The new North American Football League

The new North American Football League

Source: NAFL Enterprises, Inc.

NAFL Enterprises, Inc. (“NAFLE”) is proud to officially announce the forthcoming North American Football League (“NAFL”), a new professional spring football league, with plans to debut in spring 2015.

The inaugural season will kick off with eight charter franchises. A strategic expansion plan has been constructed, and will be implemented to ultimately field 16 teams across the country by 2019 to provide the ultimate “fan-centric” football experience.

The NAFL’s charter franchises will be the Birmingham Freedom, Columbus Flight, Hartford Merchantmen, (Louisville) Kentucky Thoroughbreds, Memphis Kings, (Raleigh-Durham) North Carolina Redwolves, Orlando Sentinels, and (Richmond) Virginia Crusaders.

The North American Football League is a professional football league that will play games during the spring and early summer months.

The NAFL will not compete with the NFL, NCAA, or high school football seasons. Focusing on attention to detail will ensure the fans receive an exciting, affordable game of football virtually year round.

NAFL teams will be run as a single entity for the first four years. As such, the league will be enabled to provide an efficient and cost effective practice of negotiating nationwide contracts and leases. Additionally, establishing a singular functioning foundation upon commencement will protect the NAFL vision and brand as it heightens along with the league expansion to 16 teams. This time will also allow the league to implement an exclusive, extensive training program for the teams and staff through NAFL University.

When expansion is complete after the first four years, team owners will own and operate the league with an appointed commissioner. Currently, each team owner has or will have minority ownership and is responsible for hiring internal football and business operations staff. The league, working in tandem with each team, will provide marketing and advertising while the NAFL Sports Network support staff will assist team owners with maintaining a successful operation on and off the field.

Drafts for the NAFL will be held annually. The first year will be a lottery draft. Each team will have one pick in each round. Each year the NAFL will hold eight regional combines for interested players to showcase their talent for league personnel. Players will be selected from the regional combines to be entered into the draft pool. Teams will have an active roster of 46 players and a practice squad of 7 players. In order to capture and engage the overseas fan base, each team will have a minimum of one foreign player on their roster.

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The first markets are:

Birmingham, Alabama

City: Birmingham, Alabama
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 44th
Metro population: Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL 1,313,105
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Red, dark blue and medium blue.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Columbus, Ohio

City: Columbus, Ohio
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 32nd
Metro population: Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH 2,370,839
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Orange, dark blue and medium blue.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Hartford, Connecticut

City: Hartford, Connecticut
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 30th
Metro population: Hartford-West Hartford, CT 1,489,361
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Dark blue, beige and dark grey.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Louisville, Kentucky

City: Louisville, Kentucky
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 49th
Metro population: Louisville–Elizabethtown–Madison, KY-IN 1,490,724
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Navy Blue, Green and Grey.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Memphis, Tennessee

City: Memphis, Tennessee
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 50th
Metro population: Memphis-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR 1,369,006
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Orange, Purple and Dark Grey
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida
City: Orlando, Florida
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 18th
Metro population: Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL 2,975,658
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Red, orange and gold.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

City: Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 24th
Metro population: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 2,037,430
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Red, Orange and Dark Brown.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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Richmond, Virginia

City: Richmond, Virginia
Nielsen U.S. TV market rank: 57th
Metro population: Richmond-Petersburg, VA 1,245,764
Stadium: To be announced
Colors: Orange, dark grey and light grey.
Head coach: To be announced
Assistant coaches: To be announced

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See North American Football League
http://www.naflenterprises.com