Comments on: Arena Football League returns minus Soul

By: Soul Fan

Soul Fan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:43:37 +0000

Guess the league is not gone because AF1 is now the AFL (again)

http://www.arenafootballmedia.com/omk.php?pid=1614&sid=S20100217135829TKCSH3&pr=1769

and the Soul might not be either

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/17/new-arena-league-targets-four-markets-for-expansion/

Kurz stressed the league would love to get the Philadelphia Soul team led by Jon Bon Jovi and Ron Jaworski back on board. Kurz said no one has done more for the league than Bon Jovi and his group. The new AFL has been in talks to bring the Soul back.

By: Soul Fan

Soul Fan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:52:17 +0000

Ron…
In your post, sounds like you are quoting the propaganda Krause was spreading around. Do you really believe that JBJ is that powerful and has that much influence over ESPN, Arthur Blank, Jerry Jones and Tom Benson that he controlled them? I don’t.

I agree that JBJ and Spencer have different views and were brought together by the league, but the league is now gone and they are still working together with the JBJSoulFoundation. Not affiliated with the former team in any way. No need to continue that working relationship unless they want to.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:44:56 +0000

Spencer & JBJ lied to Soul fans when things turned south for the league. They were an ownership group that was forced to work together and coexist, and had very different views on the team and league. JBJ, more than Spencer, was responsible for voting to disband the league after ’08, despite his constant statements to the contrary. But make no mistake- Craig was no better. This was a business investment/write-off for Spencer, and an expensive toy for JBJ. Nothing more.

By: Frank Ward

Frank Ward — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:43:20 +0000

I have an e-mail into him. We’ll see what happens.

By: Soul Fan

Soul Fan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:19:41 +0000

If you are going to look for answers, I’d say a good place to start would be with Craig Spencer. He was part of the group that was outbid on the backruptcy sale of the AFL assets last December. Makes me wonder if they had won that bid how things would have turned out.

By: AFL fan

AFL fan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:48:46 +0000

1. the soul won because of D’Orazio.. no way Graziani would have taken the team that far
2. the Sabercats a class team? HA!

By: Frank Ward

Frank Ward — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:13:57 +0000

Can’t handle the fact that the Soul won the title? You can’t dthrone a champ that no longer plays.

By: Da Mayor

Da Mayor — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:59:11 +0000

The last ARENA BOWL was a joke. Someone wanted to make sure there was going to be a new champion. The Sabercats were, and ALWAYS will be the class of arena football!!!!

By: TD

TD — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:21:12 +0000

Hahaha tha shock are you serious the AF2 is a joke compared to the ORIGINAL arena football League..The players were drastically different! In the original Arena league you had ex nfl players on teams and guys that got cut from nfl training camps barely missing the 52 man roster..The AF2 had players from small school who nobody ever heard of..The talent was extremely different. All football fans knew that. Just like we know the talent is different from the NFLto the old AFL…As for this new league..they are bringing old Arena 2 players in with a sprinkle of the original Arena players to try to get the fans back and turn a profit but honestly until they get the salaries back for the players of a minimum of 28 to 30k they will never have the same talent. guys cant feed there family off of 400 dollars a week before taxes..and thats what the new league is paying.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:23:26 +0000

There is a distinction to be made, however. The AFL is not returning. This is a new league, Arena Football 1, which has teams from both the old AFL and AF2 in it. The AFL Web site is still up, still promising the league may return soon. But the AF1 is the only league actually planning to play anytime soon.