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Team and League History

August 15, 2001
The Women's American Football League announces they have granted a license to the Alabama Slammers, who will play their home games in Birmingham.

The WAFL is a full-contact women's tackle football league which uses the same rules as the National Football League. Plans call for a 10-game season with playoffs and a championship game.

Carter Turner founded the WAFL, which will kick off its inaugural season October 27th with 24 teams. Turner also founded the Women's Professional Football League with Catherine Masters, and the WPFL is entering its second year of play. Masters also went on to form the National Women's Football League, which plays during the spring.

Players and coaches share the profits generated by a team's ticket sales after all expenses are paid. The league mandates that at least 25% of a team's profits will go toward a player compensation pool. According to estimates, players can earn between $150 to $500 per game.

October 10, 2001
The Slammers will split their home games between the cities of Birmingham and Huntsville.

			2001-02                             Women's American Football League
xxx		xxx		xxx		xxx		xxx		xxx
	Alabama Slammers		Arizona Caliente		California Quake		Hawaii Legends		Indianapolis Vipers
	Jacksonville Dixie Blues		Los Angeles Lasers		New Orleans Voodoo Dolls		Oakland Banshees		Orlando Fire
	Rose City Wildcats		Sacramento Sirens		San Diego Sunfire		San Francisco Tsunami		Seattle Warbirds
	Tampa Bay Force

2001-02 Women's American Football League
Pacific Conference			Atlantic Conference
Northeast Division	Central Division	South Division	Central Division	South Division
Hawaii Legends	Oakland Banshees	Arizona Caliente	Alabama Slammers	Jacksonville Dixie Blues
Rose City Wildcats	Sacramento Sirens	California Quake	Indianapolis Vipers	Orlando Fire
Seattle Warbirds	San Francisco Tsunami	Los Angeles Lasers	New Orleans Voodoo Dolls	Tampa Bay Force
		San Diego Sunfire

Epilogue
The Women's American Football League folded after their inaugural season, with internal power struggles within the league's leadership being mostly to blame.

Most of the teams folded as well, but some joined rival leagues or helped start new leagues.

The Alabama Slammers did not survive, but the Birmingham Steel Magnolias joined the reorganized WAFL, which became the Women's Football Association the following year.
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Last update: February 09, 2023