The (Crumbling) Albany Empire

Someone, in their right mind, thought it would be a good idea to let Antonio Brown to own a football team. If you thought he was an issue as a player? You ain't seen nothing yet.

[@Lny_Forner]

This guy’s the closest thing we’re getting to an irl GTA character.

[@dravidianking1298]

AB is a young Trevor. 20 years from now he’s gonna be living in a Chicago project cooking crack and fighting gds, then he’ll reunite with Tom Brady

[@FOWLKON1339]

As one of the main characters, or as a mark in one of the missions?

[@TheEDFLegacy]

​@@FOWLKON1339Yes.

[@gregdeandrea1450]

Not a player character mind you, that guy you took missions from in the Mid game of the 3D trilogy. Then you have to total his car.

[@TheManny717]

GTA VI, here’s an idea: AB & Albany.

[@RRRandomRecordings]

Don't let the fact that Antonio Brown literally ran a football team out of the league in less than four months distract you from the fact that he was ALLOWED TO RUN A FOOTBALL TEAM! Good Lord...

[@matthewchristiansen9978]

Whoever okayed this was clearly under a rock for the past few years.

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

Don't let the fact that Antonio Brown was ALLOWED TO RUN A FOOTBALL TEAM distract you from the fact that back in nineteen ninety eight, the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.

[@daleftuprightatsoldierfield]

⁠​⁠@@MewtwoStruckBackn’t let the fact that in 1998 the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted 16 feet through an announcers table distract you from the fact that Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a game in 1966 for the Polk High School Panthers

[@SadSackGaming]

It’s not really that complicated to get into that position, especially if you have money to lose. Some of the leagues are reasonable buy ins and if you have an arena that is down, you too could run a football team into the ground. Hell, if you don’t mind playing outdoors, there are leagues of mediocre talents willing to destroy their bodies for like 50 bucks a game. Shit, you want to suit up? Go for it!

[@DaComebakKid]

​@@matthewchristiansen9978 clearly smoking rocks

[@jakemitchell1132]

Dan Snyder: “I’m the worst football owner of all time.” AB: “Hold my whole lotta money.”

[@heartstriker2831]

interesting enough with how his "singing" sounds... I can hear the "Hold my Lotta money"😂

[@xavierchen7054]

I heard it's notto money.

[@JoelDJohnson1986]

I will FOREVER laugh hysterically at his "rapping"!

[@nickmontanabass]

😂😂😂😂

[@BAMFshee]

Somewhere in the depths of hell, Harold Ballard has relinquished his crown as "worst sports owner ever" at the sight of this dumpster fire.

[@christopherjustice6411]

It’s a tragedy. I visited Albany last year, there was Empire stuff all over the city. They love the team and this prick singlehandedly killed it.

[@anthonylombardo1261]

You could re-visit the town you know, that was a year ago, I’m sure if you went today it would all be up still, one idiot doesn’t make a team loved by it’s city become hated by its city, they just hate Antonio.

[@patwhite8106]

​@@anthonylombardo1261I believe AB got the team kicked out of the league

[@anthonylombardo1261]

@@patwhite8106 what a shame

[@villiannewyork]

It’s a bigger tragedy to actually live there

[@TheRealCATM]

@@villiannewyorkas someone who lives in Albany I can confirm. It’s a shithole here but it’s my shithole damn it

[@samortmann5003]

Antonio Brown went from a 1st Ballot hall of famer in the goat conversation to a cautionary tale in record time

[@samuelfrick3475]

It deserves a 30 for 30 6-Part Documentary

[@JohnRitchiejd23]

Yep. I'm willing to bet this is CTE. We can't confirm it until AB meets his demise, but his behavior as of late are really telling signs.

[@Based_Tobias_]

To think this is all Burfict's fault...

[@tjornalist]

@@JohnRitchiejd23 i think people make it themselves too easy to just blame CTE. I mean there are a lot of guys getting hit in the head all the time and don't go batshit crazy. It might had an impact but i think some people are just mad assholes and with enough money and yea-sayers around them they show the world their real face. And in this case its the face of a madman.

[@thisismyyoutubecommentacco6302]

@@JohnRitchiejd23 This behavior started even before the Burfict hit, he's always been like this, it was just the structure of the steelers kept a lid on it for a time.

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

I wouldn’t even let Antonio Brown manage a team in Madden Franchise Mode at this point.

[@JWex-jy7sk]

You give him one hour playing franchise mode and he’ll somehow unlock the… “Your team has been eliminated from the league” notification 😂

[@squatchhammer7215]

I wouldn't let him manage himself. He should be declared legally insane at this point as well as anyone who is giving him opportunities. Seriously, it's like drinking bleach and butt chugging ammonia.

[@zoewheeler3927]

He shouldn't even be allowed to run a peewee team.

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

​@@squatchhammer7215I swear. This is one example where that sociopath from the movie "I Care a lot" would actually be a god send.

[@excelsior3381]

As someone from Albany it’s sad to see a team our people held dear be shamed by how Antonio Brown did. Truly shameful considering how much history arena football has had in Albany. I hope we get another team in the future free from Antonio Brown. It’s beneficial for local business.

[@willamshugo283]

I hope the Empire return, with no ties to AB.

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@willamshugo283 Seconded.

[@bigboysports0001]

maybe next year? Albany has to actually show up...a lil over 2K a game wasn't cutting it as well

[@-EJ-]

Can y’all just get a do over, reload an old save?

[@kingchuckfinley]

The firebirds were the best when I was kid. The empire was the best as an adult. Man AB really fucked us.

[@djchilly186]

The fact that Brown is still alive and not in a mental hospital is about as mind-boggling as him even managing to buy the Empire.

[@amethyphoenix]

Not to mention a god-damn miracle.

[@manzac112]

The fact that the league even let this man buy the team just shows an ineptness in their management as well. I'm surprised they didn't even throw out the owner and not the team.....

[@bigboysports0001]

NAL has been incompetent for quite some time...boy some of the stories involving this league over the past few years have been interestingly hilarious to follow

[@MrRiddler6]

They could of tried of buying brown out of his ownership stake in the team, but knowing Brown he would of wanted double of what he paid to acquire them.

[@ArenaTeams2024]

I'd recommend looking up the New York Streets if you want to know how far down the NAL was at one point

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@ArenaTeams2024 - I bet all the NAL teams are just aching to rejoin the Arena Football League. Albany will obviously get a new team there.

[@ArenaTeams2024]

@@psychopathyoutubeemployees280 Well, the new AFL likely isn't even real. There may be nothing to join. Regardless, word from MVP Arena management is that there will be a new team in town next season. We'll see how that goes

[@connorsexsmith6414]

It's honestly kind of incredible how AB is bad at literally everything except playing football. Running a team, making music, and being a decent human being are just a few examples.

[@ventz34]

He's a one trick pony for sure

[@dusk6159]

The god of bullshit, and Albany has been hit by it

[@frozennorth3426]

he’s even bad at playing football if you extend “playing football” to include what happens even a mere minute or two outside the whistles

[@spadeplaladin5]

Put that shit on 🔥

[@brycelandon6387]

Don't forget, he's bad at paying people for their services.

[@nicholaas.k]

Only Antonio Brown could find a way to be an even WORSE owner than Dan Snyder in a span of weeks while owning the team..

[@Tdatcher]

He speed ran the Snyder experience -a Costa Rica trip

[@shoeshiner9314]

When he heard dan snyder was selling, he ordered Dan to hold his beer

[@JM-fr5ge]

@@shoeshiner9314more like “Hold my meth”

[@samuelfrick3475]

Albany literally went from Evil Empire to Clown Empire in 3 months

[@insertnamehere5809]

Almost a bit like Russia 🇷🇺 🪆 at the moment

[@samuelfrick3475]

@@insertnamehere5809ditto No kidding

[@gregdeandrea1450]

SOMEONE SELL HIM THE CHIEFS!!

[@ChiefBlue4298]

@@gregdeandrea1450you wish lol

[@lc9245]

@@insertnamehere5809only if you weren’t paying attention. They spent more than 10 years just fighting domestic Islamic fighters. They stopped being an empire in 89.

[@eskipotato]

My jaw dropped when Tree said that all of that happened in a matter of just four months. That's insane. I vaguely knew about AB owning an arena league team, and saw recently that they got kicked out, but holy shit it's so much worse than I thought.

[@bigboysports0001]

it was atrocious to watch unfold in real time...couldn't stop watching it though

[@chucklebutt4470]

Dude, same. When I heard the news he bought a team I was like "Well that's fucking funny but I'm sure there's some grown ups around". Hadn't seen any of the news until this video and wowwwwww...

[@taurusteelpan]

My jaw dropped that somebody somehow thought that it was a good idea that AB could own a franchise? I wouldn't even have him own a lemonade stand let alone a team in any league.

[@thedude3065]

his man once exposed his pecker on both snapchat, and at a public pool and they gave him a football team

[@Lakest02]

It's honestly crazy how they let this man run a football team and keep giving him chances. AB being AB is just par for the course at this point; he needs serious psychiatric help before he becomes homeless again or put away behind bars for a while. The Snyder video is going to be an instant classic when it drops.

[@napalmblaziken]

The problem with giving him psychiatric help is that he would need to WANT the help. People have to be willing to help themselves, and AB doesn't seem like he thinks he's doing anything wrong. He'll just make excuses and not listen to people.

[@Lakest02]

@@napalmblaziken I was being foolishly optimistic. Best guess is that he's going to become a persona non grata after saying something unbelievably insane a la his idol Kanye and then burn all of his money in a matter of years.

[@matthewchristiansen9978]

@@napalmblaziken Sounds a lot like my uncle. He's got a ton of problems, but isn't potentially dangerous like Brown. My dad cut ties with him for twenty years for a lot of reasons.

[@MadMike1]

“One of the greatest owners of all time. A true inspiration.” - Harold Ballard

[@agent45625]

Imagine AB buying a hockey team. Then he’d be constantly compared to Ballard. Then again, seeing as how he managed to run it to the ground, I’d like to see the Canucks get the AB collapse treatment just out of sheer spite.

[@thedude3065]

@@agent45625 The Canucks deserve that, frankly.

[@agent45625]

@@thedude3065 Quick, someone tell AB that there's a hockey team that he can buy. All he has to do is to move to Vancouver, Canada.

[@CJEstradaMartinez]

Antonio Brown almost makes the late Harold Ballard look like a Royal Prince. Almost.

[@N_manMETA11]

Dude Harold Ballard WISHES he could've been that terrible. The Leafs at least had a pulse under Ballard from time to time, AB took a championship contender by daylight and dragged them kicking and screaming into hell by midnight. 4 months. Jesus fuck.

[@austinemms9772]

From Back-To-Back champions to out of the league in months. You get what you pay for.

[@warrensmitchell]

That’s not true. Antonio didn’t even pay upfront.

[@OddballoftheInternet]

Moral of the story: NEVER NEVER EVER EVER EVER *EEEEEEEVER* LET AB ANYWHERE NEAR A FOOTBALL TEAM

[@epicchk4319]

Or any sport team at all

[@mountaineernews2]

Or anything in life

[@zoewheeler3927]

I don't even trust him to bag my groceries.

[@kingchuckfinley]

As a Steelers fan, an Albany native and a man who is was once a child that grew up going to lots of Firebirds games, this is a nightmare. Literally the only bright spot in Albany was the empire. The clown ruined it.

[@PopNolan]

Feel bad for the players and fans

[@excelsior3381]

I hope we get another team soon without Antonio Brown. I never got a chance to see them play live but I always wanted to

[@bigboysports0001]

players definitely have at least the other NAL teams, the IFL and a few other teams still playing in lower level leagues to look forward to rn time will tell if Albany returns

[@theWanderersnotebook]

With the AFL coming back next year maybe we see them coming back into the mix? Especially since it sounds like it will be a 16 team league to begin with…

[@manband20]

Antonio Brown is the Paul Heyman of football. Talks a big game, gets all the headlines, and can draw the spotlight... and his checks bounce like rubber balls...

[@showstealer1829]

Difference is Paul Heyman is still respected despite being a carny fuck

[@UrinatingTree]

He's more Herb Abrams than Paul Heyman.

[@AnarquiaCookbook]

Paul Heyman gave us ECW at least. Antonio Brown hasn't given us shit

[@manband20]

@@UrinatingTree Very very true. Still waiting on whether he goes out in the blaze of glory that is being chased by police down a hotel hallway while covered in baby oil and brandishing a baseball bat.

[@jimmy3people0]

yeah, the difference is that Heyman is actually good at his job.

[@bmac4]

I barely follow the AB saga anymore because it's usually just "strung out man does more dumb shit" type stuff...but what makes this situation so frustrating is that it was completely enabled. Somebody saw his track record and allowed him to buy this team, despite the obvious consequences, and now numerous people are out of a job from a decision they had virtually no say in because of this.

[@dusk6159]

A functioning reality literally destroyed, with all the competent people's trajectories too

[@mikevismyelement]

He cries racism the second anyone challenges him so don't expect his behavior to change anytime soon.

[@dannydevito3705]

I watched them win their first championship, once AB bought the team i knew it was over.

[@TheGardiner]

I live near Albany and this dude is the local punching bag

[@zoewheeler3927]

Those players and fans probably lit the torches that day.

[@mandobrownie]

Lucky the team wasn’t in Buffalo. If it was Griselda would probably knock his ass out, maybe for good

[@mackyboy4432]

They were stupid for even letting the guy enter the building let alone buy the team. That's tragic, they weren't the Pats by any mean, but for a city to have back to back champs in a sport and lose them months later is rough. I know arena league fans are a passionate bunch, so this has to be gut wrenching.

[@jeffmalinoff2836]

It will be one hell of a documentary in the future it’s honestly sad, he is too far gone, we literally witnessed a man go insane

[@frozennorth3426]

He was likely always the man he is, with his same character profile and mental health challenges he has today. He just always had people profiting him who worked hard to keep the necessary structure around him to keep him productive. College and NFL teams go to great lengths to constructive incentives (positive and negative), protective protocols, support systems, etc to keep players as accountable and healthy and safe as possible, …because a lot of them don’t arrive to the big money bright lights with the ability to sustain a high-pressure professional life (including college) without crashing it or fading away. AB just got rich enough to feel empowered disengage from (what he wasn’t looking at as) a world that included a lot of mechanisms to save him (and others with their own unique needs) from himself, and… rapid implosion of his business life and global reputation. (but he didn’t change. he just exited a world of guardrails and made himself the person Running a business, with no accountability to keep him in line beyond a league’s ability to terminate his franchise status)

[@ajr6288]

He didn’t go insane. There are stories of him being like this since college. Dude is just a piece of shit

[@matthewchristiansen9978]

He deserves a Legacy of Insanity video at this point.

[@mountaineernews2]

Correct

[@Jrodsly]

The sad part is this kind of thing is all too common in the indoor football ranks. The sport is a much better spectacle than the NFL from what I've experienced, but the ownership stuff and league tomfoolery is a huge bummer.

[@UrinatingTree]

And AB somehow was significantly worse than any owner that's ever existed in Arena Football.

[@Jrodsly]

@@UrinatingTree And that's the mindblowing thing. In a sport full of shady ownership and bad leagues (I know that all too well as a Carolina Energy fan before they rebranded and folded), AB somehow managed to outdo ALL OF THEM. At least the other owners managed to stay in good graces of their leagues for a bit. AB managed to speedrun that shit.

[@rexblade504]

​@@UrinatingTreewhat's next? AB starting his own league? Now that would be a disaster that I couldn't miss

[@bigboysports0001]

*raises hand* somehow the Topeka Tropics survived the season, but the Empire didn't 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@ajevans1422]

AB indeed put that shit on. He made the Empire a bigger circus than the Knicks and Mets.

[@FunnyDude119]

Vontaze Burfict really gave this guy permanent brain damage with a single nasty hit

[@jakemitchell1132]

Huh, I didn’t think I could add AB declaring himself a Sovereign Citizen to my AB bingo card.

[@frozennorth3426]

ohhhh thank you. I needed a good laugh in all of this :)

[@eliasmathew797]

Me, watching AB destroy a back-to-back championship team: WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!?!

[@bigboysports0001]

the most beautiful train wreck😭🔥

[@RedRhino49]

Its impressive he made dan snyder look like an acceptable owner

[@LordLowe]

I think if Mr Brown doesn’t get his shit together he’ll either be in jail in a mental institution or in a body bag within 2 years

[@LordyT34]

Hopefully one of the first two

[@HarbingerOfBattle]

Nah, he's too famous for that. We'll just let him do whatever he wants and never hold him accountable for anything because that's the way the world is nowadays.

[@UncleJrueForTue]

​@@HarbingerOfBattleNothing like classic rich people privilege to trample on us common folk and get off borderline scott-free.

[@ryanchase9332]

Excuse me, that's Mr. The God. He'll change it officially within a few months. Speedrunning past Kanye and going straight Mike Tyson.

[@dsl32]

Who is here after AB declared Bankruptcy

[@familyguyfan8899]

Me

[@coolmichael0000]

I need to see a podcast with Connor McGregor, AB, Ezra Miller, Ja Morant and Kanye West together. That would ironically make billions😂

[@dusk6159]

Zion or Ja

[@frozennorth3426]

Or a reality show. Call it “The Biggest Loser”. Wait, that name was already taken. Too bad. I’ll think of something…

[@mountaineernews2]

Or call them the cancer bunch

[@mountaineernews2]

@@dusk6159maybe you can ad some more

[@maolenvinpelaez2199]

Ja redeemed himself to some extent though.

[@BertoD103]

It’s like they put John Spano, Daniel Snyder, and Bishop Sycamore’s management in a blender and then sprinkled T.O. on top. What a disaster.

[@Loukious]

Sam Castronova is the son of a HS friend. Ran into them recently and I had heard about all this. They were honestly glad Sam got cut from the team before all this drama. He currently plays for the Jax Sharks and also he talked about how bad AB was.

[@KDUFFRadio]

I’ve been following this story since the news broke he bought the team, and every day since then, first thought on my mind after waking up was “How is AB gonna catastrophically damage the Empire today?”

[@s.s.99]

This entire AB owning a football franchise feels like one big fever dream and I’m just laughing my ass off

[@daringndreaminx]

I first heard about this when Tom and Brandon mentioned it on an episode of GPS. I said it then, I'll say it again: this is the most Antonio Brown story to have ever Antonio Browned.

[@johnellis7338]

At this point, I just feel for his kids. They gotta grow up and witness their father act an ass for the whole world to see. Hopefully other kids don’t make fun of them

[@samwert2316]

Bro if I was one of his kids I wouldn't show my face fucking anywhere I'd be too ashamed

[@mountaineernews2]

Well, Thankfully, he lost custody to all of his kids to his girlfriend, so I’m pretty sure that his girlfriend made them change their last name to her last name but honestly they were so young when they split. I don’t think they’ll even remember that they’re related to this guy.

[@johnellis7338]

@@mountaineernews2 it’s good to hear they’re out of that situation but I sincerely doubt they won’t know he’s their father as they get older. With how successful his NFL career was plus all the headlines that’ve come out since his last game, they’re for sure gonna know. Plus they all look A LOT like him😭

[@johnellis7338]

@@mountaineernews2 plus he’s got two older(highschool age I believe) kids who definitely won’t forget who their father is

[@jeremiahgreen3461]

Listen, if you have an indoor or arena team in your local area, show them some love. This is an important level of play for guys still trying to climb the ladder and AB's ownership is not indicative of the sport as a whole. The IFL is experiencing one of its best seasons since changing commissioners and while the NAL has been turbulent, to use a diplomatic term, it's had some of the strongest play in it's history this season. I have a passion for these leagues, but the only time they get any airtime is because something stupid happens, so I just wanted to advocate for them real quick. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[@bigboysports0001]

W comment🔥🔥🔥

[@crazyluigi6664]

I can vouch for it as a longtime Arizona Rattlers fan. Though it is funny my state has three different IFL teams around at once, including the Rattlers.

[@theWanderersnotebook]

And that’s not including that the AFL is coming back for round 3 next year with a 16 team league which could prove to be very interesting in where they place the new teams as the NAL & IFL have picked up the slack in some of those markets.

[@KingCanada]

I'd call this absolute insanity and/or lunacy from AB, but somehow I don't think even those words could properly describe whatever TF this ownership was.

[@dusk6159]

Mr Big Chest went beyond being a fuckup, this is a disastrous thing that belongs to fantasy stories, a mismanagement that ruined the whole professional franchise.

[@lukestarkiller441]

How this guy hasn't been fitted for a straight jacket yet, I have no ideas.

[@jebedmondson6428]

I really think wrestling might be AB's next move, hes got all the makings of a great pro wrestler. Hes got the physique , hes got the look stylistically, hes got the total disconnection from reality, hes got the crime/fuckup rap sheet, hes got the charisma/anti charisma, hell hes even got the nickname.

[@rowdycmoore]

He'd be as bad as Hulk Hogan in insisting on always winning AND being booked as a babyface despite no one liking him - without the little detail that Hogan in his heyday could actually draw.

[@MrLeedlesProductions]

...yeaaaaah, you forget one thing: AB would need to learn how to bump, learn how to actually wrestle, COORDINATE WITH HIS OPPONENTS TO NOT PUT ON A SHITSHOW, and oh uh beyond all that the whole getting baked out of your fucking mind thing would not fly in the WWE, which is the only promotion he could ever go to.

[@jebedmondson6428]

@@MrLeedlesProductions I mean WWE has booked wrestlers with no talent before. I didn't say it'd be a long run

[@Donald_the_Potholer]

How'd his 12 rounds with Logan Paul turn out?

[@deemariedubois4916]

My husband called this one. As soon as he heard AB had been allowed to buy the team, he said, well the other arena teams don’t have to worry about Albany winning it all this year. That sorry SOB can’t take care of himself. How the hell can he take care of or run a football team? Thanks Tree.

[@frozennorth3426]

Quite worse: they had to worry about him damaging the entire league.

[@idontknow164]

Dan Snyder is letting out a sigh of relief "So, i'm not the worst football owner in history." (Just NFL history)

[@digiblader1]

And now Antonio Brown just filed for bankruptcy.

[@AllenHerns]

How to destroy a franchise 101 - Albany Empire edition: Let AB become majority owner.

[@mountaineernews2]

End of story now watch him buy the Vancouver Canucks and kill the team in 3 weeks

[@bradydicarlo9143]

Good to see Tree doing a video on a story from my neck of the woods!

[@LGDevilsFan]

Hi Tree, I think it’s time to make a video on the 2023 New York Yankees because they need it. A team for poor roster construction, and bad GM and manager, needs a ripping right now

[@JorgeCat78]

Yes, 💯

[@Riley_Mundt]

Just remember, CTE has nothing to do with this. AB has been a nutcase since high school.

[@joshmartin8241]

One thing I don't agree with is people trying to say that CTE is responsible for his behavior AB is what happens when someone who is already a narcissist makes it big, the narcissism goes into overdrive to the point they see themselves as godlike and everything they do is right and everybody else is to blame.

[@frozennorth3426]

It’s just a symptom of how poorly our society understands mental health. Some people have zero words for mental health, and then some of those people are football fans who learned the word “CTE” at some point …so they see a football player behaving irrationally or even counterproductively, and they point their finger and yell “cTE!!” when that’s not at all remotely close to what’s going on (and even though they’d never jump to that conclusion for anyone else in the world behaving the same way)

[@Calico997]

him and hitler have the same personaloties lmao

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

I feel like CTE just exacerbates whatever bad qualities you already had.

[@TheMisanthropist69]

​@@cnjdevBro, multiple football players with confirmed CTE have straight up killed people. What are you on about?

[@Kaiserboo1871]

I would argue that while he always had a massive ego and bad attitude, it was the CTE that made AB unable to hide it.

[@ThreeEM]

AB just destroys everything he touches now, like a reverse Midas touch

[@UncleJrueForTue]

We can call it the Mid-to-ass touch. A double entendre for a woman respecter like Bantonio Clown.

[@arcticphoenix2789]

More like the Trump touch

[@UncleJrueForTue]

@@arcticphoenix2789 Nah, actually Antonio Brown has what's known as Deathtouch. It's a game term where anything that "battles" or makes contacts with it dies no matter how long or much contact is made.

[@frozennorth3426]

@@arcticphoenix2789 There are still people who believe he was not a lifelong nonstop business failure, over and over again, flushing dad’s money down the toilet. Really shows ya what a “reality” tv show can convince people of.

[@zoewheeler3927]

Kind of like Tim Taylor from Home Improvement but on a higher scale.

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

Hugh Culverhouse: "I'm the cheapest most terrible owner in all football ever" AB: "here hold my money, watch dis"

[@SadSackGaming]

Not gonna lie, I thought this would take at least a full calendar year before things crapped the bed due to AB. I was even counting the antics I knew would come up, but thought that outside of him taking a dump at midfield during a game, he had a season, maybe two of mismanagement before he moved on to greener pastures. Here’s the thing, he had the perfect setup. Team is successful. He has name recognition to add to that and all he needed to do was show up to games, shake hands, be friendly enough, sign some autographs and go home. How does he have no one standing around him going, hey man, let this thing go on it’s own, you don’t have to do anything, it’s free money.

[@iandenis4202]

Even Bruce Allen is amazed by AB’s damn good culture

[@joeym5243]

I strive to do something similar to this one day, buy the Dallas Cowboys and then get them kicked out of the NFL

[@zoewheeler3927]

That would be cool to watch, though.

[@RoysWorld1985]

After watching this, I do feel bad for the players, coaches, and fans in Albany, NY. They don't deserve to be kicked out of the league because of one man's selfish ego. Sure, I was a huge Arena Football League fan in the 2000s, including watching Albany Firebirds playing, but seeing a team like the Empire being kicked out of the league is indeed a spit in the face. The city deserves to have another Arena Football team in a near future.

[@greenfroppy212]

The fact that they went from back to back champions to being kicked out of the league because of AB is fucking insane

[@videopar9750]

Oh hey, an Antonio Brown incident, feels like they are becoming more like a new Saturday Cartoon episode these days

[@DarkCT]

...I sit here throughout the video and now with it over asking the same question. HOW!!!!?! HOW do you let this man get his mitts on any power in anything after his record, let alone THIS?

[@trevorm751]

This is not even funny anymore. This is so sad. AB needs help, he needs someone in his life to put him in his place because he has completely lost it

[@Teezythegoat]

*Michael Jai White slams table “Enough from the clown!”

[@joeldykman7591]

Antonio Brown always seems to find a way to ruin any chances he's given. It's actually rather impressive.

[@DJVIEWYBOOK0076]

A literal Dumpster Fire 🔥

[@wjmcd703]

This guy has some serious issues, its a shame they can't test for CTE while he's alive

[@ChairmanMo]

Another Classic Tree Video for the ages. I swear you are one of the few KZbinrs who can make odd and unexpected topics a source of comedy gold! Thank you!

[@CarbideSix]

I said it once and I will say it again, ever since he took that vicious hit to the head while he was with the Steelers, he has NEVER been the same since then. The man is a walking TBI diagnosis.

[@obiohaz6023]

who would of known that the security guard who tried to kick him out was only predicting the future

[@adamd5849]

I remember the old AFL. It was fun to watch, and their games were fun

[@HarbingerOfBattle]

It all went down the tubes when they merged with the NFL and created that ridiculous Super Bowl game.

[@bronxjewelix]

The Arena Football League not the American Football League

[@HarbingerOfBattle]

@@bronxjewelix Yes, that was the joke.

[@bronxjewelix]

@@HarbingerOfBattle yeah that was funny

[@FOWLKON1339]

Narcissus reincarnated, AB

[@JRAUSports]

Antonio Brown is like when cancer incarnate gets a body!

[@marcroberge23]

It's not like he didn't have a track record for this kind of thing before. Why is anyone surprised at this point?

[@gamera5160]

The longer the Antonio Brown saga goes, the more impressed I am that Tomlin got so many good years out of him.

[@slemire]

It's so, so heartbreaking to see my hometown team fall apart like this. I miss when this team was on the top of the world. I'll never forget what the empire was like in 2019-2022. Financial issues hurt us so much. I miss it every day.

[@Thisisjamesg]

I remember when the Empire was announced for the AFL. Had season tickets both those 2 years before the league went under. After the transition to the NAL, it didn't quite feel the same. And support was definitely down way more compared to when the team kicked off in the AFL, but at least the team was still respectable, and still winning. There wasn't a soul I talked to who thought AB buying the team was gonna work out in any positive outcome. The only thing that was shocking was how quick he managed to absolutely trash one of the few decent things going on around Albany. Hopefully there'll be another attempt at Arena Football in Albany in the future, with none of the AB (or anyone's) bs antics, but I feel it may be a bit till that happens.

[@shlebleboi5257]

Thank you Tree for this gift!

[@Eaglescout60]

AB is completely insane.

[@Seangc190]

I was at the championship game last year, and not even a full year later, the Empire are gone. When AB became part owner I had a feeling this would happen, and I hate the fact that I was right. I hope we can get another team soon. The games were always really fun.

[@mountaineernews2]

I hate to burst your bubble, but since he made the entire city a disgrace, you’re probably never gonna get a team back

[@hahayeahokaynope]

I knew someone who worked for Empire under this clown. Thankfully this person dipped out at the right time and now has a successful career in football elsewhere. Just another Smallbany sports success story. 😂

[@ollieminecraft]

Moral of the video: Never let Antonio Brown do anything sports related.

[@superuberviewer]

Two things: they were the final champion of the Second iteration of the AFL, and you were spot on when you said six months...I dunno if you even knew.

[@jkirchge]

I love the Super Nintendo Music in all the Videos. The choice of the Wolverine level in Arcade's Revenge (Which is a literal Clown Level) is hilarious. As a Yinzer living in Scottsdale, Love the content, Tree.

[@MasterShake9000]

"He sped-run through it" I'm here for the Summoning Salt video on this achievement

[@frozennorth3426]

I laughed. If you told 100 people “speedrun” is a verb and asked them to conjugate a past tense for it, 99 of them would say “speedran” and the 100th person would be Tree. I’m 60/40 it was a joke :)

[@broizon205]

I get the gut feeling that AB will try and own a fake NFL team and somehow get this team to play in a NFL season, similar to how Bishop Sycamore snuck their way into playing a full season or so of high school football. Let’s hope this doesn’t happen.

[@frozennorth3426]

@cnjdev I was just saying that last night: this is what the shitshow-averse NFL was smart enough to prevent by keeping Trump outside, and so he bought a USFL team and killed The Entire League within a year or two

[@SonofTuscon99]

Every day is a great day when UTree posts.

[@jacobdrum]

So, I grew up around Albany and moved back in 2015, worked in Albany and throughout the area in both restaurants and law firms, regularly read the newspaper and talked about football with coworkers, and I forgot we had a team until his name came up. I remembered his dad and the Firebirds' success because "Touchdown" worked at my high school, but that was about it. I'm sure it's different for kids and fans with kids, but the Empire really started to get traction in conversation in the area - again, for me, but I'm not a hermit - after there was *positive* talk about a celebrity coming to take the team over. And there was a gross "let's get popcorn and watch him F this up" vibe to Brown's time in the media/comment section spotlight around here that felt voyeuristic and sad and more like people thought we lucked out with a summer TV schedule than a sports story. So for those and other reasons, as a non-neutral observer, it's felt like there was the story of what might happen with the team and *that* couldn't exist without the "what's AB gonna do in front of all these cameras" story, and everyone suffered for it - including, importantly, Antonio Brown, who at times seemed mostly excited to be doing something cool with his dad.

[@unownthequestioning8666]

"Destroying a Sports Franchise" New WR Any % Speedrun

[@sethporter3145]

The Super Mario Sunshine music was a nice touch.

[@zoewheeler3927]

Delfino Plaza music.

[@MrWaifuTaker]

Do you think Vontaze stays in obscurity because he is afraid of what he's created?

[@GraveDigger35]

that hit didn't do this, this is AB's true nature, and the Steelers were somehow able to contain it all those years before it became too much for them

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

Yeah, this narrative needs to die. He was an asshole before that hit.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@GraveDigger35 I think he was always an egotistical narcissist. But I think the hit made AB lose the ability to hide it/subdue it which made him devolve as a teammate.

[@aralskt4319]

Remember when Tree made the D.I.V.A series back in 2019 about Antonio Brown? And we thought “Mr. Big Chest” couldn’t get any crazier? (Sigh) I remember those days

[@KyleShiflet13666]

Antonio Brown is that fart that will never go away no matter how much frabreeze you use

[@douglasschultz9808]

You can always count on tree for the best Nintendo music and SpongeBob music and sound effects. Another great video!

[@dylanotto949]

Tbh this man's whole life would make a more interesting movie than every single franchise/story mode in EA's Madden games

[@Valhalla05]

Dread it. Run from it. The D.I.V.A. arrives all the same.

[@dimetime35c]

At this point I personally DON'T believe this is CTE. I think he thinks its CTE, but it feels more like he uses it as an excuse to be acting like he does. When you try and hold him accountable for his behavior he'll go its the CTEs fault im acting like this, You cant hold me accountable.

[@joshmartin8241]

I agree he was clearly a narcissist before he made it big, the money and success just made it worse

[@dimetime35c]

@@joshmartin8241 yes and like I said now he has an excuse as to why he can't be held accountable

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@dimetime35c He was always self-centered and egotistical. But I think the hit/CTE caused him to lose the ability to hide/suppress those tendencies.

[@dimetime35c]

@@Kaiserboo1871 I think its not even about hiding it. He uses the CTE as his excuse so he doesn't even need to try to hide it.

[@Toetalwar]

Nice to see someone covering some indoor ball news. Thanks Antonio

[@michaelhession2105]

Thank goodness the Ravens didn't sign him when they had his cousin. And his cousin Hollywood is also a diva and ran himself out of Baltimore because he wasn't getting the ball enough. Nothing good comes out of that family.

[@zoewheeler3927]

That would've been like pouring gallons of gasoline on a small fire.

[@TheMcK777]

...oh, man. Was wondering when this would come to the limelight.