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The American Flag Football League, which is launching a professional league in spring 2023, has sold its first franchises in Boston and Las Vegas at a price of $3 million each.

“It wasn’t our intention to sell any of the teams, but we started to see a lot of interest and shifted our attitude on that,” league founder Jeff Lewis said in a video call. “We will open with four to six teams, at least four of which will be owned by external parties.”

The first two franchises were sold to private investors; Lewis declined to name them, though the investors currently don’t own any other teams in a top-level sports league.

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1 hour ago, GoPokes83 said:

Couldn’t find a thread. Saw this on the news this morning, apparently this has been around a couple of years. They call it pro, but I can’t imagine the players even make back gas money. If this somehow takes off it looks like 300 lb linemen types are going to be SOL. This is a very fast game. https://www.affl.com/

Compensation & Benefits: - Selected players will be paid $100 per practice and $800 per game. - The league will also cover travel expenses for games. - Preseason: 6 weeks with 2-3 practices per week (practices held outside of normal work hours - Season: 8-10 weeks with 2 games & practices per week.”

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Four teams - one of which is in Vegas and one of which is in Boston. In a league where they can't pay players more than $800/game. Sounds practical and sustainable. 
As long as they provide a good health plan for the players. There may be no contact, but ankle sprains, hammy pulls may heal themselves eventually, but not in time to make it through a season without intervention. On the other hand I'm sure they're not quite as picky as the NFL and players will be relatively easy to replace with pretty much any weekend warrior with delusions of grandeur.
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