The Indoor Football League is a professional indoor football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. The IFL and the AIFA do not intentionally coordinate in any way, the two leagues are not, so far, directly competing with each other for markets. Until 2010, no city and only one state had teams in both leagues (though in 2010, one city-Richmond, Virginia-and three states will have teams in both the IFL and AIFA).
History
Formation of the league
The merger which formed the new IFL was announced the day before the 2008 National Indoor Bowl Championship, a game which pitted the champions of the two leagues against each other. The Sioux Falls Storm (United) defeated the Louisiana Swashbucklers (Intense) 54 to 42.
2009 Season
Of the 17 teams involved in the two previous leagues, 14 carried over to the new organization's 2009 season. An additional 3 teams came over from the CIFL and two expansion teams began their life in the new IFL. In the 2009 IFL United Bowl, the Billings Outlaws (Intense Conference) took the league championship by defeating the River City Rage (United Conference) by a score of 71 to 62.
More Information about 2009 Season
2010 Season
After losing two teams to attrition after the end of the 2009 season, and a third in January 2010, the IFL then added an additional nine franchises to boost its membership to twenty-five for the 2010 season. Three of the new teams were expansion franchises. Two moved over from the Southern Indoor Football League and Continental Indoor Football League. Four teams were members of the now defunct AF2 that chose to join the IFL instead of aligning with the newly formed AF1.
El Paso Generals - Owners attempted to sell the team, but it is now no longer on goifl.com.
RiverCity Rage - Owner suspended them to focus on the Omaha Beef. [2] There remains the possibility that new ownership could step forward and the Rage could resume play for the 2011 season.[3]
Saginaw Sting - played 2009 season, but owners have chosen to sit out the 2010 season to restructure and to expand the financial picture. The team hopes to resume play in 2011.
CenTex Barracudas - originally announced as an IFL member, but not included in 2009 alignment
Everett Destroyers - originally announced as an IFL member, but not included in 2009 alignment, website has since gone offline
Frisco Thunder - originally announced as 2009 IFL member, then announced they would take season off while Dr Pepper Arena was being renovated; website has since gone offline (replaced by the Dallas Vigilantes of the new AFL).
2010 Indoor Football League season
