👉 AAFL - Another American Football League (Part 1)
AAFL - Another American Football League (Part 2) :
Will it work?
A lot of leagues have come and gone. The problem is
that it costs a lot to run and maintain a football league. There are
player and executive salaries, stadium leases and television contracts
just for starters. The AAFL is a for-profit league and if it cannot
operate at a profit, it won't stay around for very long. It is worth
noting that the AAFL will not benefit from concession sales the way some
professional teams do to boost their profits because concessions at the
games will be operated by and for the host stadium. For what it's
worth, beer will not be available.
Another hurdle the league
faces is keeping the costs to fans down. Ticket prices for pro sports
are a big turnoff, and the AAFL will have to find a way to keep ticket
prices affordable and attractive. Ticket prices have been announced to
be around $13 and there will be a big push for locals to buy
"memberships" which gives them special perks such as VIP parking and
special screenings of out-of-town games.
The AAFL has said it
will televise games nationally, but there's nationally televised
coverage and then there's national television. Just ask the NHL who are
effectively buried on Versus, a channel that most people have never
heard of.
The league can get a huge boost if the quality of the
game play is high. Then, it stands a good chance of making it past the
first season.
The real question is whether or not the AAFL model
can work by staying local, and whether it even needs the support of a
national fanbase. And you might also be asking, why bother at all? Is
there really a void in the world of American football that is served by a
new league? The AAFL thinks so. If not, it will be just another
football league that comes and goes in the blink of a season.
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