Will the AAF be like the USFL

[cowboy40]

Back in the 1980's, no I think the 70's, not sure there, a new football league popped up called the United States Football League. It was meant to be a challenger to the NFL. It lasted a couple of seasons and then went bye bye.

Now we have an eight team AAF (Alliance of American Football; something like that), that is trying to come into the pro football world. I was able to catch a game down in San Diego. The fans seemed grateful to have a pro game there again. The San Diego Fleet won by the way, but i wonder..I have seen this before...are we have a repeat of the USFL here...just another flash in the pan. Is this going to be another false start?

I hope it takes off, because the NFL is just to all mighty in their own minds. They need something to bring them back to reality of things..No company should have a monopoly. So lets see what happens. What are your thoughts on the idea of this new league?

[krebizfan]

AAF is being done in partnership with the NFL as the equivalent to a developmental league like the World League used to be. Won't be much challenging to the NFL because of that.

USFL had the problem of the expansion of the CFL in the US competing for attention. The AAF may face a similar problem with the proposed reborn XFL showing up next year.

[krebizfan]

Well, that didn't last. Not even making it through one season.

[cowboy40]

Its hard for any new type of expansion in partnership with the NFL or without it. Unlike baseball, it doesn't seem like the NFL is set up to take advantage of a "farm team" approach to professional sports; though the process has proven to work in many other sports

Three examples....NHL has used organizations like the Central Hockey League for years to develop new players.

NASCAR uses different racing series to bring young drivers along the course of a career...been working fro them for around 80 years,

And the primary true example of how farm teams work well is in Professional baseball and the relationship between Major and Minor League Baseball...this system has many levels a player can be developed from...Summer League for young still in college ball players, then the Rookie leagues up to the Single A Short Season and Single A long season, then into Double-A and into Triple-A ball...then up into the big show or you can be worked down from the big show...this system has proven its value for both player development and player rehab, and even Major League players are sent down to rest themselves from the pressure of Major League play.

These systems have proven themselves to work...the NFL needs to come aboard and realize the benefits offered by such programs!!!