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Will Birmingham play in the Southern Indoor Football League?

November 2008
A new indoor football league has been announced, the Southern Indoor Football League, that will begin play in 2009. It is reported that Birmingham has committed to a team for the league's 2010 season, should it occur.

The SIFL is spear-headed by the owner of the Lake Charles-based Louisiana Swashbucklers that has been part of the Indoor Football League.

Along with Lake Charles, the league has commitments from owners in Texas (Austin, Houston, and Pasadena) and Louisiana (Houma and Lafayette).

In addition to Birmingham, the league has commitments for 2010 from groups in the Texas cities of Beaumont, Galveston, and Waco as well as the Florida cities of Lakeland, Pensacola, Tallahassee.

No information was given on who the individual or group from Birmingham was that made the commitment.

Each team will play a 12-game schedule starting in next April.

April 2010
The Southern Indoor Football League kicks off its second season, but it does not include a team from Birmingham.

			2010                            Southern Indoor Football League
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	Albany Panthers		Columbus Lions		Greenville Force		Lafayette Wildcatters		Louisiana Swashbucklers

Epilogue
The Southern Indoor Football League played for three years, from 2009 to 2011.

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	Alabama Hammers 2011		Mobile Bay Tarpons 2011

After the 2011 season, a majority of the teams broke off to join two new leagues, the Texas-based Lone Star Football League and the Southeast-based Professional Indoor Football League. The remaining three teams were claimed by the revived American Indoor Football Association.

While a Birmingham team never materialized, the league did feature two teams from Alabama in 2011; Huntsville's Alabama Hammers and the Mobile Bay Tarpons.

Birmingham would eventually have another indoor football team, when the Alabama Outlawz helped start the X-League in 2014.

			Teams of the                            Southern Indoor Football League
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	Abilene Ruff Riders 2011		Acadiana Mudbugs 2009		Alabama Hammers 2011		Albany Panthers 2010 to 2011		Austin Turfcats 2009
	Carolina Speed 2011		Columbus Lions 2010 to 2011		Corpus Christi Hammerheads 2011		Erie Explosion 2011		Fayetteville Force 2011
	Florida Kings 2009		Greenville Force 2010		Harrisburg Stampede 2011		Houston Stallions 2011		Houma Conquerors 2009
	Lafayette Wildcatters 2010 to 2011		Louisiana Swashbucklers 2009 to 2011		Mobile Bay Tarpons 2011		Richmond Raiders 2011		Rio Grande Valley Magic 2011
	Texas Hurricanes 2009		Trenton Steel 2011

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