Talk:Arena Football League

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[edit] How does it differ from NFL football

I came here to learn what arena football was all about, but only found a history. I think there should be a section on the rules and how those rules compare with the NFL. I would appreciate it.

  • That is because this is the page for the Arena Football LEAGUE. Since their are actually TWO leagues playing "Arena Football", (AFL and af2), their is also an "Arena Football" article, which basically explains the "sport" of Arena Football (including rules), independent of league. Dletter 03:14, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas Terror/Houston Thunderbirds

I'm pretty sure the Texas Terror and the Houston Thunderbears are the same franchise, with the name change (they played in Houston the whole time) between 1997 and 1998. I didn't want to make the change because I wanted to find out if anyone remembers differently or knows for a fact this is true or false. Shawn K. Quinn 06:32, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)

The Texas Terror and the Houston Thunderbears were the same franchise. The Texas Terror were so bad that it was decided to reposition the team as a "new" franchise with a new nickname, color scheme, and even location designation. It needs to be noted that the last "Thunderbear" season was not actually staged in Houston but around the country in secondary markets in an attempt to increase the profile and level of interest in the Arena Football League. If you want to merge the articles, I would encourage you to go ahead, keeping the above in mind.

[edit] Nashville Kats/Georgia Force

If you want to take on a really advanced project, you can "demerge" Georgia Force and Nashville Kats as there is a now a new Nashville Kats franchise that will be using the old logo and former color scheme. Apparently there will be two teams with exactly the same color scheme in the 2005 AFL season. Rlquall 13:27, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

  • Am I the only one who thinks that this page needs some editing? We shouldn't go from 1987 to 2003 like that. --Woohookitty 08:28, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 New Orleans VooDoo

I would appreciate it if the New Orleans VooDoo would not be removed from the AFL Template at the bottom of the page. They are only suspending play for one season at this point and still "exist" even if they won't be playing. They will return to action as soon as New Orleans recovers from Hurricane Katrina, which could be as soon as 2007. 24.162.95.111 02:14, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Expansion?

Why are these cities listed here? Is there actual talk of the AFL expanding to one or more of these locations or is this speculation among fans/city leaders?

  • Many of them were mentioned as possible future expansion cities during the Commissioner's state of the league conference call on June 7. However, I would consider it all speculation. - Nolesrule 03:35, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  • OK. I think we need to require citations for the addition of possible expansion. This is getting ridiculous Nolesrule 01:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Absent details, this is just a laundry list. I say the whole section should go away. The Monster 18:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
    • I found an audio recording of the ArenaBowl Commissioner conference call in which he listed possible expansion cities. I will limit the list to that.Nolesrule 20:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

That doesn't really seem like trivia to me, more like a random fact thrown in there. I'm not really sure where the "also" comes in either. Maybe I'm just reading it wrong, but I'll probably take it out unless someone objects.Elsprucemoose 21:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] NEW form for the AFL

Check on the bottom under [7] it's cool —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Timbok (talk • contribs) 01:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Elway Rule inclusion

The information in this article still gives the Ironman substitution rules, whereas in 2007, the league has changed to free substitution. If anything, the Arena football article should have the Ironman rules on it with a note stating what the Arena Football League has done for the 2007 season.

Kind of important given the new attention the sport and the league will be getting this coming Spring. Fifty7 17:57, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indoor American football

Was there really no indoor American football prior to the invention of this game (which resulted in a patent) Nil Einne 14:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

There were no indoor football leagues prior to the AFL. Nolesrule 13:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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