ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS GIVING ANSWERS...AND MORE QUESTIONS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ย. 2023
- Randy and Adam Snow from THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL catch up with the developments of the relaunching Arena Football League, set to return in 2024. The 16 teams set to play are confirmed. Team schedules are announced. And many baffling decisions have left us (and others) scratching our heads.
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Yeah AFL just doesn't have the kind of fans (or a large enough fanbase) to do a neutral site Championship, they'll draw 1-2k fans compared to somewhere like Albany where there would probably be 10k for a Firebirds home championship game.
Fully agree, they need to stop making promises when things aren’t guaranteed. Makes it hard to trust a league that already has a trust issue riddled past. It may be new but it carries the name
Also, as bad as I want the Sabercats back, don’t want them to come back in a league that’s unstable from the get go. Time will tell. Thankfully San Jose has the Panthers for the foreseeable future
I wonder if this league will get off of the ground. Seems to be put together with duck tape.
Time will tell.
The Philadelphia Soul being a travel only team is a disgrace especially they’re the most well known franchise from the 2000s
Well, we’ll see what happens. Hopefully they aren’t really a travel team.
IMO I think one of the biggest problems with the new Arena League, is trying to be too big, too fast. It would have been smarter to have a goal of 8-10 teams, especially with only planning on playing a 10 game schedule.
Agree with that!
I was a long time fan of the Orlando Predators when they existed from 1991-2016....we won 2 arena bowls (1998 &.2000). The town supported the team well until the league folded. The Predator fans were those who couldn't afford Magic tickets, but loved sports. The team called home The Jungle....and the team came out to the Guns N Roses song Welcome to the Jungle...it was so much fun and quite rowdy. The team made the playoffs 23 times and was one of the most stable ones in the league....as other teams came and went in the league. I hope there will be some stability, but that's hard to believe when so many teams are in very small cities...not sure they can afford travel costs with such small markets. I wish them well.
There are so many questions and red flags. We want it to succeed, but legitimate criticism is warranted. It’s the AFL for crying out loud. They need to be better.
Great content! Subbed.
Much appreciated 🙏🏻
Hi fellas. Great channel. Long time AFL fan. First Arena game I went to was Arena Bowl 90. I couldn't tell you how many Detroit Drive games I went to. Followed the leagues the last few years, but now I'm really getting back into it. I will say the one franchise that worries me about the new AFL is Wichita. I started watching old games of the teams still going and I came away unimpressed with them. Great name and logo, but if they run that product out on NFL Network, it's not going to look good. This is an odd configuration. Most all of the well known franchises are east of the Mississippi. It feels like they bit off too much too soon. Especially with how well the IFL is doing. Saddens me that the IFL didn't get the NFL Network deal. Stable and strong ownership, I would love it if Detroit got a franchise with them. Thanks for the content.
Thanks for checking us out! Hope to keep hearing from ya! And we’d definitely be down for a Detroit team at some point (but really we want Grand Rapids back lol)
Greetings from Grand Rapids! With the AFL still being a going concern, I really want the Rampage to make a comeback.
You and us too!
Really pissed we didn't get the Baltimore Brigade back
Yeah, I'm with Adam. I'm excited for AFL, but I'm also irritated
I agree with Adam about the playoffs!
He’s glad someone feels like he does!
Can’t wait to attend West Texas Desert Hawks game!!
Outstanding Family great job.
Much appreciated
How about the Philadelphia Soul with only away games. They have no home games because they have no place to play at this time I checked out various sites and no mention of the Soul playing in Wells Fargo Arena, only Philly venue that can hold an AFL team.
Well, the league and team insists that there is more news coming in that regard. So we shall see.
@@theworldoffootball With no disrespect to Mickey Mouse, so far it seems to be a Mickey Mouse organization. I hope I am wrong.
They have the Liacouras Center at Temple University, or the Allentown town PPL Center worse case scenario.
@@charleswebsterjr.6350 will a regulation arena league field fit into Liacouras including the end zones? Also adequate parking.
Happy the MN team panned out
Love the content, busy time for fans of leagues besides the nfl
Busy indeed!
according to fox and fox sports 1 are the new media partners, which is pretty big for such a small league
Haven’t seen or heard that yet. Would be pretty great.
The is only one sports team that can be called the Force- the Cleveland Force! :)
Never heard of them!
Did they not announce who they’d stream the games or tv partner they’ll show the game??
Pretty sure that’s still coming. Nothing official has been made public yet.
I read online just recently that the NFL Network will be airing some of these games
Hate to say it, but a lot of the choices being made, and things being said come off as super bushleague and are providing the ingredients for AFL to be D.O.A. We shall see, but my optimism is waning fast
THEE best football coverage on God's green earth bar none
Well now you’re just making us blush!
Big emphasis on "Hopefully" AFL gonna kickoff as planned. At this point their goal is to keep to promises, they already made publically.
I wonder why the arena football league didn’t bring in the Carolina cobras 🐍
Who knows. Could be a multitude of reasons.
Will the relaunched Arena Football League sign a new media rights deal with The CW, TNT, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV+ beginning in 2024?
We have heard whispers about Amazon and NFL network…but we’re waiting for official confirmation.
@@theworldoffootball We shall see.
I have kind of mixed feelings regarding the neutral site playoffs. On one hand, I can understand the decision because it could be extremely difficult for the team to book the venue last minute, especially for an upstart league. At the same time, it screws over the fans and there's no way they'll get the same level of attendance as if they had the games at one of the teams' sites.
As far as the Rattlers making the jump, I never believed that would actually happen. The IFL is currently the longest running and most stable alternative football league in the country. No team is going to willingly leave it for an upstart league.
Really, I think they need to stop looking to expand in 2025, and focus on making what they have stable. One of the biggest issues that has plagued the AFL every season it's existed is a lack of stability. They never had two seasons in a row where the teams were the same. There was always a new team joining, a team moving, or a team folding. They need to stop worrying about expanding, and focus on making what they've got last.
Very solid points.
No Houston, Austin or Frisco TX teams? bummer
No Cleveland?????
They need to bring back the Chicago rush St. Louis Milwaukee Detroit Pittsburgh Toronto Denver Los angeles
The Chicago rush will be playing in (2025)🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
NO TAMPA BAY STORM!!!! STOP IT !!
Or ESPN cause the AFL had history with them
Maybe. They’ve had history with a lot of networks.
The Arena bowl is understandable but not the playoffs that makes no sense
Right?!
Wikipedia page list Chicago and a Arizona team for 2025
Yup.
The “press conference” was kind of a sh*t show if ya asked me …idk imo the AFL is off to a rocky start
Lots of people feel like you do.
hope they get rid of natural sites games, no one is going to see a minor league team from a different city plays, best would be in a home city
They aren’t backing down from it, at least for their first season back.
I could've sworn they said st louis was getting a team but I guess not. Seems like this league announces things before theyre ready to
Yup. They did say that.