This was inevitable.

The Arena Football League, which featured a whopping six teams this season, is on the verge of folding.

Local operations are being shut down this week, which includes the Philadelphia Soul and Atlantic City Blackjacks.

According to the Albany Times Union, the league is determining what to do next:

Coaches, front-office staff and the players union were informed Tuesday afternoon of the league’s decision to shut down team services in individual markets. The AFL is seeking a path for financial solvency, a verdict that is said to be forthcoming.

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Randall Boe, who took over as commissioner in advance of the 2018 season, confirmed the report when reached by phone.

“We haven’t made a decision on whether to completely suspend operations,” Boe said. “That’s a decision that will probably be made in the next several weeks. We do know, under any set of circumstances, we will not be continuing to operate business operation units in our local markets. We will be closing those business operations in our local markets, including Albany.”

If it moves forward, the AFL may become a traveling league, similar to the Premier Lacrosse League, whereby all players practice in a centralized location and fly to a different city each weekend to play games.

Yeah, I mean this isn’t surprising. There was very little juice for the Soul in Philly, despite the success they had on the field. The Blackjacks came in with very little fanfare, sort of a blip on the radar when they joined as an expansion team this past season.

I hold no ill will towards the Soul, Blackjawks, AFL, or whatever, but a number of you clowns entered the comments section on this website and kept telling me how the Philadelphia Union were closer to the Soul in popularity than the “4 for 4” teams. Fast forward to today and arena football is on life support while MLS is expanding to 30 teams and the Union are putting 18,500 people in the seats at Talen Energy Stadium, which is in Chester.

Take the L, comments section trolls.