During the New Orleans VooDoo s four overall AFL seasons, the team finished no worse than fifth in attendance and even led the league in 2007. The last two ArenaBowls were held in the Crescent City and were announced sellouts. So why in the world is New Orleans quitting Arena Football for the second time since 2005?
A fifth of the AFL season is complete and there are two undefeated teams (Arizona and Cleveland), two winless squads (Kansas City and New Orleans). Milwaukee, Spokane and Tulsa all got their first wins of the season, while Chicago and Orlando lost for the first time. Six of the nine games were blowouts of at least 17 points and two games were decided in the final eight seconds.
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What a wild week of Arena Football action we had in Week 7! Two major underdogs (Orlando and Iowa) found ways to win their games and win them outright by huge numbers, while several teams were left trying to pick up the pieces from a disappointing and unexpected effort.
Has it really been a decade? Ten years ago tonight, the San Diego Riptide kicked off its four-year run as an arenafootball2 franchise. I was there as its Vice President of Communications for the first two seasons before leaving for the Grand Rapids Rampage.