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The World Indoor Football League was an indoor football league that was to begin in 1988 to compete with the Arena Football League, which was playing its second season in 1988. Some of the teams in the league ran into financial trouble before their season was to begin, and thus the league never came to fruition.
On June 30, the league's only championship game, the World Indoor Bowl, took place in Columbus, Georgia with the Augusta Spartans defeating the host Columbus Lions 63-60 before a crowd of 3,529. Two teams – Columbus and Augusta – announced on September 28, 2007, that they were moving to a reformed American Indoor Football Association for 2008.
United Indoor Football, 2005–2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League) American Indoor Football (AIF), 2005–2010, 2012–2016, 2024; Continental Indoor Football League, 2006–2014; World Indoor Football League, 2007; Southern Indoor Football League, 2008–2011 (teams divided into either the Lone Star Football ...
The Tampa Bay Storm, formed as the Pittsburgh Gladiators in 1987, was the oldest franchise in the AFL (and the last remaining inaugural team) before folding in 2017. The following is a list of Arena Football League (AFL) teams. The AFL was a professional indoor American football league based in the United States.
Pages in category "Indoor Football League teams" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The league has operated continuously under the same name and corporate structure longer than any other current indoor football league. With the closure of the original Arena Football League in 2019, the IFL is the oldest active professional indoor football league in North America, and can trace its history to 2003 (as the Intense Football League).
Because Emmert owns the rights to the name, there was a possibility of a return of the Thunder name to the AFL or a new team named Thunder joining the Indoor Football League, but only if the Portland AFL franchise fails in 2016. [citation needed] On February 24, 2016, the franchise was given a new name, re-branded the Portland Steel by the AFL.
A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams. [ clarification needed ] They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league.