What happened to the Arena Football League ?

The AFL or Arena Football League was established in 1986 and started the first season in 1987.  The game is played indoors on a field 66 by 28 resulting in a fast paced and high scoring game. 
From 2000 to 2009 the league had a developmental league called AFL2.

The AFL played 22 seasons from 1987 to 2008. However in 2009 due to many issues with in the league canceled the 2009 season however the AFL2 continued to play. Later in that year the league was completely dissolved.

In 2010 the AFL returned headquartered in Las Vegas Nevada. However game attendance has only averaged about 9,500 fans per game since 2010. In 2016 the league was down to 8 teams in the league. In August of 2017 the league announced plans to expand to New York and New Jersey. 

In February 2018 the schedule was finalized with only 4 teams remaining in the league. 

On March 16th 2018 the AFL reached a new agreement with the Players Union and signed a new 4 year CBA ( Collective Bargaining Agreement) that ended the possibility of the league shutting down once again.

As of March 17th 2018 the AFL announced a new commissioner Scott Butera and the AFL partnered with Draft Kings to bring back fantasy AFL. 

However currently the league is only established back East with 4 teams currently:

Albany Empire
Baltimore Brigade
Philadelphia Soul
Washington Valor

Good news is that CBS has agreed to broadcast the AFL in 2018 and also the league made deals with Roku, Amazon and xbox to have games available for fans. 

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