Arena Football League on NFL Network
NFL Network held the broadcast television rights the revived Arena Football League from 2010 to 2012. NFL Network broadcast a weekly Friday Night Football package every week at 8:00 ET, with the season running from March to August. The NFL stated that unlike when the NFL last showed interest in arena football, there would be no attempts to buy into the league.[1]
Broadcast overview
As previously mentioned, the NFL Network broadcast the regular season each Friday and went through the playoffs, culminating with the
NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through the 2012 season as a result of ongoing labor problems within the league. The remaining games in the season were carried on a tape delay to prevent the possibility of the players staging a work stoppage immediately prior to a scheduled broadcast and the resulting embarrassment. Once the labor issues were resolved, the NFL Network resumed the practice of broadcasting a live Friday night game before the network dropped the league outright at the end of the season. The rights were picked up by CBS Sports.
Commentators
Broadcasters included Kurt Warner, Tom Waddle, Paul Burmeister, Fran Charles, Charles Davis, and Ari Wolfe.
Notable moments
In 2009, the
Chicago returned to the field on April 2, 2010 on the road against the
References
- ^ Lombardo, John and John Ourand (2010-02-08). NFL Network to broadcast new arena league’s games Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Business Journal.
- ^ NFL Network Schedule News Release[permanent dead link]