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The Philadelphia Soul and Atlantic City Blackjacks Could be Returning
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The Arena Football League is back:
— Arena Football USA (@OfficialAFL) February 1, 2023
They’re gonna relaunch in 2024 under new ownership, with 16 franchises participating. However, no word yet on which franchises those will actually be, so we’ll see if the Philadelphia Soul and Atlantic City Blackjacks are part of the mix. They were two of the six remaining franchises when the league went bankrupt in 2019, along with Albany, Baltimore, Columbus, and Washington.
If the Soul do return, we gotta get Dan RAUDABAUGH back in town. He leads the Soul, Case Cookus leads the Stars, and Jalen Hurts leads the Eagles. We will enter a golden age of Philadelphia football like nothing we have ever seen. Call up Bon Jovi and Jaws and let’s get this shit going again.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com