garydavison Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Are these guys serious? Allready 20 teams and a 2016 launch? Smells like BS to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 What are you talking about? How about a link or source? Or at least tell me what AFL it is... Aussie? Arena? American? I have no idea what you are talking about. Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavison Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 http://www.afl-football.net/#!teams/c60zsorry forgot the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Is this for real or is it someone's fantasy football league? Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Looks like something made up to me, but apparently they already tried in 2011 and failed. I don't see this going anywhere. Who the hell is Joe Faber and what the hell is 4-DTV? Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavison Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Looks like something made up to me, but apparently they already tried in 2011 and failed. I don't see this going anywhere. Who the hell is Joe Faber and what the hell is 4-DTV?Exactly. We've seen so many ''new spring leagues'' pop up but to see one with so many teams allready on board seems very unrealsitic. And yeah what the hell is 4DTV? Also head on in the fall against the NFL? Not sure if serious. The spring is the way to go for any new league... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norva Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 This has been around a few years.Suffice to say, the only place where this league is real is in Joe Faber's head.But yeah, this guy thinks he can take on the NFL with his imaginary league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Does the NFL not own the rights to the name American Football League? Figured they would have nipped that issue in the butt back when the merger happened. Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavison Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Does the NFL not own the rights to the name American Football League? Figured they would have nipped that issue in the butt back when the merger happened. I would not be surprised if they did not retain those rights. Heck the NHL never retained the WHA naming rights after the merger and this allowed for a new WHA (that never played a game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysleraspen08 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I find it kind of funny that they already have the Inaugural game scheduled 2 years in advance, considering they could wait until a week before the game to schedule the game and likely have the same attendance result. As for 4-DTV, I did a quick google search and found out that it is an internet channel. All I found for it was a Facebook page with only 75 likes (even less than the league itself). Sporting Venue Count (for games): OHL: 19 (28 Total)- 770 games (after 18-19), MLB: 13 (15 Total), NHL: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Does the NFL not own the rights to the name American Football League? Figured they would have nipped that issue in the butt back when the merger happened. I would not be surprised if they did not retain those rights. Heck the NHL never retained the WHA naming rights after the merger and this allowed for a new WHA (that never played a game)Quick search on uspto.gov brought up this: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4810%3Ao3n9an.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=American+Football+League&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+QueryGo to the bottom two. Says it's still alive. Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS729 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The Birmingham Yellowhammers are my new favorites. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRicSlick Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nothing says professional like stock photo's of football players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Peoria Pirates? I call bs, were they not a AF2 franchise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOppenheimer Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 This seems legit. Noah Oppenheimerbaseballonly on OOTP ForumsPhillies GM in Max Modern BaseballMMB Phillies Blog--League BlogIronPigs GM in Continental Baseball League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperThin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The Louisville Tanks logo is 'impressive', the tank is solid green with no detail or anything, and the uniforms are even better with the camo!!!You gotta love the Chicago Bruisers logo, looks like it took 5 minutes!!!The Utah Mustangs descripton is super impressive, you gotta check it out!But seriously, this cant be legit, and if it was, I'd be horrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norva Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Peoria Pirates? I call bs, were they not a AF2 franchise?Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Peoria Pirates? I call bs, were they not a AF2 franchise?Yep.That's they're older (or newer? I'm not sure) logo on the website as well. Possibly the same ownership group, or someone in the old ownership group?EDIT: Just read on the website that the name and identity are owned by the city of Peoria, IL. Sounds like they're trying to make them the Packers of this "league".In fact I know Chicago Bruisers and Providence Steamroller(former NFL team as well) were old Arena teams, and I think Milwaukee Machine is a recycled name too.And I'm not sure if Jerry Jones would let the Dallas Marshalls use that star logo on their helmet. Didn't they sue the Desperados over their logo? Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Accidentally quoted myself instead of hitting edit... oops. But I'll take this oops opportunity to say what a horrible idea to have a team in Chicago, St. Louis, and then Peoria. They really expect to draw 1 million fans from driving from around the area when there's teams right down the road in both directions? I'm starting to think this whole thing is a big stinky pile of BS. Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavison Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 This almost makes me want to start my own fictional league website and act like if it's real just to see the attention it would get. I'll start the Canadian Arena Football League lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.