taltmansport
09-27-2006, 12:50 PM
All American Football League
So what do you guys think of this new league? It's not trying to be an alternative to the NFL, but is wanting to be spring football entertainment in regions where there is no pro football and where there's not much else to do but thaw out or go fishing. This would give players who need to develop before being good enough for the NFL to do so also. They're going to pay more than any other non-NFL league, at $100,000, so it would seem to me that all the best non-NFL players in the CFL, the NFL-E and Arena FB would give this league its undivided attention. The games would be played in some of the most storied college stadiums. And best of all, the prices would be family friendly. Florida, Florida St., Alabama, Texas, Purdue, NC St., Tennessee are signed up. Teams would use the colors of the school's team and their cheerleaders and bands for a college atmosphere.
They're looking for franchise owners, so here's a chance to become a team mogul. If you're a fan or booster of the 7 schools you might want to contact the league. Here's their site... pretty cool too:
http://www.allamericanfootballleague.com/
New football league to play in college venues
FOXSports.com
A group of college officials headed by former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey is unveiling plans in New York for a new spring minor football league, according to a report in USA Today.
The newspaper also points out an interesting twist — the eight teams will use colleges as their "bases" and feature players from those schools and their affiliated conferences and surrounding regions.
The teams will play their games in the schools' facilities or in bowl stadiums. All 44-48 players per team must have graduated from college and exhausted their college eligibility.
"When you look at some of the minor leagues that failed, this is a different model," said Dempsey, chairman of the All American Football League's managing board. "I think it'll have a lot of interest from a fan standpoint."
When the league begins play in 2007, each team will likely play a 14-game schedule from the second week of April through the end of June.
Dempsey declined to say which schools would be affiliated — only that they will be tied to the Big Ten, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences.
USA Today says the AAFL will start stocking rosters after the NFL's April draft. Players, who'll be employed by the league, will earn about $100,000.
What's more, affiliated schools will receive $3 million in stadium rent and would be permitted to keep revenue from parking and concessions.
It is an arrangement Dempsey reportedly says could earn schools up to $5 million at a time when their facilities go primarily unused.
So what do you guys think of this new league? It's not trying to be an alternative to the NFL, but is wanting to be spring football entertainment in regions where there is no pro football and where there's not much else to do but thaw out or go fishing. This would give players who need to develop before being good enough for the NFL to do so also. They're going to pay more than any other non-NFL league, at $100,000, so it would seem to me that all the best non-NFL players in the CFL, the NFL-E and Arena FB would give this league its undivided attention. The games would be played in some of the most storied college stadiums. And best of all, the prices would be family friendly. Florida, Florida St., Alabama, Texas, Purdue, NC St., Tennessee are signed up. Teams would use the colors of the school's team and their cheerleaders and bands for a college atmosphere.
They're looking for franchise owners, so here's a chance to become a team mogul. If you're a fan or booster of the 7 schools you might want to contact the league. Here's their site... pretty cool too:
http://www.allamericanfootballleague.com/
New football league to play in college venues
FOXSports.com
A group of college officials headed by former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey is unveiling plans in New York for a new spring minor football league, according to a report in USA Today.
The newspaper also points out an interesting twist — the eight teams will use colleges as their "bases" and feature players from those schools and their affiliated conferences and surrounding regions.
The teams will play their games in the schools' facilities or in bowl stadiums. All 44-48 players per team must have graduated from college and exhausted their college eligibility.
"When you look at some of the minor leagues that failed, this is a different model," said Dempsey, chairman of the All American Football League's managing board. "I think it'll have a lot of interest from a fan standpoint."
When the league begins play in 2007, each team will likely play a 14-game schedule from the second week of April through the end of June.
Dempsey declined to say which schools would be affiliated — only that they will be tied to the Big Ten, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences.
USA Today says the AAFL will start stocking rosters after the NFL's April draft. Players, who'll be employed by the league, will earn about $100,000.
What's more, affiliated schools will receive $3 million in stadium rent and would be permitted to keep revenue from parking and concessions.
It is an arrangement Dempsey reportedly says could earn schools up to $5 million at a time when their facilities go primarily unused.