This article on the Globe and Mail website reports that a new arena football league, to be named Arena Football 1 and comprising at least sixteen teams, announced today that it will commence play in 2010.
I think that an arena football team in Hamilton if marketed correctly would be great -- cross-promotion with the Cats might help generate more football interest in the region with youth.
I kid around about Arena Football as "telephone booth football", etc. It should be stated though that any additional work for football players to ply their trade is fine by me. Kurt Warner is the gold standard for guys who excelled on the outdoor gridiron after a stint in the arena game. I tend to focus more on that achievement than the Michael Bishop Experience in the AFL, but I digress, LOL
Lacrosse is another good call. I grew up near a couple of excellent lacrosse players...great game -- incredibly physical and intense at the highest level!
Here's a photo of lacrosse/football legend Jim Brown is lacrosse mode: http://www.collegefanz.com/servlet/Jive ... crosse.jpg . It was awesome to see him on NFL Network a couple of years ago being interviewed while playing catch with another lacrosse player! LOL
lets fill the stadium we have.. not the one we are dreaming about
for the team we have... not the one we are dreaming about
for the game we have CFL football
and leave the roller derby of football to the people south of the border who like "to throw their money away.."
wait a minute!?
after all those 3-15 seasons, did I really say that?
seriously folks don't cheapen this website by alluding to arena football as anything more than gaudy entertainment (and watch the arrows come flying at me for daring to say that one!) :twisted:
Gee, maybe we should add ring posts, turnbuckles, folding chairs, ladders, folding tables, a cage/cell, Jim Ross as the stadium announcer, Mick Foley as the "special guest referee", and some local legends such as George "The Animal" Steele, Angelo "King Kong" Mosca, Ted Grizzley, etc...
Af course, this would be going on as the game is being played... lol
I would rather see Arena football than NHL hockey!!
seriously I find any football more entertaining than hockey, I would rather sit in an Arena and watch football.