The AFL set a rival-the-established-league model that would later be emulated by the ABA in professional basketball and the WHA in professional hockey. Despite initial success, financial troubles eventually forced these two leagues to merge with the one they had once rebelled against.
The AFL set a rival-the-established-league model that would later be emulated by the ABA in professional basketball and the WHA in professional hockey. Despite initial success, financial troubles eventually forced these two leagues to merge with the one they had once rebelled against.
I think we will see this in women's soccer as well now that the USL announced expansion and a move to a spring/fall schedule to match the NWSL.
And that will give people wanting to rival the WNBA and the PWHL some ideas...