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TO KICK OFF INAUGURAL SEASON
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- AFL Headquarters -
The AFL is set to change the face of pro
football forever. The Arena Football League will kick off it's first
season in league history this weekend when the Albany Firebirds travel to
Nashville Tennessee to take the Nashville Kats at the Gaylord
Entertainment Center. The AFL will field 17 teams in 12 states
nation wide. The Albany Firebird vs. The Nashville Kats will be the first
game of a 15 week schedule that will lead up to the Arena Bowl Play-offs
and finally the Arena Bowl Championship Game where the league will crown
it's first ever league champions. The 15 week season will also have
a bye week for 1 team a week with the exception of the final week of the
regular season when 3 teams will have that week off.
"This is going to be a summer league for
the true football fans
that need a football fix while the NFL is
in the off-season"
said League Owner Steve Rutkowski.
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League announces play-off format
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- AFL Headquarters -
The AFL today announced the format for there 1st play-offs in league
history. 12 of the 17 teams will make the play-offs with 4 total
rounds.
Wildcard Round
Divisional Round
Conference Round
Arena Bowl Championship
The Seeds will break down as follows:
The Division winner will get a bye week and not play in the first round.
The Division winner will also be ranked # 1 - 4
based on there regular season record.
Seeds # 5 - 12 will be based on the rest of the regular season records and
break down game wise as follows:
# 12 vs. # 5
# 11 vs. # 6
# 10 vs. # 7
# 9 vs. # 8
The winners of these game will go on to face the top four teams in the
league and would go as follows:
# 1 against Lowest Seed
# 2 against 2nd Lowest Seed
# 3 and 3rd Lowest Seed
# 4 against 4th Lowest Seed
Albany
Nashville
Florida
Carolina
Los Angeles
Grand Rapids
New Jersey
Orlando
New England
Tampa Bay
Buffalo
Oklahoma
Iowa
Arizona
Houston
San Jose
Milwaukee