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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1999</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2000_AF2_season" title="2000 AF2 season">2000</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Ceased</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2009_AF2_season" title="2009 AF2 season">2009</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kurz" title="Jerry Kurz">Jerry Kurz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Last<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spokane_Shock" title="Spokane Shock">Spokane Shock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data">(tie) <a href="/wiki/Quad_City_Steamwheelers" title="Quad City Steamwheelers">Quad City Steamwheelers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Talons" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulsa Talons">Tulsa Talons</a> & <a href="/wiki/Spokane_Shock" title="Spokane Shock">Spokane Shock</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>AF2</b> (often styled as <b>af2</b>, and short for <b>arenafootball2</b>) was the <a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">developmental league</a>; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same <a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">arena football</a> rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup" title="ArenaCup">ArenaCup</a> championship in August. The AF2 continued to operate while the AFL suspended operations for its 2009 season. The league was effectively disbanded in September 2009 when no team committed to playing in 2010, but several of the stronger franchises transferred into the reconstituted AFL.<sup id="cite_ref-barnstormers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnstormers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like most other minor sports leagues, the AF2 existed to develop <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> players and also to help players adapt to the style and pace of <a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">arena football</a>. In addition, the AF2 was similar to other minor leagues because AF2 teams played in smaller cities and smaller venues. While the AFL was played in cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Chicago, the AF2 fielded teams in cities which are part of <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_statistical_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States metropolitan statistical areas">metropolitan statistical areas</a> ranging in size from <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> (with 1,739,497 residents) to <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany, Georgia</a> (with 164,000 residents). Also in common with other minor professional sports leagues, players also earned less than in the AFL, with each player making $200-$500 per game, with a minimum $50 victory bonus.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AF2 was founded in <a href="/wiki/1999_in_sports" title="1999 in sports">1999</a> by the Arena Football League in an attempt to bring the game to mid-sized markets following the success of AFL on the national level.<sup id="cite_ref-oursportscentral.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oursportscentral.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AF2 was not intended to be a <a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm system</a> for the AFL like the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> are to the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, respectively. The league was instead designed as a league that would develop the players in the interest of the higher league as a whole. The lack of AFL–AF2 team affiliations would prevent the AFL from "stashing" players in the lower league for later use. Players in the AF2 were signed to one-year contracts, after the expiration of which they essentially became free agents to sign with whichever league and team they would prefer. The 16-week contracts with the individual AF2 teams also prevented players from leaving for the parent league mid-season; this preserved the quality of play in the lower league and did not destroy team dynamics with players coming and going throughout the season as they do in the NHL and MLB.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The foundation of the AF2 was a response to the launch of several small-market indoor football leagues in the mid-to-late 1990s, including the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Indoor_Football_League_(1998)" title="Professional Indoor Football League (1998)">Professional Indoor Football League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Professional_Football_League" title="Indoor Professional Football League">Indoor Professional Football League</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Indoor Football League (1999–2000)">Indoor Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of these leagues, though they would eventually fold, managed to last for multiple seasons, proving that the game had some traction in the smaller cities. With <a href="/wiki/Jim_Foster_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Foster (football)">Jim Foster</a>'s patent on arena football, the AF2 had the advantage of being the same game as was being seen on the national level with the use of the rebound nets.<sup id="cite_ref-oursportscentral.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oursportscentral.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Working on a smaller scale, the AF2 would try to capitalize on local and regional rivalries.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Xtreme Football League was another upstart league trying to capitalize on the arena football phenomenon. Founded in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, with the intent to begin play in <a href="/wiki/2000_in_sports" title="2000 in sports">2000</a>, this XFL (which was not related to the <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">WWE-backed outdoor league</a>) used <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">East Coast Hockey League</a> ownership to keep team costs low while providing established ownership and arenas for play. The cities that were to take part in the Xtreme Football League were: <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Steeldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Steeldogs">Birmingham Steeldogs</a>), <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville, South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carolina_Rhinos" title="Carolina Rhinos">Carolina Rhinos</a>), <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Vipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Valley Vipers">Tennessee Valley Vipers</a>), <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Tomcats" title="Jacksonville Tomcats">Jacksonville Tomcats</a>), <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Nighthawks" title="Norfolk Nighthawks">Norfolk Nighthawks</a>), <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pensacola_Barracudas_(arena_football)" title="Pensacola Barracudas (arena football)">Pensacola Barracudas</a>), <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Speed" title="Richmond Speed">Richmond Speed</a>), <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke, Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Steam" title="Roanoke Steam">Roanoke Steam</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee, Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tallahassee_Thunder" title="Tallahassee Thunder">Tallahassee Thunder</a>). Although a logo was developed and venues had begun to be lined up, the league and its nine teams were purchased by the AF2 on July 29, 1999, and the Xtreme Football League never played a single game.<sup id="cite_ref-oursportscentral.com_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oursportscentral.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The AF2 finally took the field in March 2000 in a game between the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Steeldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Steeldogs">Birmingham Steeldogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Vipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Valley Vipers">Tennessee Valley Vipers</a> (two of the acquired XFL teams). Fifteen teams were fielded in 2000 with the rights for several more cities quickly secured. The <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Predators" title="Orlando Predators">Orlando Predators</a> also purchased the competitor Indoor Football League; several teams would be absorbed into the AF2 for the <a href="/wiki/2001_AF2_season" title="2001 AF2 season">2001 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oursportscentral.com_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oursportscentral.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first season concluded with over 868,000 people attending AF2 games, averaging over 7,200 per game; several teams ended with average attendances over 10,000 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition over 9,200 fans attended <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup_I" class="mw-redirect" title="ArenaCup I">ArenaCup I</a> between the Tennessee Valley Vipers and <a href="/wiki/Quad_City_Steamwheelers" title="Quad City Steamwheelers">Quad City Steamwheelers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deemed a success, the league returned for a second season and returned all 15 original teams as well as 13 expansion teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dissolution">Dissolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dissolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For legal purposes, the league was effectively dissolved on September 8, 2009, when no team submitted the paperwork to return in 2010. Since the original AFL had suspended 2009 operations and later suspended all operations indefinitely after declaring <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a>, the minority owners (as the AFL owned 50.1%) of AF2 were wary of being owned by and paying money owed to the bankrupt league's creditors.<sup id="cite_ref-barnstormers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnstormers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The remaining teams and Board of Directors of AF2, and some former members of the AFL joined to create a new league, originally called "Arena Football One", which was announced at a press conference on September 28, 2009. Legally, Arena Football One, later doing business as the Arena Football League, was an entity independent of the original Arena Football League and AF2 and was made up of former AFL and AF2 teams with several new (expansion) teams and one team from another league.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After acquiring the assets of the former Arena Football League in a bankruptcy court sale, the new entity formally became the "new" Arena Football League. Unlike the previous Arena Football League and AF2, the new AFL was an <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports_league_organization" title="Professional sports league organization">entity-model league</a> in which the league owned the individual teams and hired local management groups to operate them, rather than the traditional North American sports league model where each team is a separate business and the league is a non-profit association formed and controlled by the various team owners in order to co-ordinate and govern operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rumors_of_a_return">Rumors of a return</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rumors of a return"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There had been rumors of a possible return of AF2, after Arena Football League commissioner Jerry Kurz had stated a return of the league for 2013, but that did not materialize.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kurz had also mentioned af2 in an interview on The AFL Podcast in 2024. <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ArenaCup">ArenaCup</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: ArenaCup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup" title="ArenaCup">ArenaCup</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup" title="ArenaCup">ArenaCup</a> was the AF2's championship game, held annually in August. For the league's first five years, it was held at the home arena of the higher-seeded remaining team. However, as the old AFL has changed, the AF2 also changed. In the same year that <a href="/wiki/ArenaBowl_XIX" title="ArenaBowl XIX">ArenaBowl XIX</a> was played at a neutral site in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="ArenaCup VI">ArenaCup VI</a> was the first AF2 championship to be played at a neutral site in <a href="/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana" title="Bossier City, Louisiana">Bossier City, Louisiana</a>. The practice continued the following year when <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="ArenaCup VII">ArenaCup VII</a> was played in <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Agrelot_Coliseum" title="José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum">Coliseo de Puerto Rico</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the title game returned to Bossier City in <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="ArenaCup VIII">ArenaCup VIII</a>. Citing lower attendances at the neutral site ArenaCup games, the league returned to the original arena arrangement for the 2008 season.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the exception of <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup_V" class="mw-redirect" title="ArenaCup V">ArenaCup V</a>, all AF2 championships were televised either nationally or locally. The inaugural and second ArenaCups were broadcast on <a href="/wiki/TNN_Motor_Sports/TNN_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="TNN Motor Sports/TNN Sports">TNN Motor Sports/TNN Sports</a>, which carried AFL games on Sunday afternoons at the time. However, when the AFL broadcast rights were purchased by <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, the ArenaCup national telecast was lost. The 2002 ArenaCup was televised by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vision_Network&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vision Network (page does not exist)">Vision Network</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ArenaCup_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="ArenaCup IV">ArenaCup IV</a> was televised by <a href="/wiki/KWHB" title="KWHB">KWHB</a>, a local station in <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>. After having no television coverage in 2004, the national telecasts returned to the airwaves with <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Net" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Net">Fox Sports Net</a> in 2005 and <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Sports_Net" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast Sports Net">Comcast Sports Net</a> in 2006, 2007, and 2008. </p><p>ArenaCup IX, as well as the season in its entirety, was broadcast online via NiFTy TV.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Af2-USA-states.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Af2-USA-states.png/450px-Af2-USA-states.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Af2-USA-states.png/675px-Af2-USA-states.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Af2-USA-states.png 2x" data-file-width="841" data-file-height="580" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Defunct_AF2_teams" title="Defunct AF2 teams">Defunct AF2 teams</a></div> <p>The league's teams were divided into two conferences, the American and National Conferences. The conferences were further subdivided into three divisions each. Each division represented a region of the country in which teams played. Unlike most sports leagues, the alignment of teams into divisions was not even; in 2009, the Central division featured three teams while the West featured five teams. Teams were placed in divisions based on geographic rivalries to reduce travel costs as teams played division opponents more often than non-divisional opponents. Alignment was subject to change each year as new teams joined the league and others dropped out. </p><p>Because of legal issues regarding the bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution of the original Arena Football League, no team committed to continue with arenafootball2 operations. This list is the final alignment of AF2 at the end of the 2009 season. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>Division </th> <th>Team </th> <th>City </th> <th>Arena </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>First AF2 season </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#b8262b" colspan="6"><span style="color:white;">American Conference</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white" rowspan="4">East </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Albany_Firebirds_(af2)" title="Albany Firebirds (af2)">Albany Firebirds</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Union_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Times Union Center">Times Union Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="center">2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Valley_Thunder" title="Mahoning Valley Thunder">Mahoning Valley Thunder</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown, Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Covelli_Centre" title="Covelli Centre">Covelli Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">2006 </td> <td align="center">2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Wolves" title="Manchester Wolves">Manchester Wolves</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester, New Hampshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Verizon_Wireless_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Wireless Arena">Verizon Wireless Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="center">2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_Pioneers" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wachovia_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Wachovia Arena">Wachovia Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="center">2002 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white" rowspan="5">Midwest </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Blizzard" title="Green Bay Blizzard">Green Bay Blizzard</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin" title="Green Bay, Wisconsin">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Resch_Center" title="Resch Center">Resch Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td align="center">2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Barnstormers" title="Iowa Barnstormers">Iowa Barnstormers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines, Iowa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Arena_(Des_Moines,_Iowa)" title="Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, Iowa)">Wells Fargo Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td align="center">2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Iron" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Iron">Milwaukee Iron</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Center" title="Bradley Center">Bradley Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td align="center">2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Pirates" title="Peoria Pirates">Peoria Pirates</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Civic_Center" title="Peoria Civic Center">Peoria Civic Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td align="center">2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Quad_City_Steamwheelers" title="Quad City Steamwheelers">Quad City Steamwheelers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline, Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IWireless_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="IWireless Center">iWireless Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td align="center">2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white" rowspan="4">South </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Florida_Firecats" title="Florida Firecats">Florida Firecats</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Estero,_Florida" title="Estero, Florida">Estero, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Germain_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Germain Arena">Germain Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td align="center">2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Horsemen" title="Kentucky Horsemen">Kentucky Horsemen</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupp_Arena" title="Rupp Arena">Rupp Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td align="center">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_Wildcats" title="South Georgia Wildcats">South Georgia Wildcats</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany, Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany_Civic_Center" title="Albany Civic Center">Albany Civic Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="center">2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Vipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Valley Vipers">Tennessee Valley Vipers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Von_Braun_Center" title="Von Braun Center">Von Braun Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td align="center">2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#002052" colspan="6"><span style="color:white;">National Conference</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white" rowspan="3">Central </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Venom" class="mw-redirect" title="Amarillo Venom">Amarillo Dusters</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Civic_Center" title="Amarillo Civic Center">Amarillo Civic Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td align="center">2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Yard_Dawgz" title="Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz">Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Center_(Oklahoma_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Center (Oklahoma City)">Ford Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td align="center">2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Talons" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulsa Talons">Tulsa Talons</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BOK_Center" title="BOK Center">BOK Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td align="center">2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white" rowspan="4">Southwest </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Allen_Wranglers" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen Wranglers">Arkansas Twisters</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="North Little Rock, Arkansas">North Little Rock, Arkansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Verizon_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Arena">Verizon Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td align="center">2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bossier%E2%80%93Shreveport_Battle_Wings" title="Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings">Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana" title="Bossier City, Louisiana">Bossier City, Louisiana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CenturyTel_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="CenturyTel Center">CenturyTel Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td align="center">2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Sharks" title="Corpus Christi Sharks">Corpus Christi Sharks</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Bank_Center" title="American Bank Center">American Bank Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2006 </td> <td align="center">2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_Valley_Dorados" title="Rio Grande Valley Dorados">Rio Grande Valley Dorados</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hidalgo,_Texas" title="Hidalgo, Texas">Hidalgo, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Arena_(Hidalgo,_Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Farm Arena (Hidalgo, Texas)">Dodge Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td align="center">2004 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white" rowspan="5">West </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Boise_Burn" title="Boise Burn">Boise Burn</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise, Idaho</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CenturyLink_Arena_Boise" class="mw-redirect" title="CenturyLink Arena Boise">Qwest Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2006 </td> <td align="center">2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Central_Valley_Coyotes" title="Central Valley Coyotes">Central Valley Coyotes</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selland_Arena" title="Selland Arena">Selland Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="center">2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Spokane_Shock" title="Spokane Shock">Spokane Shock</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Washington" title="Spokane, Washington">Spokane, Washington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spokane_Veterans_Memorial_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena">Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2005 </td> <td align="center">2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Stockton_Lightning" title="Stockton Lightning">Stockton Lightning</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockton,_California" title="Stockton, California">Stockton, California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockton_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockton Arena">Stockton Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">2005 </td> <td align="center">2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities_Fever" title="Tri-Cities Fever">Tri-Cities Fever</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennewick,_Washington" title="Kennewick, Washington">Kennewick, Washington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center_(Kennewick)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Center (Kennewick)">Toyota Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td align="center">2007 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_expansion">League expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: League expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a June 2003 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i>, AFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/C._David_Baker" title="C. David Baker">David Baker</a> briefly mentioned the AF2, saying how one day he envisioned the league growing to 100 teams. The AF2 started off with 15 teams in 2000, then expanded to 28 teams in 2001, and finally to 34 in 2002. The number of teams the league fielded dropped every year from there on after, until the 2006 season; 27 teams were fielded in 2003, 25 in 2004, and 20 in 2005. Finally, in 2006, the AF2 saw its first expansion in four years, fielding 23 teams, and continued that into 2007 with 30 teams. </p><p>The drop in teams between 2002 and 2006 could be partially attributed to the league expanding too rapidly in its first three seasons. Many teams were financially unstable and <a href="/wiki/Defunct_AF2_teams" title="Defunct AF2 teams">folded</a>. This could have been at least in large measure due to higher expenses, even compared to those of similar leagues. Franchise fees in the league ranged from $600,000 to $1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, massive sports league expansions have had little success, either in indoor football or other sports. For instance, the <a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Football_League" title="National Indoor Football League">National Indoor Football League</a>, a rival indoor league, saw large numbers of expansion teams after beginning play in 2001 but many struggled financially and played only briefly, incurring considerable financial losses before folding. In more recent years, the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="American Basketball Association (2000–present)">American Basketball Association</a> has exhibited the same situation to an even greater degree. </p><p>Nine new expansion teams were approved for 2007 in the AF2: the <a href="/wiki/Boise_Burn" title="Boise Burn">Boise Burn</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Jungle_Kats" title="Cincinnati Jungle Kats">Cincinnati Jungle Kats</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Fusion" title="Fort Wayne Fusion">Fort Wayne Fusion</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Laredo_Lobos" title="Laredo Lobos">Laredo Lobos</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Renegades" title="Lubbock Renegades">Lubbock Renegades</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Valley_Thunder" title="Mahoning Valley Thunder">Mahoning Valley Thunder</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Copperheads" title="Texas Copperheads">Texas Copperheads</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities_Fever" title="Tri-Cities Fever">Tri-Cities Fever</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Sharks" title="Corpus Christi Sharks">Corpus Christi Sharks</a>. The Texas, Laredo, and Tri-Cities teams moved to the AF2 from other indoor football leagues. For the 2007 season, the league fielded 30 teams. After the 2007 season, three of those teams folded, the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Fusion" title="Fort Wayne Fusion">Fort Wayne Fusion</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Jungle_Kats" title="Cincinnati Jungle Kats">Cincinnati Jungle Kats</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Laredo_Lobos" title="Laredo Lobos">Laredo Lobos</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Everett_Hawks" title="Everett Hawks">Everett Hawks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Steeldogs" title="Alabama Steeldogs">Alabama Steeldogs</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Blitz" title="Bakersfield Blitz">Bakersfield Blitz</a> also ceased operations. </p><p>For 2008, the league fielded one team fewer, at 29. Two teams were reactivated: the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Barnstormers" title="Iowa Barnstormers">Iowa Barnstormers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Pirates" title="Peoria Pirates">Peoria Pirates</a>, and the league admitted three new teams that were transferring from other leagues. The <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Horsemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington Horsemen">Lexington Horsemen</a> came from <a href="/wiki/United_Indoor_Football" title="United Indoor Football">UIF</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach_ThunderBirds" title="Daytona Beach ThunderBirds">Daytona Beach ThunderBirds</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Football_League_(2007)" title="World Indoor Football League (2007)">WIFL</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Austin_Wranglers" title="Austin Wranglers">Austin Wranglers</a> moved down from the <a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">AFL</a>. After the season, <a href="/wiki/Austin_Wranglers" title="Austin Wranglers">Austin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach_ThunderBirds" title="Daytona Beach ThunderBirds">Daytona Beach</a> folded, along with <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Fire" title="Louisville Fire">Louisville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Renegades" title="Lubbock Renegades">Lubbock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Copperheads" title="Texas Copperheads">Texas</a>. The league was expected to expand to <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a> by 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continuing_teams">Continuing teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Continuing teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When AF2 folded, some teams joined the AF2 Board of Directors in forming the new "Arena Football 1" that soon became the new Arena Football League. Iowa, Milwaukee, Tennessee Valley (which changed its name to Alabama to reflect the state, rather than the region), Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Bossier-Shreveport, and Spokane all moved to the new AFL to join "old" AFL teams Arizona, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Chicago, and Cleveland, along with expansion teams in Dallas and Jacksonville, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Football" title="American Indoor Football">American Indoor Football</a> team in Utah that had also been in the old AFL. Kentucky, Tri-Cities, and Arkansas also committed to the new league, but Kentucky folded, and Tri-Cities and Arkansas followed Green Bay and Amarillo to the <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League" title="Indoor Football League">Indoor Football League</a>. Albany did not play in 2010 while seeking an expansion into the "new" AFL in 2011, along with a planned addition in Toledo. </p><p>By the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Arena_Football_League_season" title="2015 Arena Football League season">2015 AFL Season</a>, none of the seven AF2 franchises that moved into the AFL remained in the league. The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz ceased operations after the 2010 season. In the 2011 season, the Alabama Vipers relocated to <a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia" title="Gwinnett County, Georgia">suburban Atlanta</a> and assumed the identity and history of the former <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Force" title="Georgia Force">Georgia Force</a> before folding after the 2012 season, while the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings moved to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and became a continuation of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_VooDoo" title="New Orleans VooDoo">VooDoo</a> and then ceased operations after the 2015 season.<sup id="cite_ref-VooDoo_folding_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VooDoo_folding-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Milwaukee Iron rebranded itself in 2011 as the Mustangs, adopting the name of a <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Mustangs_(1994%E2%80%932001)" title="Milwaukee Mustangs (1994–2001)">previous Milwaukee team</a>. Tulsa relocated to San Antonio before the start of the 2012 season, retaining the Talons' name and history and folded after the 2014 season. Milwaukee suspended operations for the 2013 season, and the team relocated to <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a> for the 2014 season, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Thunder" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Thunder">Portland Thunder</a>, later renamed the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Steel" title="Portland Steel">Steel</a> before ultimately folding after the 2016 AFL season.<sup id="cite_ref-AFL_Portland_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFL_Portland-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 2014 AFL season, the Iowa Barnstormers changed leagues from the AFL to the Indoor Football League. After the conclusion of the 2015 season, the last AF2 team remaining in the AFL, the Spokane Shock, joined the Barnstormers in the IFL as the <a href="/wiki/Spokane_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokane Empire">Spokane Empire</a>, and then also folded in 2017. </p><p>After the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Arena_Football_League_season" title="2019 Arena Football League season">2019 AFL season</a>, the Arena Football League filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ceased operations in November 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=AF2&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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(1983–1985)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/NFL_Europe" title="NFL Europe">World League of American Football/NFL Europe/NFL Europa</a>³</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">XFL (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2009%E2%80%932012)" title="United Football League (2009–2012)">United Football League (2009–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_American_Football" title="Alliance of American Football">Alliance of American Football</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a> (2020, 2023)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Football League (2022)">United States Football League</a> (2022–2023)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Union" title="American Football Union">American Football Union</a> (1886–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Professional_Football_Circuit" title="Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit">Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit</a>** (1890–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_League" title="Ohio League">Ohio League</a>² (1902–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Pro_Football_League" title="New York Pro Football League">New York Pro Football League</a>² (1908–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(1902)" title="National Football League (1902)">National Football League (1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthracite_League" title="Anthracite League">Anthracite League</a>² (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_of_Professional_Football" title="Eastern League of Professional Football">Eastern League of Professional Football</a> (1926–1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1934)" title="American Football League (1934)">American Football League (1934)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1935%E2%80%931940)" title="Midwest Football League (1935–1940)">Midwest Football League (1935–1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixie_League_(American_football)" title="Dixie League (American football)">Dixie League</a>³ (1936–1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Association (American football)</a>³</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1935%E2%80%931940)" title="Midwest Football League (1935–1940)">American Football League (1938–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Pennsylvania_Football_League" title="Eastern Pennsylvania Football League">Eastern Pennsylvania Football League</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Professional_Football_League" title="Pacific Coast Professional Football League">Pacific Coast Professional Football League</a>³ (1940–1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1944)" title="American Football League (1944)">American Football League (1944)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Football League (1946–1950)</a>³</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference_(1959%E2%80%931961)" title="American Football Conference (1959–1961)">American Football Conference (1959–1961)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(1961%E2%80%931964)" title="United Football League (1961–1964)">United Football League (1961–1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Football_League" title="Atlantic Coast Football League">Atlantic Coast Football League</a>³ (1962–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1962%E2%80%931978)" title="Midwest Football League (1962–1978)">Midwest Football League (1962–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_League_of_America" title="Professional Football League of America">Professional Football League of America</a> (1965–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Football_League" title="Texas Football League">Texas Football League</a> (1966–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Football_League" title="Seaboard Football League">Seaboard Football League</a> (1971–1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Association_(1977%E2%80%931983)" title="American Football Association (1977–1983)">American Football Association (1977–1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Football_League" title="Regional Football League">Regional Football League</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Football_League" title="Spring Football League">Spring Football League</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Football_League_(2008%E2%80%932010)" title="World Football League (2008–2010)">World Football League (2008–2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stars_Football_League" title="Stars Football League">Stars Football League</a> (2011–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_Experimental_Football_League" title="Fall Experimental Football League">Fall Experimental Football League</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BAtbol_Americano_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Fútbol Americano de México">Fútbol Americano de México</a> (2019–2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>¹ <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">Merged into the NFL</a>. All teams still active as members of the NFL's <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a>.</li> <li>² Teams moved to NFL</li> <li>³ Official NFL minor league; see also <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Professional_Football_Leagues" title="Association of Professional Football Leagues">Association of Professional Football Leagues</a></li> <li>* Merged into the UFL, still active as conferences within</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Canadian_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">Major</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Direct</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Division_(CFL)" title="East Division (CFL)">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Division_(CFL)" title="West Division (CFL)">Western Interprovincial Football Union</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Other</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Quebec Rugby Football Union">Quebec Rugby Football Union</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Junior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Football_League" title="Atlantic Football League">Atlantic Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Junior_Football_League" title="Canadian Junior Football League">Canadian Junior Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Junior_Football_League" title="Quebec Junior Football League">Quebec Junior Football League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Arena_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Arena_League" title="American Arena League">American Arena League 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_One_(2025)" title="Arena Football One (2025)">Arena Football One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Arena_Football" title="Great Lakes Arena Football">Great Lakes Arena Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League" title="Indoor Football League">Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Arena_League" title="National Arena League">National Arena League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Arena_League" title="The Arena League">The Arena League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Football" title="American Indoor Football">American Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Football_Alliance" title="American Indoor Football Alliance">American Indoor Football Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Professional_Football_League" title="American Professional Football League">American Professional Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_West_Football_Conference" title="American West Football Conference">American West Football Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_Association" title="Arena Football Association">Arena Football Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a> (1987–2008, 2010–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League_(2024)" title="Arena Football League (2024)">Arena Football League (2024)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">arenafootball2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Pro_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Arena Pro Football">Arena Pro Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Can-Am_Indoor_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Can-Am Indoor Football League">Can-Am Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Indoor_Football" title="Champions Indoor Football">Champions Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Professional_Indoor_Football_League" title="Champions Professional Indoor Football League">Champions Professional Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Indoor_Football_League" title="Continental Indoor Football League">Continental Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Indoor_Football_Alliance" title="Independent Indoor Football Alliance">Independent Indoor Football Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Indoor Football League (1999–2000)">Indoor Football League (1999–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Professional_Football_League" title="Indoor Professional Football League">Indoor Professional Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intense_Football_League" title="Intense Football League">Intense Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Football_League" title="Lone Star Football League">Lone Star Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Football_League" title="National Indoor Football League">National Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Indoor_Football_League_(1998)" title="Professional Indoor Football League (1998)">Professional Indoor Football League (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Indoor_Football_League" title="Professional Indoor Football League">Professional Indoor Football League (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Indoor_Football_League" title="Southern Indoor Football League">Southern Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Indoor_Football" title="Supreme Indoor Football">Supreme Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Indoor_Football_League" title="Ultimate Indoor Football League">Ultimate Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Indoor_Football" title="United Indoor Football">United Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-League_Indoor_Football" title="X-League Indoor Football">X-League Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Football_League_(2007)" title="World Indoor Football League (2007)">World Indoor Football League (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series_of_Football_(1902%E2%80%9303)" title="World Series of Football (1902–03)">World Series of Football (1902–03)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On hiatus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Controlled_Football" title="Fan Controlled Football">Fan Controlled Football</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Women&#039;s_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_gridiron_football" title="Women's gridiron football">Women's football </a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outdoor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">Women's Football Alliance</a> (2009–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Women%27s_Football_League" title="United States Women's Football League">United States Women's 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