The Associated Football Franchises Of America announced this morning that they are looking to bring more team recognition to the league in 2020. One way the league plans on doing this, is by adopting team names from defunct Spring leagues and perhaps a couple former Arena teams.
" We feel having teams with names that fans may recognize will help the league fan base. We are looking to hopefully adopt team names from the USFL, UFL, WLAF and former Arena league teams. We are also looking to adopt all eight franchises from the recently failed Alliance of American Football. Though the league didn't complete its first and only season, they did have decent television ratings and team reconizability will be high." Said a league official.
Also, the AFFA announced that the league will expand to 32 teams for 2020. Conference and division alignments will be announced once teams are finalized. The Louisville Thoroughbreds and Omaha Bulls are said to be the only "original " AFFA teams included in the " reboot ". The Miami Sharks and Carolina Generals have reportedly suspended operations due to owners disapproving of the new format.
The league owners will vote on the new format during the league Fall Owners Meeting in Dallas sometime in September ( date not confirmed).
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