After the AFL folded just a year ago, another entity is going to take a crack at arena football. The new league will be called Arena Football One and will debut in April of this year.
All of the assets were bought from the old AFL for a reported $6.1 million. That number seems high for a league that got little attention, but we're talking about an entire league and when you think about it that way it actually seems pretty cheap.
The team names, logos, and records will all transfer over to the new league.
I was sad to see the league go because it satisfied my hunger for football just enough to get me to the NFL season in August. However, sometimes the quality of play was very sloppy and not so exciting.
I'm very skeptical about how Arena Football One is going to any more successful than the AFL was over the years.
Now it's unfair to say that the AFL was a total failure because the league was around for over 20 years in a country that is ruled by the NFL.
This new league will feature 15 teams and four divisions with team spanning from Chicago to Spokane, Washington. It's great to get some of the smaller markets involved that don't get the opportunity to get teams from the major sports leagues.
It's baffling me a little bit as to why you would put a team in Jacksonville? We're talking about a city that can't even sell out their NFL team's games much less an arena football team.
Time will tell soon enough whether this league will do any better than the previous league. As a sports fan I'm definitely pulling for Arena Football One because you can never have too many sports out there.
Conference Alignment
American Conference: Alabama, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Shreveport, Dallas, Okla. City, and Tulsa.
Northern Conference: Chicago, Cleveland, Iowa, Milwaukee, Arizona, Spokane, and Utah.
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