San Antonio Commanders

The San Antonio Commanders were a professional American football team based in San Antonio, Texas, and one of the charter members of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). The league began play in February 2019. The team played its home games at the Alamodome.

On April 2, 2019, the league's football operations were reportedly suspended, and on April 4 the league allowed players to leave their contracts to sign with NFL teams. The league filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 17, 2019. The league left debts of over $1.4 million to three local hotels and $200,000 to a catering business.

History
The Alliance San Antonio charter team of the Alliance of American Football spring league was announced on June 21, 2018. Also, the league announced former San Diego Chargers coach Mike Riley as head coach and former Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston serves as General Manager of the team. The western four teams' names and logos were revealed on September 25 with San Antonio as the Commanders. The name is a tribute to San Antonio's military history, with maroon and silver representing the city and the small swords carried by military officers, respectively.

The final 52-man roster was set on January 30, 2019. The team's first game was a 15–6 win at home against the San Diego Fleet on Saturday, February 9, 2019.

The Commanders, who drew an average of approximately 27,720 fans to each home game, were by far the best-attended team in the AAF.

Allocation pool
The team's assigned area, which designates player rights, includes the following:

Colleges
 * Abilene Christian
 * Angelo State
 * Baylor
 * Houston
 * Houston Baptist
 * Incarnate Word
 * Lamar
 * Midwestern State
 * North Texas
 * Oklahoma
 * Prairie View A&M
 * Rice


 * Sam Houston
 * SMU
 * Stephen F. Austin
 * Tarleton State
 * TCU
 * Texas
 * Texas A&M
 * Texas A&M–Kingsville
 * Texas–Permian Basin
 * Texas Southern
 * Texas State
 * Toledo
 * UTSA
 * West Texas A&M

National Football League (NFL)
 * Dallas Cowboys
 * Houston Texans
 * Kansas City Chiefs
 * Philadelphia Eagles

Canadian Football League (CFL)
 * Saskatchewan Roughriders

Media
In addition to league-wide television coverage through NFL Network, CBS Sports Network, TNT, and B/R Live, Commanders' games were also broadcast on local radio by KZDC, an ESPN Radio affiliate. The team also had a television agreement with local station KMYS of the Sinclair Broadcast Group to carry all Commanders' games that were not broadcast nationally.