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Arena Football is Back

The all new Arena Football League made its debut tonight in Des Moines Iowa as the Iowa Barnstormers played the good host to the Chicago Rush, losing 61-43.  This game was not only the debut of the new league but serves as a great example of the identity of the new league, which consists of 15 franchises located in a combination of cities that were participants in both the former Arena Football League and its subsidiary AF2.  The Rush were an AFL power, while the Barnstormers, although an original AFL franchise competed in AF2 during the last several years of the existence of the old AFL.

The league begins play with a television contract with NFL Network, which will televise a game on Friday nights throughout the league's 18 game regular season. In addition, the 2010 ArenaBowl, scheduled for the weekend of August 20-23 will be broadcast on the NFL Network, as well at least some of the playoff games leading up to it.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on April 03, 2010 (boomark / email).