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  • AFL suspends operations for 2009
    Also, Jaworski mentioned in a separate story that Pittsburgh will be an expansion team in 2010... http://hamptonroads.com/2009/03/jaws-speaks-and-speaks-0 On the fate of the dormant Arena League. Jaworski is president of the reigning champion Philadelphia Soul. He said there’s a one-tenth of one percent chance the league won’t return from its one-year sabbatical: “We had a board meeting in Chicago a couple weeks ago and we ratified the new collective bargaining agreement. The players association is going through it now. We have a plan in place, we’re going to open up next year again. There’s a lot at stake. I mean, ESPN is a 10-percent partner with us, we’ve got an expansion team coming in in Pittsburgh. So we left the meeting with incredible excitement.” Shutting down “was disappointing for us, because obviously we were Arena League champions last year, our season-ticket sales were through the roof coming into this season, our partnerships were through the roof. We were all excited. But the model needed to be fixed. We were doing well, San Jose was doing well, but some teams weren’t doing very well. So the business model needed to be fixed. The only question mark is New Orleans right now. They were going to drop, but under the new business model, they’re likely to come back. But I don’t want to say definitively yet we’re gonna have New Orleans next year.” Mar 16
  • AFL suspends operations for 2009
    I'm surprised this isn't on RUWT?... Arena Football League is back Mon, Mar 16, 2009 Calvin Watkins http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/03/arena-football-league-is-back.html At this stage of the spring the talk would be of the Dallas Desperados and the Arena Football League. But the AFL took a year off to fix its financial model. Shy Anderson, who runs the Desperados, said the league will be back in 2010. The Desperados should play downtown at the American Airlines Center but don't rule out a possible move to the new stadium in Arlington or to a new 8,000 to 9,000 seat arena in Allen. The league has made some changes in order to come back. Some of the highlights: The AFL will retain all of its teams. A Chief Operating Officer will run the league instead of the individual owners. Rosters will be reduced from 24 to 20. The minimum salary will be slightly reduced as well. Every player in the league becomes a free agent starting in mid-May. Teams can begin signing players June 1. Ironman Football is back. Over the last two years, the league got away from using two-way players. Now, because of the reduced rosters, two-way players such as the Desperados Will Pettis will get to play both ways again, full-time. The union and the board will sign off on the new deal today and the league should begin play in either February or March. ESPN is interested in broadcasting the games again. Anderson said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was a strong influence in getting the league to change its financial model. Mar 16
  • Report: AFL to cancel 2009 season
    This is sad to hear, as a big fan of the AFL, but hopefully this will give them time to properly regroup and bring back a quality product in 2010. In the meantime, we'll see if af2 will carry on and will satisfy my itch for indoor ball. Dec 10
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  • SaberCats vs. Soul
    Guess I should watch the AFL more often. Jul 27
  • SaberCats vs. Soul
    WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! NO TIME FOR LOSERS! CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! OF THE WORLD! Jul 27
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  • SaberCats vs. Soul
    Arenabowl XXII baby!!! Jul 27
  • 20 SaberCats vs. Soul
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