I literally had to scrounge the internet to find out if week 1 even happened. None of the team or league websites or social media had any information. No youtube highlights, no box scores, nothing until I finally found someone else’s Twitter that had one clip. This was two days after the games should’ve been played. This league is amateur hour
@craigrittase53408 ай бұрын
Doesn't even seem like it's a full hour. Just really bad.
@Djp_168 ай бұрын
You and me both. I literally searched everywhere and even looked up standings. No info on the website it's crazy....
@coments1018 ай бұрын
Worse than amateur hour, AAL2 is amateur hour, this is just fucking sad. From having 2 full blown EA Sports video games to not even being a viable semi pro league is insane.
@Djp_168 ай бұрын
I really do not understand why even try to bring a league back until you have all your ducks in a row smh. Which is sad cause a lot of people love Arena Football and alt sports In general. Just wish these leagues find a viable way to exist and sustain. I personally love Alt football like AFL, IFL, UFL etc. But fans will not continue to be hyped up for these leagues then get burned over n over n over again.
@inter_10978 ай бұрын
@@coments101 I really thought the AFL was here to stay. It was getting decent crowds, lots of games on ABC.ESPN, next thing I knew they canceled the 2009 season and I was shocked..
@assassssasa8 ай бұрын
NBC AND ABC put top broadcasters on Arena football games in the 2000s
@Urineil8 ай бұрын
And in the early 2000s the AFL was lit!
@dnasty3128 ай бұрын
@@UrineilI still play my PS2 game! 🎮
@rockvilleraven7 ай бұрын
And I thought the last incarnation where owners owned more than one team were bad, this is even worse.
@chriscarpenter14207 ай бұрын
We went 2 years w no TV.
@ahoneybee8238 ай бұрын
This video is how I found out the Arena league was back.
@cckeach78 ай бұрын
I've been in broadcast media for 40 years and literally could find nothing on the so-called launch of the league last weekend...
@SoggyHotDoggy8 ай бұрын
That makes two of us.
@TheGodKing138 ай бұрын
Me too
@Bleub1rd8 ай бұрын
Same
@schuylerschultz8048 ай бұрын
same
@gregoryreichart86208 ай бұрын
So what you’re telling me is this is the AFL but if it was run by Bishop Sycamore’s administration…
@SuperMAXALLEN8 ай бұрын
I been saying this! The man had a vision
@DrFrankensteam8 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@Mclovinit81718 ай бұрын
wrong, Bishop Sycamore did actually make money for the people operating the scam. This scam is just losing money for everyone involved 😂
@BrandanTheBroker8 ай бұрын
Even Bishop Sycamore managed to do better, that makes this even worse 😂
@donkeysaurusrex78818 ай бұрын
Bishop Sycamore Class of 95
@mrmoose66198 ай бұрын
Sad. I remember when the AFL was on NBC and ESPN on the regular. Those were fun times watching and enjoying Now, the only thing I have heard about it was the Soul and their misadventures.
@matthewbourgeois59648 ай бұрын
They had a chance at really surviving. In my opinion, I think they expanded too quickly
@matthewwelsh2948 ай бұрын
@@matthewbourgeois5964 They need to kick out Lee Hutton for starters
@tobymaxmax6588 ай бұрын
The AFL should have been backed by the NFL. Teams could have used it for players on the bubble.
@SnackAttack778 ай бұрын
I played for an AFL2 team back in 2008, the Peoria Pirates, and this sucks to see the league struggle like this. The game is FUN and way more intimate than any outdoor football organization. I really wish they'd get it together. You're right about the niche players being impacted by the league's ineptitude, had a college teammate, Emory Sammons, make a name for himself for the Soul during the same timeframe. There's players that could make this a career but the powers that be just don't get it.
@cckeach78 ай бұрын
The leagues provide a great place for people that want another shot at football or just like playing the game and want to make a few bucks. The one thing that's happening now that is really encouraging for the future of arena football is the presence of so many children at games. Major League Baseball is just now seeing the effects that inflated ticket prices years ago have on today's attendance figures. The fact that families can actually afford to go to arena football games that can't afford to go to MLB, NFL, and MLS games bodes well for the future of the league.
@SnackAttack778 ай бұрын
@KomonAthlete we played each other then, small world! You guys mopped the floor with us lol. Had a hell of a time for 3/4 season I played with them though, even though we were basically playing for free 🤣
@johngraves78287 ай бұрын
Peoria Pirates season ticket holder! I still remember the championship game against Green Bay. Great time!
@SnackAttack777 ай бұрын
@@johngraves7828 had never been to the Midwest prior to going to Peoria, it's an awesome little city!
@BroadwayJoe998 ай бұрын
Now that I think about it, I think that AFL 3.0's endgame is getting the IFL and/or NAL to buy the AFL's IP, then taking the money and running. Honestly, the only thing missing from those leagues is the one thing that made the Arena Football League stand out - the goalpost/net combos - and if they weren't part of the AFL's IP and thus copyrighted, the IFL and NAL would be using them, and the AFL would be gone like a fart in a hurricane. It wouldn't terribly surprise me that shortly after AFL 3.0 goes kaput, their IP is quietly sold to either the IFL or NAL in an attempt to recoup their losses.
@yuzumint39998 ай бұрын
NAL does have the nets but their ruleset is a hybrid mix of indoor and arena no one wants. IFL has former AFL teams but they dont play by arena rules and theres no will to add nets or adopt a new ruleset. A lot of people want the AFL/arena rules back because of the higher pay for talent and faster pace. This is incredibly mismanaged but I don’t think it’s entirely cynical.
@TheTapeFarm8 ай бұрын
The Nashville Kats game was awesome. They spent a bunch of money fixing up the arena. The field looked great. Block party outside the arena… a class product beginning to end.
@Erlov718 ай бұрын
Show love to the IFL. Pick a team, go to games and support it.
@therockyreview18478 ай бұрын
I agree. Im headed to Frisco with my buddies May 11th to support the Fighters! 🏈
@ReinSouls8 ай бұрын
IFL needs to add one more team. They'll be at 19 next year With the addition of Columbus, Dakota, and Fishers. Ideally the team would be in either the Carolina's or Virginia somewhere. Got a massive population in the mid-Atlantic and no teams. Once they do that four divisions with 5 teams they'll be set.
@NemechekFan878 ай бұрын
Hell, i drove 2 hours to Quad City to see the Steamwheelers play against the blizzard. The game was fun!
@Erlov718 ай бұрын
@@NemechekFan87 i had never been to an arena ball game until this year. Drove an hour to watch the Panthers. Had alot of fun too. Team needs to do a better job promoting itself. Alot of ppl dont know they exist.
@farhanatashiga37218 ай бұрын
Tulsa seems to have a good thing going for them
@rookie_x8 ай бұрын
Also I read the NAL files a lawsuit against west Texas desert hawks The reason why is The NAL alleges said that the team signed a three-year term to play in the league and left after only one year. AFL news updates: The Iowa rampage announced that team is going to discontinue
@elchris87888 ай бұрын
West Texas desert hawks were the west Texas warbirds who played for the NAL last year
@zachbeaudoin48848 ай бұрын
Philadelphia Soul-of-the-Dallas-Falcons surviving the 1st week apparently was the biggest shock of Football in the last year
@AbdulAbusada18 ай бұрын
3:38 that is me trying to hold the walls up in the bottom. The VooDoo was relocated from Lake Charles to Lafayette one week before kickoff due to issues, so everything had to be rushed and done quickly. The league hasn’t helped us with sending nets and money to financially prepare the stadium for a game, so we just did whatever we could, which was to set up temporary walls and nets. Hopefully the AFL can get new ownership and commissioner so this doesn’t all fall apart any more than it already is
@thetouchback8 ай бұрын
Much respect for doing that. Really impressive that you guys got the game played considering the lack of support.
@d4rkhydra13623 күн бұрын
I was actually supposed to be signed to this team but because of this I wasn’t able to play
@DANGMQ8 ай бұрын
The NAL is a little bit more stable than the AFL. Its main problem is that the NAL has teams that are constantly folding. They had 8 teams heading into the 2024 season, but two teams were kicked out of the NAL due to payment issues, which forced the NAL to reconfigure their schedule. However, the NAL's field and arenas are in much better condition than the AFL and all of their games are free on KZbin. The NAL had a bunch of teams leave following 2023, so 5 of the 6 current teams in the NAL are new to the NAL. Two of the NAL teams from 2023, Orlando Predators and West Texas left for the AFL and West Texas rebranded from Warbirds (in the NAL) to the Desert Hawks (in the AFL). Two other teams, the Jacksonville Sharks and San Antonio Gunslingers left for the IFL. The NAL added expansion to Colorado and Oklahoma but added the Omaha Beef and Sioux City Bandits from the CIF and the Idaho Horsemen from the lower level AWFC. The goal of the NAL should be to keep those six teams around for another year.
@cckeach78 ай бұрын
My girlfriend and I have talked about the NAL and IFL merging... then working with the IFL and NFL to set up a true player development farm system
@derekcabanaw17898 ай бұрын
It's amazing that the Omaha Beef is still in existence, because I was on the same plane as them flying from Denver to Billings in 2002.
@thezackast27528 ай бұрын
@cckeach7 the ifl reportedly had a minor league deal set up with the xfl in 2023. Idk if it's still going though
@cckeach78 ай бұрын
@@thezackast2752 I believe they had a deal where the IFL and XFL recognized each other as the top football organizations of their type in North America. They probably still have the same agreement in place despite the XFL-USFL merger.
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
I just started watching an IFL game, Green Bay vs Iowa, holy crap,i'm loving it so far. Especially since it lives up to it's catchphrase of "The Indoor War"
@rher16368 ай бұрын
Lousiana Voodoo had to move venues days before kickoff. From Lake Charles to Lafayette. Almost a 2 hr drive and tickets were refunded.
@Weedmen3378 ай бұрын
You know it’s bad when they were regulated to the Blackham. Lafayette has a 13k G league level venue in the Cajun Dome literally down the street.
@ReinSouls8 ай бұрын
The writing was on the wall when they named a team "Washington". And it's not a team in DC. When you call a non-college team "Washington". Nobody is going to associate that with the state.
@dnasty3128 ай бұрын
Unless you're a rookie Russ Grimm LOL
@igorszamaszow1718 ай бұрын
With some actual springtime football courtesy of UFL to follow, there's very little reason for AFL's existence
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
Also,with Indoor Football League getting bigger and better, I don't think the current land scape of Indoor Football has room for the AFL, especially with how many AFL franchises currently claim IFL their permanent home.
@tomservo758 ай бұрын
I've watched many minor leagues over the years. AFL, AFL2, WLAF, NFL Europe, USFL, XFL... I am a football junkie with a radar for finding minor leagues and an appetite for wanting to watch them. And I was an AFL fan during their heyday in the 90s and 00s, even having season tickets to the New Jersey Gladiators at one point (before they betrayed us and moved to Las Vegas and Cleveland). The fact that I am just hearing about the new AFL through this video says a lot.
@M_11_m41n8 ай бұрын
I do wish that the NFL or any football governing body with a lot of money can sponsor minor leagues.
@tomservo758 ай бұрын
@@M_11_m41n Anything that ruins their absolute iron-fisted monopoly is just unacceptable to them.
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
it's telling that the Screenshots of IFL and NAL feature a Historic AFL Team (IFL's Arizona Rattlers.) and a team from AFL 2.0 (Jacksonville Sharks of NAL). Oh yeah i forgot this little nugget too, the Iowa Barnstormers, you know, the team that put Kurt Warner on the map, is currently in the IFL and wants nothing to do with AFL anymore.
@Malachi_Marx8 ай бұрын
The IFL players went into the stands to STOP a brawl because arena security REFUSED to do so. People need to STOP demonizing it.
@LegitLoki8 ай бұрын
the iowa team folded today very sad didnt even get to see them at the home game looks like i will have to go to the omaha beef games still really miss having a team in my home town
@NashvilleFootballJunkie8 ай бұрын
As a lifelong AFL fan, it’s sad to see. I’m a Kats fan and they seem to be one of 4 teams doing things right. Hopefully the IFL or the NAL can scoop up the 4 legit teams, Kats, Predators, Firebirds, and Outlaws. Sad to see this version of the AFL be such a shitshow.
@a11man308 ай бұрын
The Iowa Rampage have folded today (5/2/24) due to promises by the Arena Football League not being fulfilled and the AFL Leadership is silent. The Rapid City Marshalls put out a statement that gives an were trying to find a way out of the AFL and go back to what they were doing. The owners of the league I have heard via internet/social media sources is that they are shady people looking to always make a quick buck and screw anyone. I hope that karma hits the AFL ownership and no one does business with them again.
@BBallRambling8 ай бұрын
I used to enjoy the AFL. The Rattlers were fun to watch both on tv and in person
@Donathon-qx8kq8 ай бұрын
Their coach/owner was Danny White
@broadcastblast5448 ай бұрын
If you say one bad thing about this league on Reddit they ban you from the conversation. Sad.
@MR_Nosy_Otter18 ай бұрын
I mean that’s Reddit for ya
@DerrickRG8 ай бұрын
What do you expect from an echo chamber?
@Trevor_Spinelli8 ай бұрын
Thank you for this vid…as a Soul fan, I have no words. I remember attending a Soul game in 2012 and the Valor-Brigade Super Bowl like 6 years back (mind you there was four teams then) what happened man. A team just folded and I expect another 8 to asap. 😭
@benallen21968 ай бұрын
7:05 I literally did this while watching the video. I miss the original arena football League and I didn't even know that they came back in this version until watching this video. I went to the old website looking to see if there was a team somewhat near me and they didn't even have a list of teams on the website.
@connorbean11628 ай бұрын
And the worst part is Albany, Orlando, Nashville, potentially Minnesota are all competent ran franchises. I hope when the league folds the IFL takes them in
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
Orlando was in NAL prior,and apparently had a sweetheart deal. Hopefully they can get that back.
@michaelwalker74008 ай бұрын
We should have known it was going to be this bad when the Soul's new logo looked like it was an AI generation of a 4th graders idea of what the old logo looked like, that half the league has all black uniforms, that a team moved 75 miles overnight a week before the season starts to an arena that can't support their actual field goal posts and nets.
@Lancer218 ай бұрын
At least the IFL is able to figure out how to be stable. The AFL is just becoming the new AAF
@studentathlete77516 ай бұрын
The Arena Football League is not what it used to be. The classic Arena Football League from 1987-2015 was lit 🔥
@r0astedduck8 ай бұрын
I was at the final 2 games for the San Jose Sabercats, when they had to play their conference championship game and the arena bowl at the Stockton Arena. It was a great time, and the only time I watched AFL football live, only for the team to fold immediately after. It doesn't surprise me that this AFL is failing if they couldn't keep a mainstay team from their past alive
@lonelychameleon35958 ай бұрын
I didn't even know the AFL was revived...
@jakepophal9858 ай бұрын
Used to love it as kid
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
@@jakepophal985same, I loved original AFL and the first 3 seasons of AFL 2.0.
@dantebegano8 ай бұрын
The IFL is where it’s at in todays indoor football
@zc69708 ай бұрын
I’ve been playing the old AFL game on the XBOX. My home town just recently got a IFL team (oilers) and oh boy was I excited. Got Oilers season tickets day one. I got excited to see the AFL was back. I went looking for a AFL game for atleast an hour. Would you blame me for being insanely disappointed week 1 after not being able to find a single stream and just tuning into a IFL game??
@AnotherFootballl8 ай бұрын
Absolutely not. AFL has huge problem with visibility of their games. IFL and NAL you can watch on KZbin and this magic called AFL you need to search in some local TV.
@rickyrosay339777 ай бұрын
All of these AFL failures are giving the IFL more momentum i habe the frisco fighters here in DFW as my IFL team i also used to play that AFL game but I don't care about the revival the IFL has my attention
@Crunchtime78908 ай бұрын
My guess they lost access to the OG site. Someone that is no longer a part of the league probably own the site and wont turn it over.
@downnice958 ай бұрын
At this point the Australian Football league is bigger in America than the Arena Football League
@Golfnut_20997 ай бұрын
AFL...
@Jefff727 ай бұрын
I liked Ozzy Man's comparing hits in Aussie football vs soccer.
@The_Walnoys8 ай бұрын
As a teen stumbling into a retro game store and picking up Arena Football on the PS2 back in 2019, The sport gave me an entry point to love Football. This is just painful seeing that something different and unique to watch is struggling with history to back it up especially not knowing that the 3rd reincarnation was underway. Just let it die already. The only time I could see it work is it being a summer league, not a spring one competing with the UFL (USFL/XFL) and using it as a third minor league thing like how the NHL has the AHL-ECHL-OHL/WHA. Edit: Maybe have the first season just be a month with 4-6 teams at one place with it being on ESPN/ESPN2 or the local sports channel on public access.
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
I think it would have worked,,if the market for Indoor Football wasn't so congested now, you can watch both IFL and NAL for free on their KZbin channels. AFL you can't watch with out jumping through a bunch if hoops right now.
@Erlov718 ай бұрын
Indoor ball was already running a bit thin with the leagues already playing. So these dudes decide to add 16 news teams. Yea you could see this coming. NAL and AIF would be smart to merge if possible.
@IncorrigibleBigotry8 ай бұрын
Got this video in my recommendations. Saw it, enjoyed it, subscribed. Well done.
@Sorrell1GK8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this well researched video. I was a big AFL fan. I even watched all the games when they had 4 teams. Even watched their Arena Bowl championship when a team that went winless in the regular season won the championship. Damn shame these people can’t get their act together. Again, thank you for the insightful video. Found more info in your vid than I did in hours and hours of online research!
@michaelwalker74008 ай бұрын
If the league survives this year, they need to go crawling to the IFL and ask to merge. They expected just saying they are back would get the Barnstormers, Rattlers and other legacy AFL teams to jump back on the bus and I'm glad that didn't happen because then those legacy teams would be stuck with the stink of the new AFL on them.
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
I mean the Ratllers didn't even return to AFL 2.0, what made them think they would come back for Round 3, and, while Iowa did start with AFL 2.0,being one of the legacy teams from the af2, they left pretty quick.
@FAITHandLOGIC8 ай бұрын
I got into the AFL for about 4-5 years from 2003 - 2008. It was fun while it lasted but I was done after that.
@PatAnthonyMD7 ай бұрын
Former Baltimore Brigade season ticket holder here. It's really sad to see what this league has become.
@snaphackelpop8 ай бұрын
My buddy’s dad had an in with the Green Bay Blizzard so we got to hit up some games. Good times, man
@supersasukemaniac8 ай бұрын
Now the Rapid City Marshalls' owner chimed in saying "I'm upholding my end of the bargain,and trying to do right by my players." He even said he sees more teams potentially folding as soon as Monday,and has already told his players "if we don't hear anything from the league in 1 to 2 days,you have permission to leave."
@farhanatashiga37218 ай бұрын
Well it's Tuesday now
@davidg16128 ай бұрын
2:36 What the hell is that? The field turf looks like shit and that opening in the screen is supposed to be the goalposts? Oh, they're already screwed if the whole league is like this.
@Weedmen3378 ай бұрын
That’s what happens when you move to a venue that doesn’t hold sporting events a week before week one.
@brosciencegutfeelings70588 ай бұрын
I was hoping for some more logistical and statistical reasoning & explanation in this video. As in what exactly is the IFL doing differently & what were the quoted reasons the Vegas owners chose to stay. Etc
@cranjismcbasketball16388 ай бұрын
I'm really glad Indy's new arena team (Fishers Freight) is joining the IFL instead of the AFL after seeing this
@Damonicus18 ай бұрын
As an Australian, I had the PS2 game, and I loved it. It was my introduction to Arena Football.
@inter_10978 ай бұрын
Wonder how many Aussies picked it up thinking AFL meant Australian Football League and wondered why no Collingwood players weren't on the cover?
@jjthebeerman8 ай бұрын
I'm so glad the Tampa Bay Storm is not part of this debacle!
@joeblenkle55468 ай бұрын
Wow, honestly I didn't know indoor football was still a thing. I used to cover a local team for the newspaper I worked for. It was a lot of fun. This was back in the early 90s. The team was only there a year. Can't remember if they moved or the league folded.
@matthewwelsh2948 ай бұрын
I think the AFL was the only league back in the early 90s
@Mclovinit81718 ай бұрын
The Iowa rampage just folded and wrote a letter basically blaming the AFL in detail and how the afl screwed their ownership out of money, more will probs follow.
@Californiaexpat8 ай бұрын
It comes down to promotion… I live in the city where the Oregon Black Bears play and there has been zero promotion, no one knows about the league… the times I’ve brought it up no one has a clue the AFL is in town Where are the Billboards? Where are the Radio ads? Where are placed marketing online? If no one knows, no one will show up
@YaowBucketHEAD8 ай бұрын
As someone who's sorta followed Arena Football on and off for a while now, I always thought there's an audience for Arena Football, but it needs stability, competent managment, and an investor who's realistically willing to take some losses for a few years until everything gets grounded and moving smoothly. I think (and it might be a poor thought) that all arena teams in the country need to be in one league. Some serious merging needs to happen. This new league also needs some serious PR/advertising to get fans in the stands and a viable streaming app (I imagine finding a television network might be pretty difficult at the beginning) to garner interest and fan loyalty, which equals the teams and leagues making money. I think arena football can exist as a niche league that has a smaller yet loyal fanbase, it just needs competent, realistic, and maybe even a little conservative management to survive. I'm not sure about finding athletes to participate. I'm sure there's guys who "washed out' in the NFL and undrafted college players who want to keep playing, but trying to convince them to play for a circus of a league is the most difficult challenge they have right now.
@CGMedia20238 ай бұрын
I remember the trash talking from the AFL back in the 2000s when they were claiming that they were going to take down the NFL. Good times...
@peytonsawyer94618 ай бұрын
I was looking forward to the arena football league being back especially since they have the voodoo a team that was loved in south Louisiana so many years ago. Now after this I wouldn't be surprised if by the end of the weekend or this time next week the league will be shut down.
@violinfanatickamraz14038 ай бұрын
Hey. Thanks for showing the local team, Billings Outlaws!
@Phillyfan93078 ай бұрын
I long for the days of Jon Bon Jovi, Ron Jaworski and Pete Chiarocci. This shit is insane. Who the fuck owns the franchise?
@jerb224718 ай бұрын
back in July last year they announced Tallahassee Florida was getting an AFL team. It was announced from several sources. Well 8 months later, no team... did a search and could find no information about when they pulled out. It is like it never happened.
@FenriRock8 ай бұрын
I want the Sabercats back so bad.. but not with this AFL… thankfully we have the Panthers
@Jefff727 ай бұрын
I also imagined a Canadian version but with 3 downs and multiple players in motion. Doesn't the IFL allow a player in forward motion?
@thetouchback7 ай бұрын
I forget which one, but there was an arena/indoor football league that had the rouge.
@Jefff727 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback Oh ya, that's right. I don't remember either which one it was.
@inter_10978 ай бұрын
When AFL 2.0, folded I was waiting for teams to jump to other leagues but none of them did. I wonder why? A few teams jumped to other leagues before it folded (ex: Rattlers to IFL) but once AFL 2.0 went under, none of the teams found other leagues to play in.
@matthewwelsh2948 ай бұрын
The Albany Empire went to the NAL
@Atomykpimp8 ай бұрын
I remember A&E did the reality show about the L.A. Kiss Arena team owned by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. The show was good but I think the team folded after one year.
@donkeysaurusrex78818 ай бұрын
Jerry Jones owned an AFL team, and so did John Bon Jovi. I’ve never understood how the AFL failed with so many owners with deep pockets and a tv deal with NBC and ESPN.
@boredwibilly8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the deep-dive! Seriously, I didn't even know this was happening until I heard of the headlines of the AFL's imminent failure. (I think there was a quick shout-out on Pat McAfee's show?) There's marketing and organizational mission, and then there's how to execute it. The AFL seems to have blown the "how to..." part of things. Ooof. Even without NFL collaboration, I feel there's a lot of potential for lesser leagues like the AFL to both put on a good show and give lots of deserving players game tape for recruitment.
@taconative3348 ай бұрын
Wow I was excited because my town (Salem Oregon) finally got a sports team I can go watch and now it seems like I won’t have long to cheer them on. I want to go to their next game because I don’t know if I ever will have a chance if I don’t!😭
@thetouchback8 ай бұрын
Definitely get out there if you can. It's a shame what happened to the Volcanoes. It would be nice for Salem to have something sports-wise.
@SuperBoomshack8 ай бұрын
I had no idea this was still a thing
@matthewwelsh2948 ай бұрын
The IFL should be happy that this AFL is nowhere close to the 2000s AFL
@studentathlete77516 ай бұрын
If the AFL was still what it was from 1987-2015, not even the IFL would even exist. Arena football 🏈 isn’t what it used to be. Even the IFL doesn’t compare to the classic Arena Football League from 1987-2015.
@matthewwelsh2946 ай бұрын
@@studentathlete7751 Yep and Hutton should be in prison asap. Love if the classic AFL can come back
@studentathlete77516 ай бұрын
@@matthewwelsh294 yeah the classic Arena Football League was actually broadcasted on television ESPN, NFL Network, CBS Sports Network, NBC Sports, ABC, FSN, and TNN and the games in the arenas were crowded and packed.
@ThePhl4ever8 ай бұрын
I knew it was going to be dumpster fire from the weird presser when the Soul initially were going to be playing every game on the road and then were given home games in New Jersey, not really near Philly at all. EDIT: I guess their home games are in Trenton, not terribly far from Philly but also not really in the Philly market.
@Z64sports8 ай бұрын
The website thing while important it isn't where I go for most things. I go to Wikipedia for that and it is updated at least weekly. I could see lots of other people doing that too
@redharlan40entertainment8 ай бұрын
The Arena League is back? I couldn’t hear them over the currently undefeated Bay Area Panthers of the IFL. Wow, talk about not starting off on the right foot.
@christophermoses9447 ай бұрын
I live in Orlando and didn’t know the Predators were back till like a week ago.
@tommy_bahama978 ай бұрын
I was actually at the Voodoo game and it was concerning to say the least. There wasn’t a stretcher for a dude on the soul who no doubt blew out everything in his knee so we watched them help this guy hobble off the field and it took a minimum of 5 minutes.
@kevinthetruckdriver3537 ай бұрын
According to Wkipedia. The interim AFL Commissioner is no other than former NFL St. Louis/LA Rams Head Coach Jeff *"8 & 8 is bullskit"* Fischer. That explains a lot. P.S. - I used to watch the AFL in its heyday. Thought it was fine to watch.
@robmclean43528 ай бұрын
It doesn't help that most of the markets in this supposedly national "major" league really belong in af2 (or would if it still existed!). The AFL has no teams in New York, Los Angeles or Chicago...and *three* in Kansas...?! (And those attendances: in the four games in which they've actually released numbers, they averaged just 3,354...compare that to AFL1.0, which averaged 11,205, or even the second incarnation, which averaged 8,359! Yikes!)
@markschnabel13538 ай бұрын
Two of those teams played in a different league last year. The other was going to join that league this year.
@danielevensen55398 ай бұрын
This is a really good video. I don't follow Arena football at all - but I have to tell you that this video is fascinating and is really well done. I'm going to watch more of your stuff. Kudos!
@julianrengifo56798 ай бұрын
Wow, it’s good thing the Atlantic City BlackJacks didn’t come back then. Maybe they can fit into the IFL, but right now I’m a Jersey Bearcats fan for AAL2 .
@BlueOpinion8 ай бұрын
Sad, sad... sad. I went to an arena football game in 2012. It was a good game and the crowd was strong. About 1,500+ in attendance.
@donkeysaurusrex78818 ай бұрын
Fighting in the stands with the fans is tight! Really makes you part of the game. Why is this the first I have heard of the Indoor Football League?
@UltimaOmega8 ай бұрын
The only reason I learned that the AFL was restarting is because I follow the Rapid City team and I was surprised to learn that they were moving to the AFL after only one year in existence. Personally, I would rather see Rapid City join the IFL if for any reason, for a game between them and my local team, the Sioux Falls Storm. But best of luck to Rapid City and best of luck to the AFL.
@doctorhino87368 ай бұрын
To do a URL redirect you have to have admin access to the DNS records for the original website. I think someone is holding off transferring the website until they get paid for their url and the people owning the league are holding out by just making a new site. I would be willing to bet that original sites refresh in 2023 was made on an unpaid IOU.
@MoosefeetProductions8 ай бұрын
Was never a huge AFL fan but its downfall is truly sad. I remember watching San Jose Sabercats games on NBC in the early 2000s. There was a time when they and the sharks were pretty much the only good thing going on in Bay Area sports.
@thetouchback8 ай бұрын
The Sabercats were bigger than the Earthquakes in the early 2000s.
@robertpaige45058 ай бұрын
So in wrestling terms: The AFL is the NWA: once the king of the industry, now a pathetic also-ran. The IFL is the WWE: Once a subsidiary of the leader, now at the top of the food chain.
@Sensei_Gleech8 ай бұрын
Heyyy I was apart of that 2018 Iowa championship team in the picture 👀 the IFL and the NAL are the most experienced now when it comes to the arena game i think those are the best for competition it seems like a lot of IFL and NAL guys went over to the AFL with expectations of more opportunity
@calereliya7 ай бұрын
I loved the original incarnation of it and this video is also how I found out it was back. The one clip you showed where the scoreboard ticker was just a video of the scoreboard made me HOWL. Even university sports here (hi from western Canada) have a mostly uniform score ticker (sometimes the font for the score varies a bit, but whatever). If you can’t even figure out how to get a score bug onto your broadcast, you don’t really have a right to exist as a pro league.
@SuperJNG188 ай бұрын
The only AFL I care about is the Australian Football League. Yes, you gotta get up at obscene hours to watch a bizarre hybrid of rugby, soccer, and OUR football, but my lord is it fun to watch. (My team is the Greater Western Sydney Giants, for what it's worth. #BigBigSound)
@Barto04828 ай бұрын
FACTS!
@christopherrobinmarriott72188 ай бұрын
They already existing football leagues, which have been sustainable for years should all band together under the banner of AFL. Kind of like the AFL in NFL did But more to what the American League and the National League did under the banner of Major League Baseball. They never played each other (Until the wretched play was introduced recently) Until the winner of the American League would play the winner of the National League in the World Series. That is the only way the AFL can prosper
@rocknorris95088 ай бұрын
Such a shame. I grew up watching the birth and dominance of the Tampa Bay Storm, even way back to the blue and magenta Zubaz pants. God it was so much fun at the games. These videos of current games are such a pale imitation of that old vibe.
@MetroPlaysThis8 ай бұрын
I personally know a coach who recruited me to play for the IOWA RAMPAGE and they have ceased operations before receiving jerseys WEEK 1
@donkeysaurusrex78818 ай бұрын
You really dodged a bullet there it seems
@DuckAvenger8 ай бұрын
I was a big afl fan in the early 2000s I think it was NBC after NFL season ended. I loved it and we had a minor league afl team in my town for awhile. Would have liked to see a new league with them but as you said I didn't know it happened
@joshjacobson98468 ай бұрын
The old website made me think this video was older than the posted date
@tylermishchenko63918 ай бұрын
Great video. I remember when the AFL was on NBC as a kid I got instantly hooked to the Philadelphia Soul. Eventually got season tickets. This joke of a commissioner now makes sense why Jaws wanted nothing to do with it. I met Bon fucking Jovi at an arena game when he was a partial owner! I was really excited so see the soul again after that loss in the final in the last season. Very disappointed to see how they used the Souls fantastic pedigree and destroyed it.
@tylermishchenko63918 ай бұрын
I had a feeling when the soul who used to play in a damn 20,000 seat arena were a “travel team” then announced to be playing home games in Trenton that this was fishy. But never thought it would be this bad
@psgchisolm8 ай бұрын
Just found this channel and before i watched your video I decided to check out the website and see what teams they had... I went to the old website and like you said exactly. Thought they washed out. Thanks for the heads up but I'm not checking out the new site either. Like you said if they can do the bare minimum then it's not a good sign for the league.
@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES18 ай бұрын
I remember growing up in the 90s and early 00s being a Nashville Kats fan and the afl being a cool spring alternative to the nfl. It's so sad to see that this is what week one looked like.
@AdamFrom6148 ай бұрын
The only reason I knew it was back was Pat Mcafee mentioned the players getting kicked out of the super8 and the crooked goal post.
@chriscarpenter14207 ай бұрын
KC Brigade Jersey! I was the GM of Brigade/Command a dozen years ago. Even I don't have one of those.
@tobymaxmax6588 ай бұрын
IFL games are fun. I loved the old AFL games. To me this should have been Spring football.
@TheFort878 ай бұрын
When that Chinese indoor league in 2011 was basically the NFL to AFL 3.0’s 4th grade pick-up recess game
@georgeblangfordjr.17718 ай бұрын
Don't forget the Vegas Knight Hawks of the IFL,is by owned by the guy who own the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights 🏒 team
@farhanatashiga37218 ай бұрын
Having an IFL team to the side of having a hockey team seems to be a trend going there
@steezeaustin3168 ай бұрын
I wish this league would thrive but I already knew it was gonna fail with literally zero advertising prior to the season. I would have liked to go to some Oregon Blackbear games since we don’t have a pro football team in Oregon but it’s looking like this is gonna be their only season 😭