Afl

Arena Football League

By dsullivan85

  • AFL is founded

    AFL is founded
    James Foster first draws his outline of a miniture football feild, soon to become the Arena Football League.

  • First AFL Game Held

    First AFL Game Held
    The first game was held as a "Test Game" and the league was given a positive response by fans.

  • First Arena Bowl was held

    First Arena Bowl was held
    Denver beat Pittsburgh in Arena Bowl I, aired on ESPN.

  • First international game held

    First international game held
    The first international game was held in Paris with 13,500 fans watching.

  • AFL Hall of Fame begins

    AFL Hall of Fame begins
    The AFL inducts their first Hall of Fame class including:
    Dwayne Dixon, James Foster, Jerry Kurz, Tim Murcum, Gary Mullen, Tate Randle, Alvin Rettig, and Craig Walls

  • Network TV Debut

    Network TV Debut
    AFL makes it's Network TV debut, airing on ABC during Arena Bowl XII and is viewed by more than two million fans

  • AFL adds sponsers

    AFL adds sponsers
    Arena Football adds blue-chip sponsors Ford Trucks and U.S. Army, and creates an internet partnership with nfl.com

  • NBC partnership

    NBC partnership
    The AFL and NBC announce a broadcast partnership. NBC will televise AFL games on Sundays, including the playoffs and ArenaBowl and season will now start in February instead of April

  • AFL and AFLPA reach agrrement

    AFL and AFLPA reach agrrement
    The AFL and Arena Football League Players association solidify a long-term Collective Bargaining Agreement that runs through 2010-the longest and most far-reaching in professional sports.

  • AFL partners with Nike and Upperdeck

    AFL partners with Nike and Upperdeck
    AFL announces a multi-year partnership with NIKE, the first-ever exclusive "head-to-toe" uniform supplier/apparel partnership in its history, and with Upper Deck, the first-ever pact between the AFL and a sports trading card and memorabilia company.

  • AFL partners with Fox Sports

    AFL partners with Fox Sports
    AFL and Fox Sports Networks announce a multi-year agreement to carry regular-season AFL games on 11 of FSN's owned and affiliated regional sports networks.

  • AFL agreement with ESPN

    AFL agreement with ESPN
    ESPN and the AFL enter into a five-year agreement that includes extensive multimedia rights and a minimum of 26 televised games per season, beginning in 2007. ESPN has also purchased a minority ownership stake in the AFL as part of the agreement that enhances ESPNs football programming lineup, the most comprehensive in sports television, with year-round football on Monday nights.

  • AFL agrees with CBS Sports Network

    AFL agrees with CBS Sports Network
    CBS Sports Network and the AFL sign a two-year television agreement and announce that ArenaBowl XXVI will air live on CBS Television.