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San Antonio is the eighth and final city for The Alliance's inaugural season, joining Orlando, Atlanta, Memphis, Salt Lake, Phoenix, San Diego and Birmingham.

The Alliance will kick off its season the week after the Super Bowl and has a TV contract with CBS.

The AFL difference in rules from Wikipedia are:

Teams will have 50 players on each roster, with some selected by a territorial draft.
Telecasts will feature no television timeouts and 60 percent fewer commercials, with the league aiming for an approximate real-time game length of 150 minutes, down from just over 180 in the NFL.
All teams must attempt two-point conversions after each touchdown; there will be no extra point kicks.
here will be no kickoffs; all possessions will begin on each team's own 25-yard line, the same as touchbacks in the NFL and NCAA. In lieu of an onside kick, a team can keep possession of the ball by attempting a scrimmage play from their own 35-yard line and gaining at least 10 yards.
The play clock will run only 30 seconds, 10 seconds shorter than in the NFL.
Two coach's challenges per team are the only replays.
Outside organizations will handle head-safety protocols

1 posted on 06/22/2018 12:41:04 PM PDT by Bender2
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To: big'ol_freeper; Impy; SevenofNine; Cletus.D.Yokel; Rummyfan; Liberty Valance; Perdogg; ...
Gadzooks-- If this league make it, a football fan can watch the sport near all year round with this Alliance of American Football going from Feb until April, then the Canadian Football League season from June to Thanksgiving in late November augmenting the college and pro game in the US--

Okay, y'all talk it over while I... finish my first round of drinks.

2 posted on 06/22/2018 12:41:50 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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What? We’re getting an Alliance of American Football team here in San Antonio?

First I’ve heard of that. Wonder what that is?

Oh well, We have plenty of middle school football fields they can use to play on. Some of them can seat up to a hundred fans. Which is twice the number they may need.


3 posted on 06/22/2018 12:46:00 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Bender2

Related:

Cowboys great Daryl ‘Moose’ Johnston, Mike Riley to lead new SA football team

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3665328/posts


4 posted on 06/22/2018 12:49:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Bender2
The Alliance of Amateur Football
8 posted on 06/22/2018 1:09:56 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Bender2

Mike Riley as in fail Nebraska football coach Mike Riley?


11 posted on 06/22/2018 1:39:27 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: Bender2
San Antonio is the eighth and final city for The Alliance's inaugural season, joining Orlando, Atlanta, Memphis, Salt Lake, Phoenix, San Diego and Birmingham.

No major markets there, and only two cities that are also in the NFL. I wonder how they plan to succeed without New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

14 posted on 06/22/2018 2:09:54 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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