The Arena Football League returned this season after a four-year hiatus. Initially starting with 16 teams, the AFL has since had a new interim commissioner and consolidated into 10 (I think) franchises.
One of the remaining teams, the Washington Wolfpack, recently issued a statement blaming former AFL leaders for the league's woes.
via seattle times“The team was promised player salaries and team travel to away games, which the league paid for,” the Wolfpack said.[u]Under Commissioner Lee Hutton III. AFL could not provide a single dollar for these costs.. ”
“The Wolfpack… was able to absorb the impact of previous league leadership's refusal to provide player salary compensation,” the team added. ”[But] The model will need to be modified in the future. The current roster offers a revised compensation structure that is believed to be competitive with indoor football, although it is lower than the salary level originally proposed at the beginning of the season. ”
According to the Wolfpack: timesplayed their Week 4 game as scheduled, losing to the Oregon Black Bears.
The exact number of teams is not clear at this time.of Official Online Standings Show 11there are two two-team divisions, one three-team division, and one four-team division.
At some point, they will need to sign two divisions. Or maybe nothing.
You also need to put a little effort into the official website. Despite efforts to restore the season, the destination still oozes chaos and chaos.please look match scheduleFor example, teams that left the league are still included.
So even with former Titans and Rams coach Jeff Fisher serving as interim commissioner, it's hard not to think the restructured Arena League is slowly going down the drain.