10 Seasons of Indoor Football

As the 2008 season begins to take shape for Indoor Football we realized one thing, it's the 10th anniversary of Indoor Football. In 1998, Richard Suess formed the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). Starting with 8 teams, the league suffered some hardship along the way yet was able to finish the season with 6 teams competing for it's inaugural championship game.

Although this league folded short after the 1998 season, the PIFL was the league that opened the door for other "indoor" football leagues and players throughout the U.S. Players now had an alternative to the alternative.

A few players took advantage of the opportunity to play in the new league and made the most of it. 1998 League Offensive Player of the Year, Green Bay Bombers QB Jay McDonagh, went on to have a successful career in the Arena Football League, while Louisiana Bayou Beast WR Michael Lewis left the indoor/arena game and became the NFL's poster boy for "hard work will pay off". Lewis has spent the last 7 seasons in the NFL, most recently with the San Francisco 49ers.

Since the emergence of the "Indoor" game many leagues have sprouted up, giving hard working football players across America and internationally, an alternative to the alternative and these players have been taking advantage of these opportunities for the last 10 seasons!