority owner, Tom Dundon. “If the players union is not going to give us young players, we can’t be a development league.”
...a players’ association official told USA Today the union has “serious concerns” about injury risks and the legal ramifications of allowing NFL players to participate in the AAF...