AFL 2010

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	16	12	4	0	893	806	.750
*Tampa Bay Storm	16	11	5	0	926	812	.687
*Orlando Predators	16	8	8	0	865	845	.500
Alabama Vipers	16	7	9	0	812	860	.437
Southwest Division
*Tulsa Talons	16	10	6	0	994	899	.625
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz	16	6	10	0	833	870	.375
Dallas Vigilantes	16	3	13	0	833	870	.187
Bossier-Shreveport Battlewings	16	3	13	0	799	1030	.187
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
West Division
*Spokane Shock	16	13	3	0	988	843	.812
*Arizona Rattlers	16	10	6	0	957	885	.625
Utah Blaze	16	2	14	0	742	1040	.125
Midwest Division
*Milwaukee Iron	16	11	5	0	1043	903	.687
*Chicago Rush	16	10	6	0	906	873	.625
Cleveland Gladiators	16	7	9	0	938	906	.438
Iowa Barnstormers	16	7	9	0	829	830	.438

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2010	Spokane Shock	57	Arizona Rattlers	49
2010	Milwaukee Iron	64	Chicago Rush	54
2010	Tampa Bay Storm	68	Tulsa Talons	38
2010	Jacksonville Sharks	69	Orlando Predators	73
	Conference Championship
2010	Spokane Shock	60	Milwaukee Iron	57
2010	Tampa Bay Storm	63	Orlando Predators	62
	Arena Bowl XXIII
2010	Spokane Shock	69	Tampa Bay Storm	67

AFL 2011

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	14	4	0	1158	908	.778
*Georgia Force	18	11	7	0	1007	931	.611
*Orlando Predators	18	11	7	0	1001	933	.611
Tampa Bay Storm	18	7	11	0	802	933	.389
New Orleans Voodoo	18	3	15	0	826	1017	.187
East Division
*Cleveland Gladiators	18	10	8	0	904	840	.556
Pittsburgh Power	18	9	9	0	870	972	.500
Milwaukee Mustangs	18	7	11	0	872	972	.389
Philadelphia Soul	18	6	12	0	914	969	.333
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	18	13	5	0	957	833	.722
*Dallas Vigilantes	18	11	7	0	1061	1007	.583
Tulsa Talons	18	8	10	0	894	889	.444
Kansas City Command	18	6	12	0	854	974	.333
Iowa Barnstormers	18	5	13	0	916	1116	.278
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	16	2	0	1114	836	.818
*Spokane Shock	18	9	9	0	1057	1027	.500
Utah Blaze	18	9	9	0	1080	1017	.500
San Jose Sabercats	18	7	11	0	1022	1080	.389

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2011	Chicago Rush	54	Dallas Vigilantes	51
2011	Jacksonville Sharks	63	Orlando Predators	48
2011	Arizona Rattlers	62	Spokane Shock	33
2011	Georgia Force	50	Cleveland Gladiators	41
	Conference Championship
2011	Arizona Rattlers	54	Chicago Rush	48
2011	Jacksonville Sharks	64	Georgia Force	55
	Arena Bowl XXIV
2011	Jacksonville Sharks	73	Arizona Rattlers	70

AFL 2012

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	10	8	0	930	884	.556
*Georgia Force	18	9	9	0	812	923	.500
*New Orleans Voodoo	18	8	10	0	979	995	.444
Tampa Bay Storm	18	8	10	0	1021	1108	.444
Orlando Predators	18	4	14	0	770	902	.222
East Division
*Philadelphia Soul	18	15	3	0	1228	919	.833
Cleveland Gladiators	18	8	10	0	879	873	.444
Milwaukee Mustangs	18	5	13	0	960	1061	.278
Pittsburgh Power	18	5	13	0	824	963	.278
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
*San Antonio Talons	18	14	4	0	1042	942	.778
Chicago Rush	18	10	8	0	1047	1044	.556
Iowa Barnstormers	18	7	11	0	948	1022	.389
Kansas City Command	18	3	15	0	705	938	.167
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	13	5	0	1118	890	.722
*San Jose Sabercats	18	12	6	0	1143	1027	.667
*Utah Blaze	18	12	6	0	1128	1051	.667
Spokane Shock	18	10	8	0	1063	1048	.556

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2012	Utah Blaze	35	San Antonio Talons	34
2012	Jacksonville Sharks	58	Georgia Force	56
2012	Arizona Rattlers	51	San Jose Sanercats	48
2012	Philadelphia Soul	66	New Orleans Voodoo	53
	Conference Championship
2012	Arizona Rattlers	75	Utah Blaze	69
2012	Philadelphia Soul	89	Jacksonville Sharks	34
	Arena Bowl
2012	Arizona Rattlers	72	Philadelphia Soul	54

AFL 2013

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	12	6	0	941	883	.667
*Orlando Predators	18	7	11	0	965	1032	.389
*Tampa Bay Storm	18	7	11	0	959	980	.389
New Orleans Voodoo	18	5	13	0	833	1069	.278
East Division
*Philadelphia Soul	18	12	6	0	1052	839	.667
Cleveland Gladiators	18	4	14	0	847	1047	.222
Pittsburgh Power	18	4	14	0	726	1014	.222
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Central Division
*Chicago Rush	18	10	8	0	973	947	.556
*San Antonio Talons	18	10	8	0	782	884	.556
Iowa Barnstormers	18	6	12	0	827	913	.333
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	15	3	0	1203	866	.833
*Spokane Shock	18	14	4	0	1198	896	.778
*San Jose Sabercats	18	13	5	0	1033	877	.722
Utah Blaze	18	7	11	0	896	988	.389

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2013	Spokane Shock	69	Chicago Rush	47
2013	Jacksonville Sharks	69	Tampa Bay Storm	62
2013	Philadelphia Soul	59	Orlando Predators	55
2013	Arizona Rattlers	59	San Jose Sabercats	55
	Conference Championship
2013	Philadelphia Soul	75	Jacksonville Sharks	59
2013	Arizona Rattlers	65	Spokane Shock	57
	Arena Bowl XXV
2013	Arizona Rattlers	48	Philadelphia Soul	39

AFL 2014

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Orlando Predators	18	11	7	0	1005	957	.611
Tampa Bay Storm	18	8	10	0	904	953	.444
Jacksonville Sharks	18	7	11	0	879	862	.389
New Orleans Voodoo	18	3	15	0	770	1011	.167
East Division
*Cleveland Gladiators	18	17	1	0	991	782	.944
*Pittsburgh Power	18	15	3	0	1015	778	.833
*Philadelphia Soul	18	9	9	0	1021	949	.500
Iowa Barnstormers	18	6	12	0	648	1046	.333
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pacific Division
*San Jose Sabercats	18	13	5	0	999	723	.722
*Spokane Shock	18	11	7	0	957	843	.611
Portland Thunder	18	5	13	0	816	965	.278
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	15	3	0	1151	905	.833
San Antonio Talons	18	3	15	0	781	1052	.167
Los Angeles Kiss	18	3	15	0	699	1010	.167

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2014	Cleveland Gladiators	39	Philadelphia Soul	37
2014	San Jose Sabercats	55	Spokane Shock	28
2014	Orlando Predators	56	Pittsburgh Power	48
2014	Arizona Rattlers	52	Portland Thunder	48
	Conference Championship
2014	Cleveland Gladiators	56	Orlando Predators	46
2014	Arizona Rattlers	72	San Jose Sabercats	56
	Arena Bowl XXVI
2014	Cleveland Gladiators	32	Arizona Rattlers	72

AFL 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
*Orlando Predators	18	12	6	0	1023	951	.667
*Jacksonville Sharks	18	10	8	0	971	901	.556
Tampa Bay Storm	18	7	11	0	820	942	.389
East Division
*Philadelphia Soul	18	15	3	0	1060	823	.833
*Cleveland Gladiators	18	8	10	0	953	959	.444
New Orleans Voodoo	18	3	14	1	693	920	.194
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pacific Division
*San Jose Sabercats	18	17	1	0	1061	662	.944
*Spokane Shock	18	7	11	0	847	971	.389
Portland Thunder	18	5	13	0	858	975	.278
West Division
*Arizona Rattlers	18	14	4	0	1003	825	.778
Las Vegas Outlaws	18	5	12	1	741	910	.308
Los Angeles Kiss	18	4	14	0	724	915	.222

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	First Round
2015	San Jose Sabercats	65	Portland Thunder	28
2015	Philadelphia Soul	47	Cleveland Gladiators	38
2015	Jacksonville Sharks	55	Orlando Thunder	33
2015	Arizona Rattlers	72	Spokane Shock	41
	Conference Championship
2015	San Jose Sabercats	70	Arizona Rattlers	67
2015	Jacksonville Sharks	61	Phildalphia Soul	56
	Arena Bowl
2015	San Jose Sabercats	68	Jacksonville Sharks	47

Report

After cancelling the 2009 season in order to restructure, following the debts incurred by the failed court case brought against the Indoor Professional Football League over copyright infringement in 1998, and over-expansion with its official minor league – arenafootball2 – from 2000-2010, the Arena Football League re-launched in 2010, with Spokane Shock winning the Arena Bowl, followed by Jacksonville Sharks in 2011 and Arizona Rattlers three-in-a-row from 2012 to 2014, and then San Jose Sabercats in 2015.

The league then underwent a significant drop in teams, from 12 in 2015 to 8 in 2016 and 5 in 2017 (see: https://eirball.ie/2020/02/19/arena-football-league-2016-2019/ )

About the AFL

The Arena Football League was the original Indoor or Arena American Football League, established in 1986. After the court ruling in 1998 that its patent (awarded in 1989) only referred to the rebound nets either side of the goalposts, everything else was football, and not under copyright, as it was already in the common sphere.

This opened the door to rival Indoor Leagues, and in an attempt to see them off Arena Football League created Arena Football 2, an official Minor League. This was an over-expansion and coupled with the debts from the court case related to the patent, it incurred a legacy debt that left the League in no position to continue after 2019.

About Arena / Indoor Football

Indoor Football, also known as Arena Football was developed in 1986 as an 8v8 form of Indoor American Football. After an initial few seasons where the game was developed with a 4 team league, a full seasons League with eventually over a dozen teams was developed in the 1990 which was considered by the Wall Street Journal to be a fifth major.

The Arena Football League over-expanded in the 2000s with a Minor League, and its importance (and number of teams) waned since it first experienced financial diffulties  in 2009, and it ceased operations after the 2019 season due to the legacy debt incurred.

There is now, however, Indoor Football Leagues all over America, all of which would now be considered Minor League or Semi-Pro (AAA, AA, or even A)

Indoor Football is played on a 50-yard field with two 8-yard endzones, and teams have 5 downs (attempts) to reach the endzone or the ball is turned over. 3 of those downs must be passing plays, making Indoor Football highly explosive and high scoring.

The main difference between Arena Football & Indoor Football is the rebound nets either side of the goalposts in Arena Football, which is the only part of the original patent given to the Arena Football League in 1989, that a subsequent ruling in 1998 ruled was copyright, the rest being Football already in other leagues.

References:

Sources:

[1] Arena Football League (2016) 2016 Record and Factbook pp. 101-109 / 45.

Images

[2] Arena Football League (2019) Arena Football League Reveals New Logo [Internet] Available from: https://snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net/0000015a-a977-d135-adda-fb7fb65f0000/images/c3/b8/20eb27b6418aa78b71d4679d2988/1545950679236_1545950297199_viewliftarticle_16x9images_16x9Images.png [Accessed 17 September 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Tim Leadingham. Bart Barden & Sam Thompson.

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