The National Indoor Football League ( NIFL ) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, AF2 , however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL markets such as Atlanta , Denver , and Los Angeles, and AF2 markets such as Fort Myers and Houston . Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur , Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson , New Orleans Saints quarterback John Fourcade and Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl running back Bam Morris , all played in the NIFL. The league folded in 2008.
11-1018: IFL may refer to: American football Intense Football League , (2004–2008) in the United States, merged into the Indoor Football League Indoor Football League , (2008–present) in the United States Intercontinental Football League , a European league proposed by the NFL in the 1970s Israel Football League , (2007–present) in Israel Italian Football League , (2008–present) in Italy Association football Indonesian Futsal League Indian Football League ,
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33-513: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Intense Football League The Intense Football League ( IFL ) was a professional indoor football minor league that began operations in 2004. Its focus was in Texas , but it was notable for being the first professional football league to place a franchise in Alaska . During its first season,
44-536: The Montgomery Maulers firing the entire team. None of the ten expansion teams returned to the league for the next season. The 2007 season started with the addition of several league-owned expansion teams, primarily to supplement games with the returning teams. However, the teams were all poorly funded and had problems fielding competitive squads. The San Diego Shockwave were declared the official league champion. The league then officially folded prior to
55-654: The 2006 season, the Laredo Lobos left for AF2, but the league expanded with three new teams for 2007 in the Frisco Thunder , Katy Ruff Riders , and Alaska Wild (notable for being the first ever professional football team in the state of Alaska ). For 2008 another Alaskan team was added with the Fairbanks Grizzlies . The league planned to add a team in El Paso for 2009. On July 22, 2008, it
66-862: The El Paso Rumble folded and the league oversaw operations of the team until the end of the season. In 2005, the Amarillo Dusters left for the AF2 , while the other teams joined the National Indoor Football League and the league suspended operations. In 2006, the Intense Football League restarted. Three of the original teams (Odessa, San Angelo and Corpus Christi) returned to the IFL, joined by new teams from Belton , Lake Charles , and Laredo . Following
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88-462: The league. Those teams however, left the league before the 2006 season started. For the 2005 season, the NIFL had an agreement with NFL to handle referee assignment and training. The 2006 season, was the most chaotic for the league to that point. Ten expansion teams were added to the league, but nine of them had problems that reflected badly on the league. The most notable situation was the owner of
99-600: The previous year and folding operations. In 2002, the league added in the teams from the Indoor Professional Football League . 2003 was the most successful year for the league as 24 teams played a mostly complete schedule, with few cancellations. Before the 2005 season, nine teams left the league to form United Indoor Football . That same year, the Intense Football League ceased operations and four teams from there joined
110-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IFL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IFL&oldid=1256091103 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-652: Was announced that the IFL would be merging with United Indoor Football for the upcoming 2009 season, following the National Indoor Bowl Championship between both leagues' champions on August 2. On August 1 it was announced the new league would be called Indoor Football League . National Indoor Football League The NIFL, based in Lafayette, Louisiana , was founded by Carolyn Shiver. The league started operations in 2001, with many teams coming from Indoor Football League being bought
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