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This Just In: Arena Football and Your Dallas Desperados Need a Timeout

When even football can't survive, we're officially in a recession. The Arena Football League - home to your Dallas Desperados - announced this morning that it has canceled its 2009 season because - you guessed it - shitty financial times. Actually, I believe the official wording is "suspending the 2009...
By Richie Whitt
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When even football can’t survive, we’re officially in a recession.

The Arena Football League – home to your Dallas Desperados – announced this morning that it has canceled its 2009 season because – you guessed it – shitty financial times.

Actually, I believe the official wording is “suspending the 2009 season subject to agreement and cooperation with the Arena Football League Players Association while the League works on developing a long-term plan to improve its economic model.”

Richie Whitt

Richie Whitt has been a columnist, reporter, broadcaster and blogger covering Dallas’ sports scene for more than 40 years. He wrote the Observer‘s sports column 2005-2011 and has reported sports on TV, radio and online. You can read his latest work a <a href=”https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/author/richie-whitt”>SI.com.

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