Football league signs Legion Field lease
Thursday, October 19, 2006
WILLIAM C. SINGLETON III
News staff writer
The Birmingham Park and Recreation Board Wednesday approved a stadium-use agreement for a football franchise to use Legion Field in the spring.
The All American Football League hopes to start a new spring league in April 2007. The league will require players to have graduated from college and will be built around college fan bases.
About five to seven home games would be played at Legion Field, said Melvin Miller, director of Birmingham Park and Recreation.
The agreement would be for five years. Miller said the park officials have been negotiating with the league for eight months. The league is trying to secure eight locations to host football games.
"We're moving ahead and hopefully they'll start their season in 2007," he said.
The AAFL would be just the latest outdoor professional football league to make a stop in Birmingham. Past leagues were the World Football League, World League of American Football, United States Football League, North American Football League, Canadian Football League and XFL.
AAFL signs lease with Birmingham Legion Field
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...still no ESPN stories
I remember ESPN being all over the USFL's coverage during its early stages with pictures/diagrams of the teams uniforms etc.
I'm an avid viewer of ESPN. Haven't seen anything mentioned about this league so far as of October, 27, 2006 and I find that odd.
League still hasn't had 8 locations determined. Spring of 2007 is how far away? Postponed season is forthcoming?
I'm certainly for this league and intend to watch their games, but I question maybe the idea of this league carrying thru on its wishes is more like Amway than Microsoft...err, I mean MacIntosh?
I'm an avid viewer of ESPN. Haven't seen anything mentioned about this league so far as of October, 27, 2006 and I find that odd.
League still hasn't had 8 locations determined. Spring of 2007 is how far away? Postponed season is forthcoming?
I'm certainly for this league and intend to watch their games, but I question maybe the idea of this league carrying thru on its wishes is more like Amway than Microsoft...err, I mean MacIntosh?
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If you don't let the people with the money know you prefer the NIFL game system, you won't see any stable leagues copying the NIFL game system for your enjoyment!
Speak up!
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Speak up!
Marshal! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbIlQYR1Qs LAAAAAWWWWWW!!!!
It could also be because ESPN has the NFL MNF package now.
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Ever hear of not biting the hand that feeds you?
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This league (NIFL) is like a frickin' cockroach. You could throw a nuclear bomb at it and it would still survive
-tony-o
So I'd rather spend a quarter of an ABA franchise to repair my car, as opposed to spending a franchise and a half to get a new car that might have some planned obsolescence that causes it to break down 5 days after the end of the warranty period.
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Accused of being a Cyber Terrorist by Joe Newman.
This league (NIFL) is like a frickin' cockroach. You could throw a nuclear bomb at it and it would still survive
-tony-o
So I'd rather spend a quarter of an ABA franchise to repair my car, as opposed to spending a franchise and a half to get a new car that might have some planned obsolescence that causes it to break down 5 days after the end of the warranty period.
-Chuck the Writer
Agreed
In the days of the USFL, it and ESPN had a lot in common. Both were trying to gain a foothold and faced a decent amount of competition. Now, ESPN is a near-monopoly, and the NFL is a total monopoly. No way will an NFL competitor get coverage on ESPN.
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Not to mention the NFL now has a foothold on all the major networks, even getting on the Fox regional stations will be hard. Yes, the NFL WAS guilty of antitrust violations against the USFL, but in this case, no network is going to go out of it's way to put in football, even if not in competition with the NFL. No collusion is necessary, the NFL doesn't HAVE to say a work for the networks not to want anyone else anyway.
Then you have other channels like "Versus." God. I'd much rather see McMahon bring back the XFL an put it solely on SciFi and CW.
The rentals I'm hearing on those stadiums are absurd given there's no way they'll fill 10% of the seats after 2 weeks.
Then you have other channels like "Versus." God. I'd much rather see McMahon bring back the XFL an put it solely on SciFi and CW.
The rentals I'm hearing on those stadiums are absurd given there's no way they'll fill 10% of the seats after 2 weeks.
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