Team Florida put together quite a showing at the inaugural AAFL Draft. All of its 39 Protected Players, who had spots on the team before today’s draft were present shaking hands, taking pictures, and signing autographs. Cute girls were passing out mini AAFL footballs and a few lucky people got snazzy New Balance AAFL t-shirts […]
Day: January 26, 2008
Today marks the official beginning of a new football league that has made it through initial funding, generation of effective press, and convincing solid athletes (like Chris Leak and Peter Warrick) of its potential success. At 12:00PM Eastern Time, the All American Football League (AAFL) will be conducting its inaugural draft. Fifty rounds are scheduled; […]
Because everyone else seems to love it. A New York Times’ article this week, for example, previews today’s Senior Bowl, and specifically its relatively newfound media exposure and frenzy. Some excerpts: “This week’s practices in preparation for Saturday’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. served as the beginning of an intense three-month evaluation that will culminate […]