The Arena Football league was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster. Arena football is played indoors on a field about half the size of a normal football field. Rebook was founded in 1985 and it is a subsidiary of Adidas.

1. Non-NFL Football:
The Arena Football
League
Nicole Cannon

2. The Arena Football League
• The AFL was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster. He
conceived the idea of indoor football while watching
an indoor soccer match at Madison Square Garden in
1981.
• Its headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois.
• http://www.arenafootball.com
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3. Scott Butera
• Scott Butera was just named the
commissioner of the League on
September 23, 2014.
• He played football at Trinity College in
Hartford.
• Spent his career in top management positions
in brands such as Foxwoods Resorts and was
the CEO of Tropicana Entertainment.

4. Season
• The AFL season consists of a 20- week
schedule where each team plays 18 games
and has two by weeks.
• The season starts during the second week of
March and runs weekly until late August.

5. Teams
• The AFL originally started out with just four
teams, but has now grown to 14.
• The 14 teams are divided into two
conferences: the American Conference and
the National Conference.

6. Playoffs
The division winners and two wild card
teams from each conference play in the
AFL playoffs. It is an eight-team single
elimination tournament.
• The two winners play each other in the Arena Bowl
• Their championship
trophy is called the
Foster Trophy.
• The current champions
and the champions for the
last three years are the
Arizona Rattlers.

7. “Arena Football Finds Its Footing After
Some Fumbles”
• Compared to the NFL, the AFL is seen as inferior and is
not as popular.
• The AFL stresses family entertainment. Families’
account for about 60% of AFL ticket sales.
• Low operating costs has helped with AFL survival
despite the 2009 season being cancelled.
• Bon Jovi- co-owner of the Philadelphia Soul describes
the AFL as “a great place for young players wanting to
get some professional football experience under their
belt or older players winding down their careers.”
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8. Linked In Profile
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http://www.arenafootball.com/about/jerr
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9. Reebok
• Reebok was founded in 1985 in Bolton,
Lancashire, England.
• It is the producer of athletic shoes, clothing
and accessories.
• It has been a subsidiary of the German
company Adidas since 2005.
• http://www.reebok.com/us/

10. Locations
• Reebok’s headquarters is located in Canton,
Massachusetts, but there are offices around
the world that are associated with both
Reebok and Adidas: Germany, California,
Oregon, Panama, Netherlands, and Hong
Kong.

11. Careers
• Some job listings are:
– Marketing & Communications
– Accounting & Finance
– Design
– Production
• http://www.reebok.com/us/
• http://careers.adidas-group.
com/default.aspx?bid=3

12. Sources
• http://www.arenafootball.com
• http://search.proquest.com/abicomplete/docview/3989
35514/FF6DA8DDF6E4889PQ/14?accountid=14068
• http://www.reebok.com/us/
• http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pd
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• http://bleacherreport.com/articles/716128-
another-pro-football-league