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Spring pro football league adds San Antonio, Moose Johnston to be the team's GM


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I want a San Antonio Meese hat.

 

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Former-Cowboys-FB-Daryl-Moose-Johnston-Named-General-Manager-of-Alliance-of-American-Footballs-San-Antonio-Team-486185791.html

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Former Cowboys FB Daryl 'Moose' Johnston Named General Manager of Alliance of American Football's San Antonio Team

The Alliance of American Football completed its awarding of franchises Thursday by placing a team in San Antonio.

Former San Diego Chargers coach Mike Riley will be the head coach and former Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl "Moose" Johnston is the general manager.

San Antonio joins Atlanta, Orlando, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Phoenix, Memphis and Birmingham.

The Alliance will kick off its inaugural season the week after the Super Bowl and has a TV contract with CBS.

San Antonio is the eighth and final city for The Alliance's inaugural season, joining Orlando, Atlanta, Memphis, Salt Lake, Phoenix, San Diego and Birmingham.

"Not only does San Antonio have a large population of football fans, it has a first-class stadium to host them in," says Charlie Ebersol, co-founder and CEO of the league. "The Alamodome is a perfect backdrop for Alliance San Antonio, and we are eager to give this city a competitive team, led by coach Mike Riley, that they can rally around and support.

Riley also has coached in the CFL and at Oregon State and Nebraska.

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9 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Kinda stupid not to have a single Midwestern franchise.  Omaha, Des Moines, Wichita, and OKC would all be good markets for something like this.

Looks like they are trying to limit travel distances and/or avoid late winter/early spring weather.

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33 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

I want a San Antonio Meese hat.

 

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Former-Cowboys-FB-Daryl-Moose-Johnston-Named-General-Manager-of-Alliance-of-American-Footballs-San-Antonio-Team-486185791.html

daryl-johnston.jpg

Former Cowboys FB Daryl 'Moose' Johnston Named General Manager of Alliance of American Football's San Antonio Team

The Alliance of American Football completed its awarding of franchises Thursday by placing a team in San Antonio.

Former San Diego Chargers coach Mike Riley will be the head coach and former Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl "Moose" Johnston is the general manager.

San Antonio joins Atlanta, Orlando, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Phoenix, Memphis and Birmingham.

The Alliance will kick off its inaugural season the week after the Super Bowl and has a TV contract with CBS.

San Antonio is the eighth and final city for The Alliance's inaugural season, joining Orlando, Atlanta, Memphis, Salt Lake, Phoenix, San Diego and Birmingham.

"Not only does San Antonio have a large population of football fans, it has a first-class stadium to host them in," says Charlie Ebersol, co-founder and CEO of the league. "The Alamodome is a perfect backdrop for Alliance San Antonio, and we are eager to give this city a competitive team, led by coach Mike Riley, that they can rally around and support.

Riley also has coached in the CFL and at Oregon State and Nebraska.

Being from San Antonio, the Alamodome is far from "first class" in any aspect. 

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24 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Kinda stupid not to have a single Midwestern franchise.  Omaha, Des Moines, Wichita, and OKC would all be good markets for something like this.

Agree with this. Looks at the towns that did really well with Indoor Football:

 

Wheeling 

Omaha

Billings

Sioux Falls

Sioux City

 

 

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