Arena Football League

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The Arena Football League was a professional indoor American football league known for its high-scoring, fast-paced games played on a smaller field and for helping launch the careers of players like quarterback Kurt Warner.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf professional indoor American football league
sports league
championshipGame ArenaBowl
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 2019
fieldLengthYards 50
fieldWidthYards approximately 28.3
finalSeason 2019
firstSeason 1987
foundedBy Jim Foster
gamePace fast-paced
governingBody Arena Football League front office
hasFanExperienceFeature high scoring games
proximity of fans to field
hasTeam Arizona Rattlers
Chicago Blitz
surface form: Chicago Rush

Iowa Barnstormers
Orlando Predators
Philadelphia Soul
Orlando Predators
surface form: San Jose SaberCats

Tampa Bay Storm
headquartersLocation United States of America
surface form: United States
helpedLaunchCareerOf Jay Gruden
Kurt Warner
Orlando Predators coach Jay Gruden
Tommy Maddox
inception 1987
notableCoach Jay Gruden
Tim Marcum
notablePlayer Barry Wagner
Eddie Brown
Kurt Warner
numberOfPlayersPerSideOnField 8
playedIndoors true
playedOn indoor artificial turf
reasonForFolding financial difficulties
ruleVariation high-motion offense with multiple receivers in motion
narrow goalposts
no punting
rebound nets around goalposts
smaller field than NFL
scoringStyle high-scoring
seasonType spring and summer
shortName AFL
sport indoor American football
televisionPartner CBS Sports Network
ESPN
Fox Sports Networks
surface form: Fox Sports Net

NBC
usesReboundNets true

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Arena Football Hall of Fame associatedWith Arena Football League
Arena Football Hall of Fame category Arena Football League
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse formerLeague Arena Football League
Iowa Barnstormers formerLeagueMembership Arena Football League
Albany Empire (former) governingBody Arena Football League
Albany Empire (former) league Arena Football League
Reunion Arena leagueAssociation Arena Football League
Kurt Warner leaguePlayedIn Arena Football League
ThunderDome tenantLeague Arena Football League