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Antonio Brown's post-football career has taken another turbulent step after his Albany Empire franchise was kicked out of the National Arena League Thursday.
Brown, the once-certain Hall of Famer, returned to eastern New York and took majority control of the team - for whom his father previously played - on April 19.
Under terms of league ownership, all teams are required to pay one-seventh of the NAL operating budget, via monthly transactions. The league, in the release, said Brown paid the April assessment but didn't pay the May 15 installment or a $1,000 fine for conduct detrimental to the league.
'After exhausting all avenues, the NAL board of owners have decided unanimously to terminate the membership agreement of the Albany Empire,' an NAL news release said.
'The decision was reached
