SideLion Report » Arena Football League http://sidelionreport.com A Detroit Lions Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sun, 19 May 2013 17:45:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Would-be NFL Lockout Alternatives: Detroit Fury http://sidelionreport.com/2011/06/03/would-be-nfl-lockout-alternatives-detroit-fury/ http://sidelionreport.com/2011/06/03/would-be-nfl-lockout-alternatives-detroit-fury/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:00:57 +0000 Zac Snyder http://sidelionreport.com/?p=8567 With the NFL lockout still in full-force, we continue our look at some alternatives of the past that could have been a useful distraction while the NFL owners and players settle their dispute. We continue today with the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League. The Arena Football League was absent from the Detroit area [...]

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]]> With the NFL lockout still in full-force, we continue our look at some alternatives of the past that could have been a useful distraction while the NFL owners and players settle their dispute. We continue today with the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League.

The Arena Football League was absent from the Detroit area after the Detroit Drive left for Massachusetts in 1993 until the Detroit Fury made their debut in 2001. The Mike Ilitch-owned Drive were successful by any account, a feat the Palace Sport and Entertainment group sought to replicate. The Fury nickname was unveiled in January 2000 to much excitment. PS&E president Tom Wilson was quoted as saying, “Today, its just a name, tomorrow it will represent an emotional connection in the minds of football enthusiasts. Ultimately, football is a game of fury.”

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