Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Professional Spring Football League

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The result was speedy keep. Jaranda wat's sup Sports! 19:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Professional Spring Football League

nn football league that was never formed, only 76 direct google hits that isn't duplicates, even less discounting wikipedia and it's mirrors, and none of them meet WP:V or WP:RS, prod removed for no reason Delete Jaranda wat's sup Sports! 23:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Comment As the article states, while the football league never played a game, they came very close, in that they had a full training camp, and it only folded a few weeks before starting. Most leagues that do not make it, and don't deserve a Wikipedia article, never get to the training camp stage. Also, there were a number of notable Arena Football and even future NFL players in the PSFL training camps. I could add those to the list to make the article more substantive. The PSFL had a preview show on Sports Channel America, a major sports network at the time. While many might not remember the short league history, I don't believe that means that it is necessarily unnotable.

For "verifiable" information about the league: [[1]] Dletter 00:28, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong Keep As Dletter notes correctly, the league did organize, arrange schedules, lease stadiums, sell tickets, sign players to contracts, pay salaries, and even held training camps.... but folded a few weeks before its first scheduled game, which I recall was going to be on February 29, 1992. I don't think any failed sports league ever came THAT close to playing a game. As for the "Google" test of notability, it's excellent for current events but NOT for yesterday's news. For instance, take a cruise ship that sank in 1912 with the loss of over 1,000 lives... no, not THAT one, but the Japanese ship "Kiche Maru", which sank in September 1912. If you don't find many google hits, do you conclude that the sinking of the Kiche Maru is not notable? Anyway, ghits are not always the measure of notability. I wish Dletter had voted on this one, but he's right on the money. Mandsford 13:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


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