Shortly after on November 12, 1892, Allegheny Athletic Association(AAA)
made a counter offer which Heffelfinger is said to have accepted.
In 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger, a football star at Yale,
was offered $250 by Pittsburgh Athletic Club(PAC) to play in a game, but he turned down the offer because he felt it wasn't enough to jeopardize his position in the Amateur Athletic Union(a non-profit volunteer sports organization in the U. S).