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MrCleveland
11-28-2019, 09:52 AM
https://nypost.com/2019/11/28/arena-football-league-finally-folds-after-30-plus-years/

All I can say is...there can only be one professional football league and that's the NFL!

James28
11-30-2019, 12:10 AM
I thought arena football was unique, and it's a shame that the AFL has to shut-down again. Something like this makes me wonder how well (or poorly) the new XFL will perform next Spring.

We've already seen the Arena Football League shut-down in the late-2000s decade. Will the AFL eventually be brought back for a second time?

mets82
12-01-2019, 10:15 PM
I thought the AFL was fine for what it was. I had no problem with it.

TMC
12-02-2019, 12:45 AM
I thought arena football was unique, and it's a shame that the AFL has to shut-down again. Something like this makes me wonder how well (or poorly) the new XFL will perform next Spring.

We've already seen the Arena Football League shut-down in the late-2000s decade. Will the AFL eventually be brought back for a second time?

The Arena Football League's business plan has likely been wrong-headed ever since they tried expanding into big cities after the AFL explosion in the late '90s. With few exceptions, big cities with major sports don't support it. It's a perfect sport for medium cities and metro areas, such as Albany.

MrCleveland
12-02-2019, 10:19 PM
The Arena Football League's business plan has likely been wrong-headed ever since they tried expanding into big cities after the AFL explosion in the late '90s. With few exceptions, big cities with major sports don't support it. It's a perfect sport for medium cities and metro areas, such as Albany.

Hmm...and I wanna form a sport called roller-blade football, which combines roller derby and football.

Should Cleveland be part of one of the markets?