Post by evwillwwl on Nov 10, 2009 14:37:22 GMT -5
Excerpted from Washington Business Journal:
washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/11/09/daily43.html
washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/11/09/daily43.html
The D.C. Armor may have played its last game, at least in the nation’s capital.
The Armor became the newest franchise of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) last fall when an ownership group announced that it had purchased a team and signed a deal to play in the D.C. Armory. The team posted a 4-10 record, ending with a 70-22 loss at the Baltimore Mariners in June.
But the team began informing partners in October that it may be leaving town.
Andre Johnson, a minority owner for the team, said the ownership group is considering moving to a smaller market and will probably make a final decision in a few weeks. “I don’t want to say yes, we’re going to leave, because it’s not 100 percent,” Johnson said. “What we’ve realized is that there’s definitely a market for this sport and this brand of football and it’s given us a lot of options.”
The Armor became the newest franchise of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) last fall when an ownership group announced that it had purchased a team and signed a deal to play in the D.C. Armory. The team posted a 4-10 record, ending with a 70-22 loss at the Baltimore Mariners in June.
But the team began informing partners in October that it may be leaving town.
Andre Johnson, a minority owner for the team, said the ownership group is considering moving to a smaller market and will probably make a final decision in a few weeks. “I don’t want to say yes, we’re going to leave, because it’s not 100 percent,” Johnson said. “What we’ve realized is that there’s definitely a market for this sport and this brand of football and it’s given us a lot of options.”
