Post by 50yardfan on Feb 1, 2011 11:11:46 GMT -5
by Dan Krieger
January 24, 2011 -FOOTBALL
Lingerie Football League: The LFL plans to announce a Midwest-based expansion team next week that will start play in the 2011-12 season along with two other expansion teams in Las Vegas (Sin) and Cleveland (Crush). The LFL operated with ten teams in its 2010-11 season.
Arena Football League: The Milwaukee Iron franchise in the AFL plans to re-brand the team as the Milwaukee Mustangs for the upcoming 2011 season. A team called the Milwaukee Mustangs was part of the original AFL from 1994 to 2001. The Milwaukee Iron was a 2009 expansion team in the last season of arenafootball2 and switched to the new AFL last season.
American Indoor Football Association - West: The AIFA-West will not start play as planned in the spring of 2011, but hopes to return in 2012 with 8 to 12 teams. The league was down to only three potential teams-the Reno Barons, Yakima Valley Warriors, and the Stockton Wolves, which were last season's San Jose Wolves. A potential fourth team called the Tucson Thunder Kats suspended operations in November 2010 and a proposed replacement team in Oregon never materialized. The Yakima Valley Warriors ceased operations for 2011, while Reno and Stockton could play some independent games in 2011.
Canadian Football League: The CFL has approved an expansion draft plan to stock the new Ottawa franchise that hopes to start play for the 2013 season.
Stars Football League: The proposed Stars League is considering the addition of the Charleston (SC) market for its inaugural 2011 spring season. The league currently has six teams listed.
Women's Spring Football League: The WSFL is preparing for its first full season of play and has announced a team lineup of 15 teams in 4 regional divisions. The Northeast Division has the Baltimore Burn and Steel City (Pittsburgh) Renegades; the Mid-States Division has the Clinton County (OH) Chaos, Indiana Speed (Indianapolis), Louisville Belles, West Virginia Bruisers (Huntington), and West Virginia Wildfire (Charleston); the Heartland Division has the Arkansas Rampage (Fayetteville), Columbia (MO) Enforcers, Minnesota Lady Slippers (Minneapolis), Topeka Mudcats, and Twin City Smash (Council Bluffs, IA); and the Southwest Division includes the Arizona She-Devils (Tucson), Nevada Desert Heat (Las Vegas), and Ventura (CA) Black Widows. The WSFL had six teams playing some games in 2010.
January 24, 2011 -FOOTBALL
Lingerie Football League: The LFL plans to announce a Midwest-based expansion team next week that will start play in the 2011-12 season along with two other expansion teams in Las Vegas (Sin) and Cleveland (Crush). The LFL operated with ten teams in its 2010-11 season.
Arena Football League: The Milwaukee Iron franchise in the AFL plans to re-brand the team as the Milwaukee Mustangs for the upcoming 2011 season. A team called the Milwaukee Mustangs was part of the original AFL from 1994 to 2001. The Milwaukee Iron was a 2009 expansion team in the last season of arenafootball2 and switched to the new AFL last season.
American Indoor Football Association - West: The AIFA-West will not start play as planned in the spring of 2011, but hopes to return in 2012 with 8 to 12 teams. The league was down to only three potential teams-the Reno Barons, Yakima Valley Warriors, and the Stockton Wolves, which were last season's San Jose Wolves. A potential fourth team called the Tucson Thunder Kats suspended operations in November 2010 and a proposed replacement team in Oregon never materialized. The Yakima Valley Warriors ceased operations for 2011, while Reno and Stockton could play some independent games in 2011.
Canadian Football League: The CFL has approved an expansion draft plan to stock the new Ottawa franchise that hopes to start play for the 2013 season.
Stars Football League: The proposed Stars League is considering the addition of the Charleston (SC) market for its inaugural 2011 spring season. The league currently has six teams listed.
Women's Spring Football League: The WSFL is preparing for its first full season of play and has announced a team lineup of 15 teams in 4 regional divisions. The Northeast Division has the Baltimore Burn and Steel City (Pittsburgh) Renegades; the Mid-States Division has the Clinton County (OH) Chaos, Indiana Speed (Indianapolis), Louisville Belles, West Virginia Bruisers (Huntington), and West Virginia Wildfire (Charleston); the Heartland Division has the Arkansas Rampage (Fayetteville), Columbia (MO) Enforcers, Minnesota Lady Slippers (Minneapolis), Topeka Mudcats, and Twin City Smash (Council Bluffs, IA); and the Southwest Division includes the Arizona She-Devils (Tucson), Nevada Desert Heat (Las Vegas), and Ventura (CA) Black Widows. The WSFL had six teams playing some games in 2010.