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The commissioner of a professional sports league said something the other day that really annoyed me.

It's been a rough season for the Arena Football League. No one would argue that point. Off the field, we endured the loss of the New Orleans VooDoo and the Las Vegas Outlaws, who were taken over by the league in July, only to ultimately cease operations the day after the regular season ended. We've had to deal with the black eye cast upon the league for taking Las Vegas out of the playoffs five days before its first game, only to replace it with a 5-13 Portland Thunder team.

And then there were four. The chase for the ArenaBowl heats up again this week, as four teams fight it out to play for the championship. I still haven't totally hit postseason form yet after going 2-2 last week. However, that 2-2 ATS mark was a popular one amongst posters at ArenaFan.

In 2014, no one expected the Cleveland Gladiators to go 17-1 and play the Orlando Predators in the American Conference Championship. This year, every one expected it to be the Philadelphia Soul versus the Jacksonville Sharks for a shot to play in the ArenaBowl.

Welcome back Arena Football League! Man, did that offseason feel like an eternity in comparison to the normal ones... Regardless, after taking a hiatus for 21 months, our favorite league in the world is back, and Im ready to take out my frustrations of not having the AFL for that time on these pathetic point spreads that the so called

On Friday, the Associated Press reported that Arena Football League Commissioner David Baker resigned from his position after twelve seasons. The report was sent in at 5:18 CT by Barry Wilner. The shocking decision comes two days before ArenaBowl XXII between the Philadelphia Soul and San Jose SaberCats.

The Los Angeles KISS are doing whatever it takes to not only get back on the winning track, but also play consistent. From the front office to the head coach they have done all that they could up to this point to put the team in position to be a competitor.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to football, nothing beats watching a game, either in person or on TV. But sometimes your favorite team is on the road and the game is not available on TV in your area.

Exactly a thousand days have passed since Philadelphia and San Jose met in ArenaBowl XXII. Little did anyone know that soon after Bon Jovi hoisted the ArenaBowl trophy after his Soul won 59-56 that there'd be no AFL in 2009 at all and these two clubs wouldn't play any games until 2011.

It has been five games since the Kansas City Command scored at least 50 points. Three were losses. Saturday night, at the Sprint Center, newly promoted quarterback Stephen Wasil led the Command back to the 50 point plateau. The result was an exciting 50-41 victory over the visiting Cleveland Gladiators.