I love watching train wrecks as much as the next person, and I love watching dumpster fires. Arena football has become that. Another team, the Tampa Bay storm have cashed in their chips and are leaving the casino.Of course I feel sorry for the fans and the employees of the team, but this is pretty standard for minor league sports. Some minor league baseball teams have been there forever but the only constant in the world of minor league sports is change.
Arena football is becoming a Northeastern thing with the only teams being in Washington, Baltimore, Albany and Philadelphia. That could change anytime of course, for all I know by the time the day is over several of these teams could be gone as well. Two of the more successful teams, the Orlando Predators and the Tampa Bay Storm, were in Florida for more than two decades. The famous "War for I-4" rivalry between the two teams was among the most popular rivalries in all of minor league sports. Orlando folded up their team last year and now Tampa is doing the same. Arena football was once very popular down here and it's a shame that the teams have closed up shop.
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