Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon is investing $250 million (U.S.) in the Alliance of American Football. Dundon also will serve as chairman of the fledgling eight-team league that began play on Feb. 9. His involvement came together in a matter of days last week, according to Dundon and Alliance co-founder Charlie Ebersol, though Dundon had been monitoring the AAF’s development and debut. Carolina Hurricanes owner and CEO Tom Dundon is investing $250 million in the Alliance of American Football and also will serve as chairman of the fledgling eight-team league that began play on Feb. 9. ( Gerry Broome / AP )Ebersol dismissed reports Tuesday that the Alliance was getting a financial bailout from Dundon.

Source: thestar February 19, 2019 14:48 UTC