I guess I’m still moved about that ‘’Football does not end in February, it’s only beginning'’ stuff on ESPN.

Yep, AFL Football is starting to create a buzz especially after that AFL commercial made its debut on ESPN. It’s not the same as NFL Football but it will definitely be a nice substitute as we wait for the new NFL season in September.

So, what’s this AFL thing? Well, for starters, an AFL Football field is almost as big as an NHL Hockey skating rink, is 50 yards long and has all these walls surrounding it. Oh yeah, kickers have a tougher time kicking the football in the AFL too.

The NFL goalposts are 18 ½ feet wide in case you didn’t know. As for AFL Football, kickers are expected to kick a football ‘’between the uprights'’ that are only nine feet apart. Now that’s accurate kicking for ya’.

Unlike the NFL, a winning football team CAN’T RUN THE CLOCK in offense with kneel downs. The AFL has this rule that says the game clock won’t stop if the offensive team has the lead and fails to advance the football past the line of scrimmage during the FINAL MINUTE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. So I guess we’ll probably see a bunch of QB sneaks in a close game eh?

Oh yeah, speaking of clock management in the AFL, the clock stops for out of bounds plays, incomplete passes or sacks only in the last minute of each half. There is a one-minute warning in the AFL, the NFL has a two-minute warning.

Overtime rules require each team to get one possession to score. If the teams are tied after each has had one possession, the next team to score wins.

And if that wasn’t crazy enough, only one head coach has dominated the league after all these years. Tampa Bay Storm head coach Tim Marcum has coached in 10 of the league’s 20 ArenaBowl championships. Yep, Vince Lombardi, Don Shula and Bill Belichick ain’t got shit on this guy.

In fact, if you combine all three, you’ll probably come up with Marcum.

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