WideRight Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 16-14 Juice with fewer just over 2 hours left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalErnst Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, WideRight said: 16-14 Juice with fewer just over 2 hours left. Yep make it 15-15 I’m switching to snowbirds. @NativeSonXyou’re right too.. didn’t read it Quote THE Xtreme Fantasy Football League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Sorry @BengalErnst but your vote change came in after 5pm MT, so it is not valid. We have a winner, by split decision. Congratulations to the Orlando Juice on becoming the 8th and final club in the AAFL for the 2028 inaugural season. The Juice will play their home games at Exploria Park and will debut a uniform set that has a lot in common with the original NFL Buccaneers. Instead of Creamsicle orange and red, their look features two shades of Orange exclusively, making it one of the lighter uniform combos in pro sports. Here is the look, complete with a secondary logo that combines two meanings of the team name (reference to citrus fruit and to electrical power). And, of course, our completed map for the inaugural season with all 8 AAFL franchises appearing. My next post, which I expect will come out tomorrow, will give a quick summation of how Season 1 will go, then a push to reach 10 teams for the 2029 season. So, the voting is not done yet, and if your favorite city did not make the inaugural season, hope is not lost, we have a lot more teams left to select and designs to reveal. 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 The entire Juice set is phenomenal. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 One last 2028 Inaugural season item for you all. Here are each team's home jerseys (replicas available at AAFL.com/Shop, well, they will be by 2028. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomba Tomba Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 2 blue, 2 orange, 3 in varying shades of red See, this is why we need purple Or green Or black Or... teal? Quote If you read on the card you'll be cheating on your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, Bomba Tomba said: 2 blue, 2 orange, 3 in varying shades of red See, this is why we need purple Or green Or black Or... teal? Garun-damn-tee that we'll have the chance with expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shonn71 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 It would be really cool if the top of the helmets had an actual juicer carved into them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I do think the Orlando helmet could have the orange slice with a juice “sun ray” all the way around. Like the Dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Ready to move to expansion? Let's do this. With 8 teams in place the inaugural AAFL season kicks off in March of 2028. Opening week sees great numbers, both on TV and in the stands. By the end of the 12 week regular season, the TV ratings dipped a bit, but attendance continued to be strong. In fact, by season’s end, St. Louis moved their last 2 games to the Dome at America’s Center, where they drew close to 40,000 for their season finale. The league had set a goal of 18,000 average attendance and blew past that with a season ending average of 20,540, which included several sell outs in the smaller stadia. The Beer Snake was, of course, revived in DC, and while attendance did suffer for the final games of the two weakest teams in the league (Salt Lake and New Orleans), they were still overall very strong. The TV numbers were solid enough for all parties to be happy, and the Championship game was a highlight of the summer. In the title game, San Diego took on St. Louis in the Dome. St. Louis had won the right to host the title game when they were the league attendance leader after 10 weeks, as the league had announced before the season. Over 41,000 attended the finale between the Rampage and the Destroyers, and it scored a higher viewership than all major Spring events except the final weekend of March Madness and the 7th game of the NBA Championship. San Diego took an early lead in the game, but the Rampage stormed back in the 2nd half and took the title 31-28 on a game-winning field goal in the final minute. The league was very happy, the networks ecstatic with the finale, and advertisers ready to jump on board. As the league prepared for 2029’s second season, they worked with Amazon Prime, and ABC/ESPN to renegotiate their contracts for their second year. The networks agreed, but on one condition, the league had to expand to 10 teams, and of the two new cities, one had to be a Top 12 MSA market and the other a Top 35 market. That was well within the plans the AAFL had, so they were happy to oblige, and plans were put in place to have a 10-team 2nd season with expansion of one team in each of the two divisions, moving to a 14 game season with each team playing their division rivals twice, and playing one inter-division rival twice, with the rest of the interdivision matchups being one game. We begin our expansion planning by looking at the Top 12 markets available and deciding which city will join the league next. Once we have that team, we will look at the Top 35 markets available for the other division. It is possible that St. Louis or New Orleans could jump divisions depending on the market chosen in this first round. So, here goes, the viable Top 12 markets: NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY (1)—To play at Red Bull Arena (25,189) in Harrison, NJ LOS ANGELES (2) – To play at Dignity Health Park (27,000) in Carson, CA CHICAGO (3) – To play at Seatgeek Stadium (20,000) in Bridgeview, IL DALLAS (4) – To play at Choctaw Stadium (48,114) in Arlington, TX ATLANTA (9) – To play at Georgia State Stadium (24,333) in Atlanta, GA MiAMI (9) – To play at FIU Stadium (23,500) in Miami, FL BOSTON (11) – To play at Harvard Stadium (30,232) in Allston, MA As you make your choice, consider weather (cold/snow/rain in early season in the north, heat in south in late season), think about sports culture and fan support, think about media presence and attention, even stadium quality. It all comes into play. And, just to clarify on the impact of this vote, it could impact either St. Louis or New Orleans in 2029. If LA or Dallas is chosen, then the 10th team will be in the Eastern Division and will be limited to cities east of the Mississippi. If Chicago is chosen, then the 10th team will come from West of the Mississippi and will be in the Western Division. However, if any of the other Eastern teams are chosen, then either St. Louis or New Orleans could be relocated to the West, which means that the 10th team could be from the full pool of Top markets remaining. If the eventual 10th city is East of the Mississippi, then St. Louis or New Orleans move to the Western Division In that scenario, St. Louis would move unless the 10th team is a strong rival like Chicago. If the tenth city is East is Chicago, then New Orleans moves to the West in place of St. Louis, since New Orleans's closest rival city would be Houston, a Western team. Voting starts now, goes for 2 days or until a city has a clear advantage (4 votes with a total of 15 cast in total, as we have done for the last several votes.) Cast your vote, and make your case why your choice is the best choice. Time to add City #9. If the vote goes quickly, I can say that I have 4 identities in place for all of these city options, so it can move quickly to the ID vote if we have a clear winner, but, that said, I do expect some debate as all of these cities have reasons to support them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Boston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalErnst Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Chicago Quote THE Xtreme Fantasy Football League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobbesTHero Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Miami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WideRight Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 And just in case it makes a difference and will spur some discussion, here are the 4 helmet color options for each city; NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY: 1- bright royal blue, 2- black 3-forest green 4- white LOS ANGELES: 1-metallic green-silver, 2-black, 3-light purple, 4-black CHICAGO: 1-silver, 2-medium grey, 3-kelly green, 4-charcoal DALLAS: 1-red, 2-silver, 3-copper, 4-metallic gold ATLANTA: 1-metallic gold, 2-silver, 3-white, 4-white MiAMI: 1-orange, 2-white, 3-black, 4-teal BOSTON: 1-kelly green, 2-teal, 3-white, 4-black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM14 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Boston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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heavybass Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Crocs... I mean Miami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PERRIN Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Boston. I'm quite intrigued by the ideas you mentioned earlier. Quote Perrin Grubb | Aspiring Designer | NAFA Project ~ NFL Redesigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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