In my promotion of this blog, I can't tell you how many time's I've had someone ask "What is this?!" The ? followed by the ! seems to be universal. This will be here so that you can direct your friends to it when they ask the same question:
What is the AAFL?
- Pro football.
- Played on a 100 yard field.
- Mostly College Rules.
- Players must have graduated from College. At first this may seem odd, but when you will see that they are trying to partner with Universities and this is a big selling point for educational institution.
- Games are played in the Spring
- There will be six teams the first year: Texas, Michigan, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee
- The season will be 10 games long, followed by a 2 round, 3 team playoff. Winner of the regular season gets a bye.
- The AAFL is seeking to reproduce some of the pageantry of College Football. They hope to partner with Universities and play their games on campus.
- The AAFL is no seeking to compete with the NFL and in fact hopes to become more of a farm system for the NFL.
- The AAFL board of directors is made up of a number of former athletic directors and other executives that have been involved in college athletics for many, many years.
- Tickets to games will cost between $13 - $53.
- Team Texas is one of the teams playing in the AAFL.
- They will play their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston on Saturdays this spring.
- The head coach is John Jenkins.
- Team Texas is made up of mostly players who graduated from Texas Colleges.
- Their colors are silver and white, with a touch of burnt orange and maroon thrown in here and there.
- Their first game is April 12th, 2008.
- Tickets: Here
- Team Website: Here
- Roster: Here
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