Continental Indoor Football League
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The Continental Indoor Football League was a professional indoor American football league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest and featured teams like the Chicago Slaughter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Continental Indoor Football League canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13447812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Continental Indoor Football League Context triple: [Chicago Slaughter, league, Continental Indoor Football League]
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A.
Champions Indoor Football
Champions Indoor Football is a professional indoor American football league that features teams primarily from the central United States.
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B.
Champions Professional Indoor Football League
Champions Professional Indoor Football League was a short-lived professional indoor American football league that featured teams like the Dodge City Law competing in a spring arena-style season.
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C.
American Indoor Football Association
The American Indoor Football Association was a professional indoor American football league that operated in the United States during the mid-2000s, featuring regional teams playing a modified, fast-paced version of traditional football.
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D.
X-League Indoor Football
X-League Indoor Football was a short-lived professional indoor football league in the United States that featured teams like the Columbus Lions.
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E.
United Football League
The United Football League was a short-lived professional American football league that operated in the United States in the late 2000s and early 2010s as an alternative to the NFL.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Continental Indoor Football League Target entity description: The Continental Indoor Football League was a professional indoor American football league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest and featured teams like the Chicago Slaughter.
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A.
Champions Indoor Football
Champions Indoor Football is a professional indoor American football league that features teams primarily from the central United States.
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B.
Champions Professional Indoor Football League
Champions Professional Indoor Football League was a short-lived professional indoor American football league that featured teams like the Dodge City Law competing in a spring arena-style season.
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C.
American Indoor Football Association
The American Indoor Football Association was a professional indoor American football league that operated in the United States during the mid-2000s, featuring regional teams playing a modified, fast-paced version of traditional football.
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D.
X-League Indoor Football
X-League Indoor Football was a short-lived professional indoor football league in the United States that featured teams like the Columbus Lions.
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E.
United Football League
The United Football League was a short-lived professional American football league that operated in the United States in the late 2000s and early 2010s as an alternative to the NFL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports league
ⓘ
indoor American football league ⓘ |
| ballType | American football ⓘ |
| championshipGameName | CIFL Championship Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | indoor eight-man football ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2014 ⓘ |
| featuredTeam |
Battle Creek Crunch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago Slaughter NERFINISHED ⓘ Cincinnati Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ Dayton Silverbacks NERFINISHED ⓘ Erie Explosion NERFINISHED ⓘ Flint Phantoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Wayne Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Mayhem NERFINISHED ⓘ Miami Valley Silverbacks NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Huron Pirates NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochester Raiders NERFINISHED ⓘ Saginaw Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ Traverse City Red Devils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldType | indoor artificial turf ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jeff Spitaleri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Cashman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyType | private league office ⓘ |
| hasChampionshipGame | yes ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | Great Lakes Indoor Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlayoffs | yes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | regional ⓘ |
| nameChangeYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtPeak | 14 ⓘ |
| operatedAs | minor league alternative to Arena Football League ⓘ |
| precededBy | Great Lakes Indoor Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRevenueSource |
local sponsorships
ⓘ
ticket sales ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution |
financial instability
ⓘ
team turnover ⓘ |
| regionServed | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| rulesBasedOn | arena football rules ⓘ |
| shortName | CIFL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | indoor American football ⓘ |
| successorLeague | Continental Football League (indoor successors and spinoffs, various) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamType | professional ⓘ |
| typicalSeasonTime |
early summer
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| websiteStatus | defunct ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Continental Indoor Football League Description of subject: The Continental Indoor Football League was a professional indoor American football league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest and featured teams like the Chicago Slaughter.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.