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Arena Football 1 prepping new schedule for April launch LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScoresScheduleStandingsStatisticsArizonaAtlantaCarolinaChicagoDallasDetroitGreen BayMinnesotaNew OrleansNY GiantsPhiladelphiaSan FranciscoSeattleSt LouisTampa BayWashingtonBaltimoreBuffaloCincinnatiClevelandDenverHoustonIndianapolisJacksonvilleKansas CityMiamiNew EnglandNY JetsOaklandPittsburghSan DiegoTennesseeTeams PlayersInjuriesTransactionsDaily LineNFL on TSNeotText SizeCHICAGO Officials with the new Arena Football One league said Thursday they are on schedule to return to the field next spring with a more modest economic model they hope will ensure its successThe new indoor league debuts in April in 15 communities including seven cities that hosted teams in the now defunct Arena Football LeagueThe challenge is to do it in the best businesslike manner Arena Football One commissioner Jerry Kurz said during a news conference announcing the revival of the Chicago Rush a perennial AFL power The (old) league didnt do thatArena Football One this week purchased the assets of the AFL in a deal approved by a judge overseeing the AFLs Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedingsThe reported $61 million sale included all team names logos records film and video libraries and other assets from the Arena Football League which called off the 2009 season a year ago and then indefinitely suspended operations in AugustAFL then filed for bankruptcy protection Legal proceedings also included af2 a 25team indoor football league with teams in smaller markets that the AFL partly ownedThe game was always good said Kurz who spent the last six years as president of af2 Some would say (the AFL) tried to do too much too soon We wont make that mistakeArena Football One will be a mix of former AFL and af2 teams with Chicago as the largest market Tampa Fla Arizona Cleveland Orlando Dallas and Utah all former AFL locations will also be represented in the new leagueThe league will also have teams in smaller markets such as Spokane Wash Oklahoma City Tulsa Okla Milwaukee and BossierShreveport La League offices will be in TulsaArena Football One will operate as a single entity with all players and coaches considered league employees an arrangement similar to Major League Soccer The league also hopes it will have lower costs with centralized purchasing insurance and marketingNone of the former AFL ownership groups are involved in the new league although there are some familiar faces coming back in Chicago and ClevelandThe Rush announced that the r...