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"Once again, the Arena League is on the cutting edge of sport with its newest innovation—football played on an outdoor field with a natural grass surface," said Baker.

I haven't heard that rumor before. But I knew it was fake immediately because Rod Smart was on the Carolina Panthers roster when they went to the Super Bowl in 2003. And the same Rod Smart attended Western Kentucky, so it is the same guy.

Cory McKinney was picked two spots ahead of He Hate Me!

I think this was more of a desperation move by the Florida Knights rather than the APFL. The APFL will more than likely have a few teams fold if they repeat their past mistakes. If they do complete a season without teams folding or schedules changing, then things may be turning around for the APFL.

[quote=""exit322""]Yeah...I don't think Wyoming's going to be real interested in traveling 2000ish miles for a game that doesn't count. In fact, I'm almost certain the team's never made a road trip that long before.[/quote] Except for when they made the road trip to Fayetteville ...

1) Montgomery Folded (M & M Brothers Team) Only 250 fan/game? The league is better off without them. 2) Erie Folded That's been rumored for a long time. I've heard the owner was cheap, so another team they are better off without. 3) Johnstown Folded Not exactly. On hiatus, and they probably won'...

[quote=""indoor fan""]I guess the NIFL does not look so bad afterall.[/quote] Not exactly the same thing. The teams in the WIFL all decided to go in a different direction, and all of the teams in the NIFL either folded or didn't exist in the first place. Any stable teams that wer...

If the WIFL is done, than I would hope Columbus would join the AIFA. But I don't think the WIFL will fold. Daytona was a big part of starting up the league, but they were not "the league". This is just another case of an owner joining the af2 with the thought that maybe they will be able t...

I believe it was more around the middle of last year that it became official(though the new owners were around from the preseason). Maybe they already had guys lined up from the near beginning, but I know that the Thunder owners did help out with starting the team up while more local investors got i...

[quote=""50 Yard Fan""]Are you sure that is the Mexican league or is it the NEW NIFL? Just a thought here Since most of us here are big indoor football fans and we see that CS and CG are pulling this stuff, couldn't we as a group at least keep the wikipedia and other pages like t...