Antonio Brown's Albany Empire kicked out of National Arena League

Antonio Brown purchased an ownership stake in a National Arena League football team earlier this year, and it would be an understatement to say things did not go well.

The NAL announced on Thursday that Brown’s team, the Albany Empire, has been kicked out of the league. The decision was made by members in good standing as a result of “the Empire’s failure to pay their league mandated and overdue assessments.”

Each team in the NAL is responsible for 1/7th of the league’s operating budget, and payments are due monthly. Thursday’s press release stated that Brown paid the Empire’s April assessment but did not make the team’s May 15th payment. The April payment was “challenged” and credited back to Brown, who owns 95 percent of the team.

Brown was also recently fined $1,000 for conduct detrimental to the NAL. He indicated that he did not plan to pay that fine or the Empire’s latest assessment. Brown spoke with reporters on the field Wednesday night and went on an incoherent rant about paying his own salary.