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There is a meeting today in Chicago that could serve as the next step to breathing life back into Arena Football.
Philadelphia Soul president Ron Jaworski characterized the gathering as "an informational meeting." Fans hope that its direct result will be a resumption of the sport.
"I'm incredibly confident that we will be playing next year," Jaworski said. Co-owner Craig Spencer will represent the Soul in Chicago.
The biggest hurdle is having the owners ratify a business plan that proponents hope will stem the sea of red ink that forced the league to shut down in 2009. The Soul won the league's championship in 2008.
According to a report in the Sports Business Journal, the gist of the plan would call for the AFL to use outside companies for ticket sales, marketing and other league business. In March, the players union agreed to a modified collective bargaining agreement that, most significantly, slashed the salary cap in half to somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 million per team.
In other team news, Soul defensive back Eddie Moten will be a contestant on "4th & Long," a reality-TV show led by former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin that premieres at 10 o'clock tonight on the Versus network.
The contest features six wide receivers and six defensive backs in an intense competition that will give the winner a spot on the Cowboys' training-camp roster. Each week, one player will be cut. Former Soul wide receiver Steve Gonzalez also is a contestant. *
- Ed Barkowitz
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