Big names at AF1 Press conference

[Caballo Diablo]

[quote=""preeths""]No doubt, start-ups are going to lose money.[/quote]
It's not uncommon for a business plan to expect losses for the first 3-5 years. It's takes paitence, committment, and lots of money to make it into the black. Many small business startups don't seem to understand this and panic if positve earnings aren't reached in year 1 & 2.

Although, I have heard rumors about a minor league football company being 100% profitable in year one and even returning dividends to every single franchise owner after their first season.

Miracles do happen if you keep the faith.

What would we all really prefer in our personal life? Being able to pretend we're part of a Major business and lose our life savings, or be a part of a percieved lesser company that returns a profit to our savings account?

This is where businessmen make decisons differently than homers.

[Bruiser]

[quote=""Caballo Diablo""]Was Ditka really one of the previous successful owners or just a minor investor to put a face the public knew in the commercials?

Possibly this could be a reason the real businessmen backed away from the league this year.[/quote]
Most definately Ditka was a hired gun - then AND now. His business is the marketing of his name, not risking his cash on suspect ventures.

And yes, it is VERY telling that the more successful owners (on and off the 50 yd field) want nothing to do with this arenaball equivalent of the other indoor leagues already out there.

[Indoorfootballguy]

[quote=""Bruiser""]Most definately Ditka was a hired gun - then AND now. His business is the marketing of his name, not risking his cash on suspect ventures.

And yes, it is VERY telling that the more successful owners (on and off the 50 yd field) want nothing to do with this arenaball equivalent of the other indoor leagues already out there.[/quote]

The Arena Football One is better than Equivalent to the other Indoor Football Leagues. They are better than the Indoor Football Leagues.

The IFL, AIFA, and the CIFL have a lot of problems. The Arena Football One does not have a lot of problems, but they may have problems in the future.

Are you going to go to the Chicago Rush's Arena Football One Games this season Bruiser? Or go to all the Chicago Slaughter Home Games and go to the Chicago Rush Home Games when the Chicago Slaughter are playing a long away game from Chicago?

[NatePreds05]

I am glad the re-branding is now as well. AFL is back under it's original founders (Gridiron). The old guard owners (who couldn't agree on squat), if they truly care about Arena Football and the franchises they once ran, will join the AFL in 2011.

Excited and looking forward to kickoff in April.

[indoor fan]

Interesting that the AFL logo is already up on the Cleveland Gladiator website.

[newiflfan]

[quote=""indoor fan""]Interesting that the AFL logo is already up on the Cleveland Gladiator website.[/quote]

Is it already up or was it never taken down?

[Bruiser]

[quote=""Indoorfootballguy""]The Arena Football One is better than Equivalent to the other Indoor Football Leagues. They are better than the Indoor Football Leagues.

The IFL, AIFA, and the CIFL have a lot of problems. The Arena Football One does not have a lot of problems, but they may have problems in the future.

Are you going to go to the Chicago Rush's Arena Football One Games this season Bruiser? Or go to all the Chicago Slaughter Home Games and go to the Chicago Rush Home Games when the Chicago Slaughter are playing a long away game from Chicago?[/quote]
The new AFL and her teams took on a lot of debt up front, in this unstable economy that's a pretty big problem from the get-go IMO. So are you saying by virtue of the new AFL not playing a game yet they get to claim they are the best? You can't be serious. It doesnt take a genius to see that the new AFL will catch up to, if not seriously surpass, the other indoor leagues in accumulating their fair share of assorted warts and pimples.

As for me, I'm still a card carrying season tix holder for the Slaughter so they have priority in 2010. The Rush and Cards will get a fair share of scrutiny though. Seems my weekends are to be quite busy from March thru August.

... and you?

[Indoorfootballguy]

Watch the Green Bay Blizzard and the Milwaukee Iron.