The second game was held on February 27, 1987, at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago with a budget of $20,000, quintuple the $4,000 for the test game. [75], In August 2012, Ganlan Media International received exclusive rights from the AFL to establish a new Chinese arena football league. [14], The 2016 season was known as the "Super Series". They were the sixth AFL team to leave for the IFL since the 2010 relaunch. Shandong defeated Hebei 46–42 to win the trophy and thus cementing the CAFL's plans for a 2015 launch. Jerry Kurz also stepped down as commissioner of the AFL as he was promoted to be the AFL's first president. The book details a journalist's two preseasons (1999 and 2000) as an offensive specialist/writer with the now-defunct Albany Firebirds. The Class B Industrial building was completed in 1984 and features a total of 278,020 Sqft. [25] The league held the 2017 CAFL Draft on July 10, 2017. [105], On July 21, 2016, league co-founder, former commissioner and president Jerry Kurz filed a class action lawsuit against Arena Football One, LLC, and his successor as commissioner, Scott Butera, for what was deemed "breach of contract" after his effective demotion and subsequent firing following the 2015 season. In addition to the historical teams, the league added two new expansion franchises, the Dallas Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks. [103] A pool of money was allotted to teams to aid in travel costs. [9] Each team played six games, two against each other team. AFL coaches and trainers traveled to China to help teach the rules of the sport to squads made up of Chinese and American players with the goal of starting an official Chinese arena league.[7]. [21][22] In 2016, all of the league's games were shown in China on iQiyi and in the United States on ONE World Sports. This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 01:30. [106], Average attendance for AFL games were around 10,000–11,000 per game in the 1990s, though during the recession connected to the dot-com bubble and the September 11 attacks average attendance dropped below 10,000 for several years. The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional indoor American football league in the United States. All kicks must be made by either, Passing: passing rules in arena football are the same as outdoor, Overtime: overtime periods are now 15 minutes during the regular season and the playoffs. Flagrant fouls involving non-football violent acts or flagrantly unsportsmanlike conduct result in immediate disqualification. 9/14/2020 [75] While the semifinals had two games for each pair of teams, the ArenaBowl was still one game.[76]. CBS would also air the ArenaBowl, marking the first time since 2008 that the league's finale aired on network television. It was founded in 1987, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) until the AFL closed in 2019. He presented the idea to a few friends at the NFL offices, where he received praise and encouragement for his concept. From the start of the 2004 season until the final season of the original league in 2008, average attendance was above 12,000, with 12,392 in 2007. This resulted from poor attendance. [11] The national media ran with the story, including a photo in USA Today. [52] There was also talk for franchises to return to San Antonio and St. Louis as well as a potential new team for Sacramento. [29] The lone exception was that of the Dallas Desperados; Desperados owner Jerry Jones had purposely designed the Desperados' properties around those of the Dallas Cowboys, making the two inseparable. It was the first time the AFL returned to Pittsburgh since the Pittsburgh Gladiators were an original franchise in 1987 before becoming the Tampa Bay Storm. By 1985, the USFL had ceased football operations and he began devoting all his time to arena football, and on April 27, 1986, his concept was realized when the test game was played. Six points for a touchdown. Ganlan Media has since dropped its corporate name and AFL Global, LLC, has become the sole rights-holder to the league which changed its name from AFL China to the CAFL. [67], On December 27, 2018, the AFL introduced a new set of logos to be used beginning with the 2019 season. [53] However, when the 2017 schedule was announced, there was no mention of any San Antonio, St. Louis, or Sacramento teams. On March 16, 2018, a new deal on a four-year CBA was reached, nearly doubling player compensation and granting expanded health insurance benefits. The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional indoor American football league in the United States. [61] The Albany Empire was confirmed October 24, with the team owned by Hearst Communications executive George Randolph Hearst III and sharing non-football management with the Philadelphia Soul. From its inception, the AFL operated in a state of semi-obscurity; many Americans had heard the term "arena football" but knew little to nothing about the league itself. [6] Foster appointed legendary Darrel "Mouse" Davis, godfather of the "run and shoot" and modern pro offenses, as executive director of football operations. The AFL played a proprietary code known as arena football, a form of indoor American football played on a 66-by-28 yard field (about a quarter of the surface area of an NFL field), with rules encouraging offensive performance, resulting in a faster-paced and higher-scoring game. The year 2000 brought heightened interest in the AFL. [17] Rumors began circulating that the league was in trouble and on the verge of folding, but owners denied those claims.

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