Enter The Arena (Football League) 

Or 9/11’s fault

Tbh with how the AFL is going you'd think AB was running it.

Thanks President Bush

AB’s generational run continues

Running it from the grave

Facts

8:45

such greatness

He said that in the video

Both Lee Hutton and Roy Johnson need to be in a cell

He's owned by Tom Wilson

I save my overlays in all caps and I forget to turn it off sometimes. It's a painful enterprise.

@@UrinatingTree we love an affirmative king

He was just really mad about it

You sure it wasn’t the black dragon dildo he typed in BEFORE he typed in “ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE”?

That just tells you how hard running a league actually is. For all it’s many, many faults the almighty Shield is genuinely the best run sports league in America.

I mean the NFL’s success was literally buying out its biggest competitor (the AFL) and combining the two leagues. All other leagues set up to compete with it have failed (See XFL) and lot of the minor or smaller leagues have failed due to many reasons, from low ticket sales, to mismanagement and sadly for an lot of leagues, Covid. I think it’s kinda telling no one even remembered this league existed, hell I didn’t know Arena league existed till AB bought a team. Meanwhile it’s competition of the new XFL merged league…

​@rontheauraknight9606 sounds like a NHL problem as well with them buying out other leagues to make their own with zero competition

​@@rontheauraknight9606the original usfl had a fighting chance to succeed, until they let Donald trump to have all the keys and power to use it.

​@@enterprise9001Not only that but NFL teams are household names that are equally as recognizable as the NFL itself and infused with pop culture. It's another reason why football leagues struggle. It's near impossible for a non-NFL team to be a recognizable brand like a NFL team is.

and we are watching

And yet here we are.

@@ExceedinglyAvg I’m shitfaced

Absolute mad man

Tree knows when we're watching the good RU-vid videos

At least albany's nll team is doing good, they can distract themselves from the pain a bit.

Hopefully, if they have stable ownership, they join the IFL, since it's pretty much become the premeir arena league.

​@@thezackast2752 The Firewolves going from worst to to the finals is one hell of a story, and they've got a great team with tons of talented youth. Now if only they could get people to come to their games.

@@thezackast2752That and the University of Albany football team did well last season in the FCS.

Albany Firebirds is actually doing good and had 2 comeback wins.

It's a shame about the AAF. The announcers were tolerable, but they put everything in the hands of one idiot.

*7-9

He's a decent manager

@@crazyluigi6664in Nashville he’s mister 8-8 lol. That’s what he did most seasons with the titans.

They wanted to break even

As Tree said in the video, make as many jokes as you want, but he's not a bad manager and he's able to keep things stable, and if the new AFL is going to not die stability is desperately needed.

Yeah we ain't going to just skip past that like we didn't see it XD

what the F was that? HAHAHAHA

I'm glad you found the easter egg

​@@UrinatingTree nah we're not going to ignore this, explain yourself 😂

​@@unbrokendredgen4160I thought it'd be funny

Well that's literally how big companies start, by getting big loans to start up.

@@travmakesbeats3372yep. 2020 and those PPP loans should have taught people that

I don't see businesses or government doing that supposed simple lesson...

I’ll believe that when I see it

Jeff Fisher is the harbinger of a team relocating. I guess the whole AFL will relocate.

Maybe, but it's too little too late at this point.

I highly doubt he can save this; new leadership isn't going to fix the lack of funds, and the reputation of the League is going to be nigh-impossible to rehabilitate after everything that's happened. Maybe they can finish the season, but I think that's the best-case scenario.

​@@u4yk PTSD

I miss the AFL2, the minor league team.

I second that notion, Kyle. Primarily as an Arizona Rattlers fan. :(

I have a feeling that this version of the Arena Football League won't be getting its own video game.

I miss it too. It was so fun to watch, and it was a legitimate league with a couple of good TV deals. I forget how it all ended but something that strong doesn’t just collapse by accident.

I attended plenty of Storm games, too. I witnessed its ArenaBowl win over the Rattlers up close. Even though I never got to catch any of the game balls, I always had fun win or lose. I stayed at Amalie Arena after an ugly loss to the Predators to see the late Coolio in a postgame concert one night.

they are so far behind the 8-ball that MAYBE they can recover.......or just end with a sliver of dignity

I can’t think of a single high profile lawyer who does what he does who doesn’t have myriad ethical issues behind closed doors. Ironic he screwed over hundreds of black people in the process

UFL is pretty well structured, also we should give more credit to the IFL and the NAL

They'd be welcome in the IFL. The Rattlers and Barnstomers are there. Would be nice to get some of the band back together. Predators, you're welcome to come, too.

@@danielnaylor3434I’ll bet the IFL would be more then welcome to let them in. And add Chicago while you’re at it.

​@@danielnaylor3434 That would be great. The IFL needs more east coast teams

@@danielnaylor3434 I hope someone revives the Storm for an IFL entry. The Sharks could use a franchise closer to them for logistical purposes.

@@marcus813 Oh, God, yes! One of the original four teams, the most successful, longest lasting team in the AFL. It would be great to see them return. And, yeah, teams like Jacksonville and Massachusetts are all on an island out there in the east. Giving them Tampa and Orlando to play, as well as Albany up in the northeast would be a great move. I really hope we see that happen. Of course, they'd be sharing a name with the Sioux Falls Storm...and I kind of like that organization. Been around awhile, too, and I don't want them to relocate or change their name.

The CIF merged with this league

​@@Z64sports the cif merged with the nal because both leagues lost a few teams to this one.

It doesn't seem like the other leagues are happy about it. A couple weeks ago, the Arena League found it necessary to make a Facebook post about the necessity of responsibility of running a football league and how careful they were to spend two years planning a league of four teams.

@@cameronlapage7386 Why would they be? Here's this johnny-come-lately lecturing THEM!? That's not right.

Joe McClendon & soccerplex leagues still exist 🤷🏿‍♂️ AB was bad last year but still this is worse

IFL ideally. But maybe the NAL would work out

The fact that they band together to replace Hutton makes me think they felt that they have dug themselves a hole so deep it'll be more shameful for them to get out of it now so they're sticking it out for their pride's sake

Firebirds and predators will probably go back to the NAL.

@@farhanatashiga3721 other indoor leagues are already mid season so jumping ship THIS season was out of the question. I expect they'll find new homes next season.

@@roryh2241 The Preds came from the NAL. Which, to be fair, was collapsing at the end of last season. There's only one team in the NAL in 2024 that was there in 2023. Two jumped to the AFL, and five dissolved (two of them mid-season). Of course, while they were able to get five more teams, one has already dissolved this season, so the Preds may still only be in a slightly worse situation this season. The problem is, minor arena leagues appear to be in big trouble right now. CIF died after 2023. NAL probably should have, and might yet. The IFL might indeed be the only option. Which would make sense for the Preds, Kats, and Firebirds, since they took the Sharks and Gunslingers.

He's one of the wittiest and funniest sports RU-vidrs around.

You just repeated the joke he said in the video

Really? I must have missed something. I'm curious to know when he talked about this.

Is his Whopper baby born?

Ayooooooo! The Yinzer is a father? Since when?

Uh wait did I miss a joke somewhere.

What???? His Canadian winner actually works? We need a photo of the Sapling.

Games (up to and including the Arena Bowl) were being aired on ESPN, the league was growing, they even had two pretty good video games at that. And then it just went belly-up. Indoor gridiron just seems to be cursed to be marginalized.

@@thehermitwizard I still play the original EA Sports Arena Football game to this day. It is indeed lots of fun.

How did it go bankrupt in the late 2000s??

@@Brandon-qd2lblack of money and economic downturn

@@thehermitwizard It's a damn shame, too! It really felt like a perfect alternative to the NFL for the spring for us!

Or they're gonna be unfairly hurt by just being associated with the AFL by means of being the same sport.

Already got more fans in Iowa.

I miss that version of the Soul, a lot of fond memories of them coming down to my hometown of Wildwood, NJ to celebrate those championships that are still hanging up at Wells Fargo Center

As they should

It’s OK, someone still has the old Arena Bowl trophy. The Sabercats kept it after they folded lol!

The Arizona Rattlers were my team, easily! At least once they came back, they were wise to jump ship and leave for the IFL.

Well at least you have the IFL, Ik it’s not the same but we all know that the AFL is now owned by AB and Bishop Sycamore

I'm also enjoyed AFL success as a San Jose Sabercats fan. But the AFL is in shambles after C. David Baker retired as AFL Commissioner. I'm glad that I'm watching arena/indoor football again with the Indoor Football League and I'm a Bay Area Panthers fan.

Watch the IFL/NAL. Theyre nowhere as big as the AFL used to be but its still pretty fun. The IFL streams on YT every weekend. Idk about the NAL since the merged

The NAL also has a YT channel, but I'm not sure about live streams. Also a longtime fan from the ESPN2 days: I've got a few games on VHS somewhere. Ended up going to a few Buffalo Destroyers games in college.

And haven’t lost a match in over a year. Impressive. They need to move to the IFL

IFL is around and still good.

The 😭emote was that for me.

From the depths of Hell…

Generational run

A bowel one

Imagine my utter shock when I saw that Salina had a professional sports team. Or that anyone has ever even heard of Salina outside of sustainable agriculture nerds

Arizona Rattlers fan for me. At least they were smart enough to leave them and go to the IFL instead. Granted, that league needs more recognition, but still!

​@@crazyluigi6664 Funny, but this AFL disaster has gotten me to watch more of the IFL.

Long live cat scratch fever. I got to meet Darren Arbet last year. He was sort of the coach/GM of the IFL Panthers before he got swept under the rug. Great turnaround season they had last year.

​@@gregster61me too

Yeah it's brutal right now

It feels wildly incomplete, only because shit's changing from week to week. Looking forward to the update in a few months.

I love hearing the Sonic music in these vids; every time Launch Base or Carnival Night start playing, I grin like a madman

@@silvergeneralv2 This, but also the Streets of Rage 2 tracks.

Not to mention 4:41.

There are rea$on$ for that

The people behind that were a lot savvier than the people behind AFL 3.0. What's now Warner Bros. Discovery has been happy to stick with AEW for the promotion's entire existence up to this point for a reason.

AEW isn’t really doing as good as they were when they first came onto the seen. The reason why AEW was hot from 2019-2021 was because 1. It was a new wrestling company and 2. WWE was going to shit because of Vince. Now Vince isn’t in charge anymore and WWE has rebounded greatly and AEW is struggling . Tony Khan is now overpaying wrestlers like Sasha Banks and Riho even though they barely wrestle, The whole CM Punk debacle backfired tremendously and now AEW crowds are only 1/3 full and the ratings have plummeted. Before they used to bring in 850k- 1 million. Now they bring up 650k to 750k. The only reason why the ratings are high in the first hour is because of the Big Bang Theory. In short AEW had a chance to capitalize on the WWE dark ages and they have failed tremendously. It’s only a matter of time before Shad pulls the plug on this project

@@vince11harris They beat absolutely everything in the ratings that isn't the NBA or NHL playoffs. The last time ANYTHING that wasn't them beat AEW Dynamite was January 31 (a Real Housewives episode). Shahid Khan was just PART OF a storyline. "only a matter of time before Shad pulls the plug"

@@coldsnap5742 numbers don’t lie my friend 🤷🏾‍♂️. The viewer ratings have been plummeting. The weekly show stadiums are barely half full. It’s only a matter of time

The state of Arizona has three IFL teams themselves (including the Arizona Rattlers), so in a sense, I can relate there.

One of them is the old Dodge City Law, never heard of the other two and I live in Wichita.

I would imagine, it’s a desperate attempt to avoid a lawsuit..

🎉. Yes. I love the owner and hopefully it won't fold like the Force. 🤞

They need to move the IFL

Two technically,you had the Rampage of AFL. But IFL has Kurt Warner's old stomping grounds, the Iowa Barnstormers.

@@supersasukemaniacof course, everyone knows the Barnstormers. I’m talking about the new team that never was

Amen.

That was hilarious how they had Opie and Anthony open the show. The XFL had way more behind it then this it seems.