I am more concerned about the Travel Expenses the GAFL is going to incur 

QCS wrote:

Wow that's a big announcement! I know the ACFL is the "bad guy" compared to the NAAF but it's still exciting to see more expansion. The first four cities are intriguing but I'm more curious to see what 4 cities make the cut for teams 17-20.

I am glad you are excited! Yeah, the GAFL/ACFL is certainly an antagonist, but are they really all that bad...? (perschlaps, mayhaps, potentially, random foreshadowing?? who knows)

ZO82 wrote:

I am more concerned about the Travel Expenses the GAFL is going to incur 

Certainly a concern, however, if it means pulling in 4 massive markets, I don't think they will be hurting too much if everything goes well.

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Slapshot Kirby wrote:

First and foremost, I am glad to see the NAAF back! I am also intrigued by the Soriano Plan in GAFL, although I wonder if this will affect the GLFL at all (Especially as there haven't been very many updates regarding the latter league), and isn't there a Texas Football Championship? Unless that league either folded or has no teams in Dallas or Houston for whatever reason?

Also, NAAF games are still on CBC in Canada and CBS in the United States, right? In the case of the latter, are ACFL/GAFL games on ABC on NBC?

Yes, there is the Texas Football Championship, however, as the NAAF and ACFL/GAFL grow in size, more and more players are choosing to play in those leagues rather than stay in the local Texas league. We saw it a bit last season with some top Texan (and Californian) prospects coming up to the NAAF for the draft. Ultimately, college ball is probably bigger in Texas than pro ball, which is certainly not helped by the pro league's lack of growth in many years. The GAFL will look to try and take the market with a more nationally recognized league, bringing those teams into the spotlight more.

As for the GLFL... stay tuned.

Now on television. I haven't really focused much on the TV side of things. I have had some thoughts of whether I would want to either create my own channels (likely would to some extent), but may also keep some of the major networks as we see in our world. I may look into how I want to do that more in the near future, and could potentially look for community input on that. Now, to properly answer your question. Generally, yes, the Canadian markets are primarily going to be carried by CBC or the most major Canadian outlet. In the US, it is a little trickier, I imagine, there would be one network that would host most major primetime games, and other games would likely be hosted by local networks. The ACFL/GAFL would likely have one of the big networks, one that would be based in NYC, that would have stronger connections to the league and its teams. I'll probably put some more thought into this as I approach the next season, and may even bring it back into consideration for each game, like I did way back in some of the early seasons.

interesting stuff going on in the other leagues! I'm curious to see if the gafl turns things around or if it just ends up burdened by too many coasts. also, cool to see kc getting a new chance at life in the glfl; it'd be nice to see that plan work out one way or another