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whatsthehappenstance t1_j6tcgoj wrote

I thought it was pretty cool watching it as a kid. Kurt Warner played for the Iowa Barnstormers.

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BarrishUSAFL OP t1_j6thmlk wrote

We went to just about every Philadelphia Soul home game from 2006-2009. When done right, it's a fantastic event and very affordable.

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TheDude1321 t1_j6vrifu wrote

Hell yes! My middle school teacher was a cheerleader for the Chicago Rush so we got tickets all the time. I still jam out to the Kurt Warners AFL Unleashed game occasionallyšŸ¤£

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twofeetcia t1_j6tktvw wrote

Curious as to which teams will be playing in this iteration. The official site doesn't list any teams yet.

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BarrishUSAFL OP t1_j6xsdoc wrote

My guess is they wonā€™t be announced for a few months.

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twofeetcia t1_j6xt9sd wrote

I guess. It just seems odd to me that they would announce with a specific number but not list at least the cities/areas rather than say "at least 12 teams" and then work on finalizing from there.

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BarrishUSAFL OP t1_j6yoyfq wrote

I mean, I would imagine they wouldn't say that (you would think?) unless there was some assuredness of that many teams there. But, I could be wrong, it's happened before.

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stud__kickass t1_j6wy0kq wrote

The Washington valor games were pretty fun. You could get nice box seats for super cheap.

They also had the ā€œbud light zoneā€ directly behind one endzone, where you had unlimited beer. I think season tix came out to like $40 a game, 6 games in the season.

The best was the scheduling. The games were like mid Saturday, so a great pregame, and still have the whole afternoon/evening to go out after

Very high action - Iā€™d recommend it if you live close to a team! I brought a friend to one game (heā€™s not a football fan) and he had a great time

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BarrishUSAFL OP t1_j6yp4kv wrote

Yeah there were a good deal of afternoon games even at the league's height, because a lot of them were Nationally televised.

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-newlife t1_j6wn948 wrote

Wonder if itā€™s an IFL rebranding/merger or if they just found new teams and are essentially trying to have AFL compete against IFL

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Pestilence_XIV t1_j6ydw79 wrote

Nashville Katz games were so fun when I was a kid

Tyrooooooone Jooooooones

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Jimmy_kong253 t1_j6wfd9y wrote

I feel like it will fail again because there's just too many football options in this country

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angrylawnguy t1_j6wuy52 wrote

I'm all for small football leagues but I'm thinking the market may be stretching thin.

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BarrishUSAFL OP t1_j6yp963 wrote

Lord knows where the USFL and XFL will be in a year, and I'd argue that the AFL is a different product with a lot of history behind it. That said, you're right, this is a bold move, Cotton.

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Dragonsfire09 t1_j6y3ev4 wrote

Please bring back the Storm and the Predators..

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BarrishUSAFL OP t1_j6yol37 wrote

The Preds IP is currently being used by the NAL, but we'll see what happens in the next year.

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tnfrs t1_j6v9rm4 wrote

dont laugh, this will get better numbers than the NHL

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wikipuff t1_j6vf5bd wrote

As long as the NHL is marketed the way that it is with all the streaming problems.

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tnfrs t1_j6vsl7u wrote

no, viewership is down 22% thats why i made the joke lol

im not sure what youre basing this comment on, but here:

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-national-tv-ratings-down-dramatically-in-united-states-but-why-213436356.html

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tnfrs t1_j6x5m3m wrote

hockey isnt only played on sundays though, theres 82 scheduled games for each NHL team in a season. as someone who "follows sports tv ratings" im surprised you dont know that.

look, its ok to be wrong. nobody else is watching bud.

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tnfrs t1_j6xy8m8 wrote

its exhausting having to have these kinds of conversations where one person says a thing thats wrong and then doubles down and tries to solve NHLs marketing problems.

all im saying is the numbers are down, which they are. and then you said it was doing great, which its not lol

if you were a fan like you say, you would have seen some of the posts on literally every hockey reddit and all of the comments talking about it. and all of the comments for the last 3 years about NHLs piss poor streaming options and blackouts.

its not just sundays man. and you dont have the answers lol. i never said nobody cares about it, the people who arent watching the games are saying it. i dont even think ur a hockey fan, you just want it look like you know everything.

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