It's been a rough season for the Arena Football League. No one would argue that point. Off the field, we endured the loss of the New Orleans VooDoo and the Las Vegas Outlaws, who were taken over by the league in July, only to ultimately cease operations the day after the regular season ended. We've had to deal with the black eye cast upon the league for taking Las Vegas out of the playoffs five days before its first game, only to replace it with a 5-13 Portland Thunder team.