Today, July 27th, 2008, the Philadelphia Soul celebrated their first championship in franchise history and the first major sports title in Philadelphia since 1983. Even though 75% of Philadelphians won't treat this like a major championship, it is. The Arena Football League is a league of its own, not a minor league for the NFL. The league has expanded a lot since 1996 when Commishoner David Baker took over. David Baker resigned this past week however. Under his leadership, the league has expanded to 22 teams and has been taken under TV contract by NBC (not any more) and most recently ESPN, ESPN 2 and ABC. The league will continue to expand and gain popularity as the years go by. In fact, there are rumors that the next team to enter the league will be from the steel city of Pittsburgh.
The league is hard hitting, high scoring, famous owners. ( Jon Bon Jovi, Mike Ditka, John Elway, Jerry Jones etc.) And tickets are relativly cheap. So come out and support the AFL.
