So apparently the Arena Football League is making yet again another comeback with new owners and here are the teams that are coming this year:

West:
Rapid City Marshals
Washington Wolfpack
Oregon Blackbears
Billings Outlaws

Central:
Iowa Rampage
Wichita Regulators
Salina Liberty
Southwest Kansas Storm

South:
Louisiana Voodoo
Orlando Predators
Desert Hawks
Georgia Force

East:
Minnesota Myth
Nashville Kats
Philadelphia Soul
Albany Firebirds

Anyone gonna be interested in this?

https://www.arenafootballusa.com/teams

A couple of comments, the divisions need a little work, how does Minnesota wind up in the East. They should move Nashville to the South, Minnesota to the Central, Wichita to the South, Georgia and Orlando to the East, it's not perfect but I think it's a little better.

I think one of the league problems in the past has been too much scoring. I would make the rule 4 downs for a touchdown. No punts if a team does not score a touchdown the ball is turned over on downs. I would allow a field goal attempt but only if the ball has been advanced to the 20 yard line of the defending team. No overtime, ties are recognized in the standings as ties. I wouldn't have kickoffs I would start the ball on the 10 yard line.

I hope to see The Cleveland Gladiators return....

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The Arena Football League is coming back. It is another shocking rise for a sport that has suffered more peaks and valleys than the Rocky Mountains. That is, of course, if the peaks are a PS2 game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87naBPFWiAw) and coverage on ABC and the valleys are going bankrupt and letting KISS have carte blanche over branding a franchise.

Anyway, slated to begin play in April 2024, this is the umpteenth time someone has tried to make indoor football a thing in America. Unsurprisingly, the group behind the new AFL is dreaming big.

Anyone who has followed the history of arena football will be familiar with that fluffy marketing speak and over-the-top bravado. It’s two parts fantasy, one part hyperbole with a little disillusion sprinkled on top. The reality is that any fleeting success will be followed by a decline that has derailed all previous attempts to make the sport ‘bigger and better’ as Rossi claims.

This is the story of the many rises and falls of arena football. It's an unbelievable tale.

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This segment is from the weekly podcast: THIS WEEK IN THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL, EPISODE 299 from JUNE 6, 2023. You can find the podcast on many podcast platforms, including this very YouTube channel!

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With the Arena Football League announcing they will cease operations for all remaining teams, we take a look at how we got here.