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Most folks are unaware of the arena football landscape and often ask me how the various tiers differ. The third tier, which is where the AAL resides, is particularly tricky to explain, in part because players here are often deluded into believing there is little difference between their world and that of the National Arena … More The Fifty Yarder Pocket Guide to Differences Between the NAL and AAL
Despite boasting the hottest team in the American Arena League as it concludes its inaugural season, Georgia Doom owner Kevin Adkins has pled nolo contendere to any postseason run. That decision, a right granted owners under AAL by-laws, was communicated by Adkins in a memo to AAL President Jack Bowman on Friday, fully a day … More Doom’s Blame Pie Is Served; Bon Appetit, Folks Of Macon
It’s awards time now that we’ve hit the AAL’s final week of regular season action. So, while the forums are filling with discussions of MVPs and all-pro teams, Fifty Yarder is looking at the pipeline that brings the AAL’s product into our living rooms each Saturday night, which arguably influences our entertainment experience more than … More And The Fifty Goes To: AAL Sportscasting Networks
The AAL can have its victory lap after this weekend’s down-to-the-wire games involving its top two seeds, but the undercurrent of cancellations besieging this league hit riptide status when the Rochester Kings and New England Cavalry failed to play their scheduled game at the Bill Gray’s Iceplex on Saturday. The game was one of four … More Another Hole In The AAL Boat As Kings and Cavalry Point Fingers
In the megalamaniacal world of arena football where franchise owners speak in go-big terms but deliver go-home results, Bobby Dammarell is the exception. As EIFL Commissioner, his is a more proletarian mission to find overlooked talent, get it on film, and ship it to the next level. And as owner of the EIFL’s defending-champion Southern … More As More AAL Teams Tap Out, Can EIFL Step Up?
The American Arena League may have lacked on-field entertainment value last night, but the after-hours party was a rowdy affair as the Atlanta Havoc and Cape Fear Heroes exchanged allegations in the aftermath of the Havoc’s forfeit to a joint effort between the Heroes and the 2018 graduating class of Buford High School. For the … More Heroes Capitalize On Havoc Series Of Unfortunate Events
Just one year ago, the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks were in the midst of a seven-game winning streak that carried them into the National Arena League’s inaugural postseason, where they lost a close game to the Columbus Lions. This past Sunday the Steelhawks got a sober reminder of how far they’ve fallen after those same Lions … More Steelhawks Going Down Faster Than Alanis Morrisette In A Theater
After a bye last week the 1-5 Upstate Dragons are headed back into the Dragon’s Den refreshed, reloaded, and intent on making the AAL playoffs. In opening this week’s ‘Dragon Talk’ segment that airs each Monday on My Pulse Radio, Upstate owner, head coach, offensive coordinator, and – until a separated shoulder sidelined him … More Welcome To The Grand Delusion, Upstate Style
In the wake of the Georgia Doom’s victory over the previously-unbeaten Richmond Roughriders on Saturday night, it’s fair to say two camps have formed. One wants to take credit for prophesying this upset weeks ago, and to their credit there were tells. Richmond dug themselves into a 24-point deficit in New Jersey on Week 6 … More Doom’s J-E-T-S-like Performance on Saturday May Finally Make AAL Compelling
The Elite Indoor Football League walks the back alleys of professional arena football, where the shadows of bigger leagues stretch long and seem as black as night. In an occasional instance when it does step out, the lights from the main drag are but a momentary flash. That was pretty much the case when … More Will the EIFL Catch the AAL?
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