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The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. As of the end of the 2024 season, the league consisted of five teams. A team's typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, [1] but as of the 2022 season, there is no salary cap limit. [2]
The National Rugby League has a salary cap of A$9.6 million in 2018, with a salary floor of A$9.12 million (95% of the cap). The salary cap keeps average annual player salaries at around A$364,800. The National Rugby League adopted a hard salary cap model in its first season in 1998.
The 2022 National Arena League season was the fifth season of the National Arena League (NAL). [1] The league played with only six teams mostly based in the Eastern United States , with one new team arriving from the American Arena League , the San Antonio Gunslingers , based in Texas. [ 2 ]
The new iteration of the league announced plans to feature "streaming, betting, technology, (and) virtual reality" elements, per Rossi. In a February 2023 interview with ArenaFan.com, the commissioner mentioned that the league would have a salary cap of $700,000, but the league will allows additional salary spending for "franchise players". [5]
The Massachusetts Pirates are a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League based in Lowell, Massachusetts, with home games at the Tsongas Center. [1] The Pirates began play in the 2018 season as a member of the National Arena League (NAL). The Pirates are the first indoor or arena football team to ever call Lowell home.
In 2023, the Warbirds joined the National Arena League (NAL). After one season in the NAL, the team announced on July 18, 2023, via their Facebook page, that they will join the relaunched Arena Football League (AFL) in 2024. [6] On August 22, 2023, the team changed their name to the West Texas Desert Hawks.
The Cobras is the third indoor/arena team to call Greensboro home, following the Greensboro Prowlers of the af2 (2000–2003) and the Greensboro Revolution of the National Indoor Football League (2006–2007). A previous team called the Carolina Cobras played in the Arena Football League from 2000 until 2004.
The National Basketball Association also has a luxury tax provision; its utility is somewhat limited by the fact that the league also has a salary cap provision. The "hard" salary cap of the National Football League and the National Hockey League has prevented any need for a luxury tax arrangement. [2]