GDAWG Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 The Arena Football League is apparently alive: http://www.atlanticcityafl.com/news/story/?id=1 Hopefully they get enough teams so we can have a Ted Leonsis Division and a Ron Jaworski Division. Updated as they now have added Columbus: https://www.arenafootball.com/article/columbusannouncement-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, GDAWG said: The Arena Football League is apparently alive: http://www.atlanticcityafl.com/news/story/?id=1 Hopefully they get enough teams so we can have a Ted Leonsis Division and a Ron Jaworski Division. Hopefully the anger towards the NFL over the officiating will draw people towards the AFL. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, neo_prankster said: Hopefully the anger towards the NFL over the officiating will draw people towards the AFL. Doubt it. What? Five franchises now? Three ownership groups or 2.5? This is now a Mid-Atlantic region league + Albany. Ted Leonsis is just using it as a loss leader for concessions and possibly gambling, but only in Capital One Arena, since the DC Lottery would handle everything outside the venues. This is a gambling league now...hoping people will pay admission to gamble Philly: Sports gambling across the street from the arena DC: Sports gambling is pending, but the bill has been passed NY: Also pending NJ: Already legal. MD:Legislature is looking at a loophole to get it done faster and w/o a state measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 46 minutes ago, neo_prankster said: Hopefully the anger towards the NFL over the officiating will draw people towards the AFL. Son, have you SEEN Arena League officiating even when it wasn't run out the back of Ted Leonsis' car? 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...
JackieMoon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I didn't know the league still existed. I thought it died back in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 With indoor leagues being regionally based nowadays I figured any future AFL expansion would be in the northeast. Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Atlantic City will be owned by Ron Jaworski. The Arena Bowl Trophy needs to be renamed the Jaworski-Leonsis Trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 The Predators are back in Orlando too...in the National Arena League https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-predators/os-sp-hs-orlando-predators-0117-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUNDERDOGS Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 They will literally have weeks to put up a roster squad of scrubs that won't be good at all. And where's the market? Drive for five..... Shots to my head With the Seats burning at Citi ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmccarthy27 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 14 hours ago, dfwabel said: Doubt it. What? Five franchises now? Three ownership groups or 2.5? This is now a Mid-Atlantic region league + Albany. Ted Leonsis is just using it as a loss leader for concessions and possibly gambling, but only in Capital One Arena, since the DC Lottery would handle everything outside the venues. This is a gambling league now...hoping people will pay admission to gamble Philly: Sports gambling across the street from the arena DC: Sports gambling is pending, but the bill has been passed NY: Also pending NJ: Already legal. MD:Legislature is looking at a loophole to get it done faster and w/o a state measure. Leonsis also has a streaming site that he is putting all the games on as well (https://www.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/) but still a loss leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Can't the AFL just merge with both the IFL and NAL already and get it over with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, JH42XCC said: Can't the AFL just merge with both the IFL and NAL already and get it over with? Jacksonville isn't returning to the AFL. Its financial instability was the reason Bouchy left for the NAL. Any more mergers will be more punitive for the sport than the current setup of essentially three "regional" leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, JH42XCC said: Can't the AFL just merge with both the IFL and NAL already and get it over with? I feel like the arena/indoor football structure is becoming more regional rather than nation wide. It probably helps on expenses too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Atlantic City Rollers...and it doesn't have to be a gambling-related identity either.From the Steel Pier Ferris wheel to the roller skaters on the Boardwalk to it being the inspiration for Monopoly all the way to South Jersey's famous pork roll, there are just SO many possibilities for branding, and the "Atlantic City Rollers" name fits them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUNDERDOGS Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 LMAO the AFL is going to be without a TV deal hahahahahah, that gambling plan worked so well didn't it, hahahahah Drive for five..... Shots to my head With the Seats burning at Citi ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Atlantic City Sweathogs in honor of the Rick Rude insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, NYUNDERDOGS said: LMAO the AFL is going to be without a TV deal hahahahahah, that gambling plan worked so well didn't it, hahahahah They have been purchasing national airtime for a few years now. This year, every game is to be streamed through an app from DraftKings with 12 games airing on Facebook. DraftKings, VSIN, and Sportradar are all new AFL partners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUNDERDOGS Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Just now, dfwabel said: They have been purchasing national airtime for a few years now. This year, every game is to be streamed through an app from DraftKings with 12 games airing on Facebook. DraftKings, VSIN, and Sportradar are all new AFL partners. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THE LEAGUE CANT EVEN AFFORD BUYING AIRTIME HAHAHAHAHAHAH (the Arenafan message boards is the saddest forum on the Internet) Drive for five..... Shots to my head With the Seats burning at Citi ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 I want the Arena Football League to have 32 teams, 16 owned by Ron Jaworski and 16 owned by Ted Leonsis so that can be an even bigger joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 8:17 PM, sohiosportsfreak said: I didn't know the league still existed. I thought it died back in 2009. It did. There will be no further discussion on this matter. *crosses arms* On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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