Antonio Brown says he’ll play for his Arena League team

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown now says he will play for the indoor football team that he owns.

Brown told WNYT-TV in Albany that he will play during an upcoming Albany Empire home game on May 27 or June 17. Brown said that he hoped him playing would increase ticket sales for the team, which has averaged about 2,500 fans per game at MVP Arena, which seats over 13,000.

The former Steelers All-Pro became a team owner in March, purchasing a stake in the Albany Empire, which plays in the National Arena League. His father, “Touchdown” Eddie Brown, who was a legend for the team when it played in the now-defunct Arena Football League, is the team’s general manager.

Brown’s tenure as a team owner has been checkered. He said in April that he was beginning to see things differently as an owner than he did as a player.

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