Arena football

Arena football is a sport invented by Jim Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League and the National Football League. While attending an indoor soccer game in 1981 at Madison Square Garden, he developed the basic rules of the sport. Over the next five years, he continued to modify the rules, and play some test games, until he was ready to launch the Arena Football League in 1987. The league spawned a minor league called af2 in 2000. Other people have started their own indoor football leagues. These leagues do not technically play Arena Football, however, because of the patent on the rules (specifically for the rebound nets) that Foster obtained in 1990.

Related Topics:
Jim Foster - United States Football League - National Football League - Indoor soccer - 1981 - Madison Square Garden - Arena Football League - 1987 - Minor league - Af2 - 2000 - Indoor football - Patent - 1990

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