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The '''All American Football League''', or '''AAFL''' is a spring, professional football league announced in July [[2006]] for play beginning in spring [[ | The '''All American Football League''', or '''AAFL''' is a spring, professional football league announced in July [[2006]] for play beginning in spring [[2008]]. Founded by former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey, the league will not try to compete with the established NFL, but rather develop as a more regional league. | ||
The league will consist of eight teams playing football under college rules. All players within the league will have to exhaust their college eligibility and have graduated to be eligible for play. Players will have annual salaries of $100,000 to be paid by the league in an effort to control player salaries, which has been the downfall of many other upstart, football leagues. | The league will consist of eight teams playing football under college rules. All players within the league will have to exhaust their college eligibility and have graduated to be eligible for play. Players will have annual salaries of $100,000 to be paid by the league in an effort to control player salaries, which has been the downfall of many other upstart, football leagues. | ||
Birmingham | Birmingham has been awarded one of the inaugural teams to play at [[Legion Field]] for the [[2008]] season. The national tryouts for the league were held on [[July 26]], [[2007]] at Legion Field. | ||
==External link== | |||
* [http://www.allamericanfootballleague.com/Alabama.html AAFL's Alabama team] official website | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 25 July 2007
The All American Football League, or AAFL is a spring, professional football league announced in July 2006 for play beginning in spring 2008. Founded by former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey, the league will not try to compete with the established NFL, but rather develop as a more regional league.
The league will consist of eight teams playing football under college rules. All players within the league will have to exhaust their college eligibility and have graduated to be eligible for play. Players will have annual salaries of $100,000 to be paid by the league in an effort to control player salaries, which has been the downfall of many other upstart, football leagues.
Birmingham has been awarded one of the inaugural teams to play at Legion Field for the 2008 season. The national tryouts for the league were held on July 26, 2007 at Legion Field.
External link
- AAFL's Alabama team official website
References
- Solomon, Jon (August 01, 2006) "Birmingham in talks with pro team at Legion Field". Birmingham News.
- CSTV (July 26, 2006) "All American Football League Aims To Keep College Spirit Going". [1]