Possible Future American Football Leagues

Colour	League / Conference
	National Football League
Blue	National
Red	American
Yellow	United States
Green	XFL
	Arena / Indoor Football League
Pink	Arena / Indoor
Purple	Legends
	World Football League
Black	International
Orange	World
	Continental Leagues
Brown	Mexico
Grey	Canada
Azure	Europe
White	Japan
	Freedom Football League
Salmon	Freedom
Teal	Trinity

Poll

The possibility of a Professional Irish American Football Team has been around since the 1980s when American Football was first shown on Channel 4 & RTE 2. The first Irish American Football League season took place in 1986. So, where and when (and if) do people think there will be a Pro team in Ireland.

The possiblities as far as Eirball can see are a team in the National Football League (XFC Conference – Green), World Football League (World Conference – Orange or International Conference – Black), a team in the European Football League (Azure) or a team in either the Indoor Football League (Indoor Conference – Pink or Legends Conference – Purple). So which would people prefer?

Other than those options there is the outside possibility of a team in the Freedom Football League (Minority Ownership – Irish Travelers if it goes World) or Trinity Football League (Christian).

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association; Tim Leadingham (Tallaght Outlaws); Joe Grey (Dublin Dragons); Sean Douglas (Dublin Rebels & UCD); Todd Zboyan, Heather Foust & Brianna Wallace (Dublin Bay Raptors)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 31 March 2020

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