Subj : Arena Football
To   : All
From : Ed Grinnell
Date : Wed Dec 27 2000 06:22 am

* Crossposted in SPORTS
* Crossposted in NFL

*IF* you are into Arena-type football, you're going to love this year. Not only 
will there be an AFL and AF2, there will be an IPFL, AIFL and NIFL.

AF2 plans on having 72 teams in a few years and I think that some of these 
teams are going to be former IPFL and IFL teams that don't want to wait a year 
or two to be accepted into AF2 (The Lousiana team jumped from the IPFL to the 
NIFL). The AIFL appears to be west coast teams and they may end up forming the 
western portion of AF2. I could be wrong but it seems logical. Certainly the 
IFPL is hanging on by a thread and I expect that they will eventually move into 
the AF2 fold (The IPFL has been in existence since 1998, however; they've lost 
AT LEAST 3 teams to other leagues and a couple of others have folded). The IFL 
was in better shape and was probably headed toward the concept of the NIFL 
(Most, if not all games, will be played within hours of each other. The league 
will have 30-36 teams but they won't be traveling all over the place as is the 
case with the AFL and AF2) when they sold themselves to the AF2.

Thoughts?

--- TrekEd 1.00
 * Origin: Does your Big Unit have a Big Hurt? (1:170/1701)

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