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[quote=""tops804""]Nope: Dan Gilbert. Founder of Quicken Loans. Owns the Gladiators, Cavaliers, (AHL) Monsters and pretty much runs Quicken Loans arena. Not to mention being chairman of one of Cleveland's first casinos and owner of the D-League Canton Charge. The Gund Brothers sh...

[quote=""jbjfootball""]Word is out that the league has taken over New Orleans and now Orlando. What is going on here? Or at least they are paying part of the bills for one of these teams. Can any one verify if this is true. Also word is that our man Jerry is out @ end of the yr. ...

[quote=""cRUSHer""]hey, isn't Tulsa, the place where the new & unproved afl, is headquartered ? makes it even better. File under Defunct deuche teams of the all new afl. Subsection "what ever happend to" RIP Tulsa Talons. It was a darn good run sorry dudes, (if ther...

[quote=""Caballo Diablo""]The last time I saw Robert was when I picked him up at the Lake Charles airport for the inaugural SIFL Championship game vs the Swashbucklers. He rode the team bus back to Austin with us and then I took him to the Austin airport to catch a flight back to...

[quote=""Trish_lvs_Baltimore""]By now, I would've thought that the N. Kentucky RiverMonsters jump ship the CIFL by now. What's the holdup? Does this franchise still exist?[/quote] RiverMonsters ownership has to find a new venue to play in as the UIFL kicked them out of their aren...

[quote=""jerry101jlh""]Logo's I understand, but has long been known names not regarded the same in branding as logos. Without comparing is the Laredo logo close to or exactly the same as the Arizona club?[/quote] Laredo's logo and color scheme was very close to Arizona's. That is...

[quote=""gatek99""]Don't the Tarpons play in the better arena too?[/quote]

Yes the Tarpons are going to play at Germain Arena.

[quote=""jerry101jlh""]and the cost for all this is???????????????????????????? Nobody will argue the old af2 model maybe the best, but most agree also too expensive for most at this level.[/quote] I never said it was perfect, but it beats all the current and past indoor league m...

[quote=""RevolutionX""]Is this funded through league dues? I would think and it keeps "hobby owners" from defaulting on this. Now can this be modified to work with smaller teams. I think the major problem is the insurance and pay. What do any of these league provide for...

[quote=""gatek99""]where is the league supposed to get all that money? The teams have to pay the league that money upfront before the season?[/quote] From what I understand the teams pay the money upfront. Like I said, high costs in the beginning but then the whole season owners ...