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Article: Indoor Football League thinking big
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- August 2, 2008
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BLOOMINGTON - A merger that was in the works for two years
finally came to fruition nine days ago. Now, it has a name.
The Intense Football League and United Indoor Football, which
merged July 23, formally announced their new name at a news
conference Friday in Sioux Falls, S.D. The newly formed league will
be called the Indoor Football League.
"This is an incredible day for indoor football when two of the
strongest leagues in the business are announcing a merger," UIF
Commissioner Paul Aaron said. "I couldn't be more excited about it."
Leaders from both leagues gathered to discuss the new entity
prior to today's National Indoor Bowl Championship game in Sioux
Falls.
"This is really ...