Jerry Kurz

Jerry Kurz

Position(s)	Commisioner
College	University Of Oklahoma
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
2000-2009 2010-present	af2 League President AFL Commisioner

Jerry B. Kurz is one of the founding members of arena football, and part owner of Gridiron Enterprises. He currently serves as commissioner for the Arena Football League, and had previously been the league president for 10 seasons in the af2.

Formation of AF1

With the original Arena Football League folding after the 2008 postseason, after the 2009 af2 season Kurz and several af2 ownership groups got together to figure out a plan for the following year. In September 2009, Kurz announced that there would be a new league forming that would be a single entity model, called "Arena Football 1" or simply, "AF1". He stated that several former AFL teams and current af2 teams were in negotiations with the new league. Before long, several teams had joined the league from both the former AFL and the [at that time] current af2.^[1]

Jerry Kurz was inducted into the the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.

AFL bankruptcy auction

In December 2009, the original AFL had gone into bankruptcy court for their previous claim of chapter 7 bankruptcy. The AF1 team owners had bought all assets of the former AFL for $6.1 million, this was to include all logos, trophies, field turf, dasher boards, and team names.^[2]

Name change from AF1 to AFL

Kurz announced at the end of 2009 that the AF1 would use the AFL name to re-brand the product. It was then discovered that the AF1 name was used as a business group to acquire all assets to once again, use the AFL name and assets legally.^[3]

With lack of small market teams committing to the af2 for the 2010 season, the league ceased operations, with possibility of restarting in 2012.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/afl/news/story?id=4512394
2. ^ http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/64355
3. ^ http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/64355
4. ^ http://www.mysportsbuffet.com/?p=92

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