rams80 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Maybe if Arena gives NY another try I may watch again but til then...New York Knights, New York Cityhawks, New Jersery Red Dogs/Gladiators, and the New York Dragons. Yeah, not a real run of success there. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Maybe if Arena gives NY another try I may watch again but til then...New York Knights, New York Cityhawks, New Jersery Red Dogs/Gladiators, and the New York Dragons.Yeah, not a real run of success there.The Dragons were a real weird case. They were very popular here on Long Island and was one of the league's top draws, but then they folded after the lockout. I know they were going to have new owners the season that ended up cancelled, but it was still strange that they went from a success story to ceasing to exist just like that. Twitter: @RyanMcD29 // College Crosse: Where I write, chat, and infograph lacrosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrano123 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Not sure if this has been posted today. But the Voodoo and Outlaws are no longer in operation and thus have forfeited their playoff spots, leaving the Portland thunder, a 5-13 team, to take the fourth seed in the playoffs..... This is getting ridiculous.... http://m.arenafootball.com/m/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/080915aad.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubsfan2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not sure if this has been posted today. But the Voodoo and Outlaws are no longer in operation and thus have forfeited their playoff spots, leaving the Portland thunder, a 5-13 team, to take the fourth seed in the playoffs..... This is getting ridiculous....http://m.arenafootball.com/m/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/080915aad.htmlIt's dead. The AFL will need another tombstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Doesn't help when one of the more "stable" franchises cannot host ArenaBowl as the circus is in town.http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/article17906714.htmlInterestingly, that's happened to the National Lacrosse League twice in the past few years - the Rochester Knighthawks in 2007, and the Washington Stealth in 2013, had to move the Champion's Cup Final because their arena was already booked for that weekend - in both cases, also with a circus. In the Stealth's case, the arena they chose (Langley Events Center outside Vancouver) ended up becoming the team's permanent new home.It would be morbidly funny if Arena Football ended up being outlasted by the freaking NLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 OK, since the league owns the Outlaws at that time, wouldn't make sense to just pay the players and let them basically get their asses handed to them by San Jose?It seems very amateur of the Arena League to say 'Congrats, you made the playoffs... oh, wait... we're broke. We have to take away your playoff berth. Sorry Las Vegas.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Doesn't help when one of the more "stable" franchises cannot host ArenaBowl as the circus is in town.http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/article17906714.htmlInterestingly, that's happened to the National Lacrosse League twice in the past few years - the Rochester Knighthawks in 2007, and the Washington Stealth in 2013, had to move the Champion's Cup Final because their arena was already booked for that weekend - in both cases, also with a circus. In the Stealth's case, the arena they chose (Langley Events Center outside Vancouver) ended up becoming the team's permanent new home.It would be morbidly funny if Arena Football ended up being outlasted by the freaking NLL.It's happened to the Atlanta Dream a couple times...having to play WNBA playoff games, including the WNBA Finals, at a different arena because of the arena already being booked for something else (which, whether it's the circus or Disney on Ice, is called "your secondary league makes peanuts compared to these events"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave721 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Rumors are circulating that we may see both the Spokane Shock and Portland Thunder head to the IFL.The ship is sinking quickly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp91 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I am calling for a reorganization on the top people in the Arena Football League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I am calling for a reorganization on the top people in the Arena Football LeagueAt this point, wouldn't that be like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubsfan2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 RIP AFL jr2009-2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Tank, it turns out that financing a league with artificially inflated expansion fees is not actually a long term solution.What's that now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I am calling for a reorganization on the top people in the Arena Football League"Welp, guys. nickp91 on the CCSLC called for it. I guess we have to do it now." Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Rumors are circulating that we may see both the Spokane Shock and Portland Thunder head to the IFL.The ship is sinking quickly...Wouldn't shock me. Iowa left the Arena League for the IFL largely because the travel was far cheaper (in the Arena League, the farthest Iowa had to go was Spokane or Portland to the west and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to the east. In the IFL, the farthest Iowa would have to go is to the Tri-Cities in Washington to the west, Wichita Falls, Texas to the south and Green Bay to the east) and the competition is more to their level.It wouldn't shock me if Spokane and Portland did jump to the IFL. It seems like a more viable option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Rumors are circulating that we may see both the Spokane Shock and Portland Thunder head to the IFL.The ship is sinking quickly...In regards to Spokane, it's not a rumor as their owner has talked about it.http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2015/aug/10/shock-weighing-options-future-league-affiliation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Tank, it turns out that financing a league with artificially inflated expansion fees is not actually a long term solution.What's that now?Yeah see ultimately though MLS has something that the AFL doesn't have... their own venues and all the revenue controls that come with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Tank, it turns out that financing a league with artificially inflated expansion fees is not actually a long term solution. What's that now? Yeah see ultimately though MLS has something that the AFL doesn't have... their own venues and all the revenue controls that come with that.And crowd numbers that are increasing each year rather than decreasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Lighten up, it's a expansion fee joke, nothing to do with the AFL vs MLS.Guess I forgot the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Lighten up, it's a expansion fee joke, nothing to do with the AFL vs MLS.Guess I forgot the While both file with the IRS as single entity, the AFL has teams which clearly pay players under the table since there is no true DP rule, there is no rule. Teams spend $$$ to make the playoffs then get their ROI from the playoffs since the league is responsible for the games.Some Las Vegas details just tell you the day-to-day issues of such "professional" teams who work with a small staff and interns who get burned most.http://m.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ed-graney/may-eulogy-be-the-last-las-vegas-arena-football-teamshttp://m.reviewjournal.com/sports/outlaws/outlaws-sad-saga-adds-arena-footballs-failed-las-vegas-historyAnd even old a$$ Robin Leach chimed in regarding Vince Neil:http://m.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/aug/10/vince-neil-clears-air-las-vegas-outlaws-ouster-pla/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Funny how the first article seems to think the NHL is already a given. This isn't the first time a team looked guaranteed to go to Vegas. It's also sad that it came down to coaches picking up ice for practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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