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Arena Football League to announce season's canceled

Arena Fan | 7:12 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Wow! Is anyone thinking about the lost jobs here. Yes the organization is a fun and entertaining sport to watch, but let's look at it from another angle. Approx 500 players, 65 coaches, and several front office staff...now UNEMPLOYED! In this ecomomy, where people with tons of experience in the workforce can't even get a job. If the local grocery store lays off 100 people, there is an uproar by every economists. But no one says a word here!! Amazing, just amazing. I think the owners who voted to cancel the season are very selfish. Funny they are the most financially stable ones too. How ironic. The owners that have less wealth wanted to keep the season going...I guess this is how the rich stay rich...forget about everyone else. I hope the players and staff atleast get a severance package! I mean come on...even the dollar store gives that to their employees!

Heh | 8:31 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Maybe those poor layed-off people from the AFL can get a job with Major League Soccer. You know, the league all you arena fans said was going to fold within 5 years? MLS is one of the few sports that's actually growing right now, and they're hiring.

Dollar store severances | 9:12 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Dollar stores give severence pay? You are kidding, right?

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re: heh | 9:25 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Growing? The national TV rating was 0.7 for the MLS title game and attendance was down 1.8 percent.

Phoenixtodd | 9:37 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Will anyone care? At least it was better then watching MLS or WNBA.

This is an outrage! | 9:43 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Arena football is too big to fail. Where's the bailout?

Yes...growing | 10:31 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

MLS revenue grew over 6% this past year. And the most important metric in sports, season ticket holders, grew 13% for the 2009 season.

It's just a fun day to be a soccer fan, having endured "MLS will fold in 5 years" comments for the past 15 years from all you made-for-TV American junk sports fans......looks like the chickens have come home to roost, haven't they?

Don't worry - I'm sure another sport that hopelessly alters the rules to favor the offense so there will be a score every 30 seconds so you won't change the channel will come along and save you from having to get off the couch and put down the pork rinds this summer.

AFL Fan | 10:53 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

Ahhh shoot!!!...I only have pro wrastling now.

Arean football gone..... | 10:54 a.m. Dec. 15, 2008

....and the crickets chirp....

I don't think anyone will care.

Big surprise.

terrence | 5:02 p.m. June 22, 2009

bring back arena football now.ilove arena football league watching it from the beging p.s brink back NEW ORLEANS VOODO,LOS ANGELES,WASHINGTON,SAN JOSE, NEW YORK,NEW ORLEANS NIGHT(1992)WITHOUT ARENA FOOTBALL TV IS NOT FUN TO WATCH

text | 5:28 p.m. June 22, 2009

I NEED AREAN FOOTBALL NOW LOVE FOOTBALL WE NEED SOME SUMMER FOOTBALL TO WATCH ON TV AN AREAN FOOTBALL IS IT PLEASE$COME BACK FOR 2010 p.s WFL(1974)IS NO MORE THE WLAF IS NO MORE UAFL IS NO MORE AN ALL SO THE XFL NO MORE WE NEED FOOTBALL AFTER THE NFL SEASON IS OVER SO AREAN FOOTBALL PLEASE COME BACK WATCH IT FROM THE BEGING ONLY4 TEAM BACK THIN,WASHINGTON,DEVER,PITTSBURGH,CHICAGO(1988)LOS ANGELES<NEW ENGLAND,NEW YORK$$AREAN FOOTBALL IS FUN TO WATCH #1 AREAN FAN

arean football is good | 5:58 p.m. June 22, 2009

arean football is fun to watch come back for 2010 season all other league are gone like WFL,WLAF,USFL,XFL (THE NFL AN THE AREAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS GOOD FOR TV WE NEED SOMETHING TO WATCH AFTER NFL SEASON IS OVER AN AREAN FOOTBALL IS IT FUN TO WATCH LOVE AREAN FOOTBALL.SO PLEASE COME BACK FOR2010SEASON THANK YOU!!!

we love arean football | 6:29 p.m. June 22, 2009

arean football been around a long time about 22yo so please come back for 2010 hope to see you an 2010 p.s love to watch arean football on tv#1

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