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'96 Chronology-Crazy Eights

Event Date: February 24th, 1996

Event Description: Grid League Lineup Set

Source: Football News

Football News is reporting that the newly formed All American Football League will field teams in San Antonio and Sacramento.


The weekly newsletter said Tom Benson, who was once a minority owner of the New Orleans Saints, will purchase the San Antonio Texans franchise from Fred Anderson.
 Anderson will then return to his California roots and place a team in Sacramento. 

Anderson, who once owned the Sacramento Surge of the World League, has said that he has received assurances from local community leaders that the city will approve a plan to refurbish Hornet Stadium.

League commissioner John Ralston said the other AAFL franchises will be located in Miami, Birmingham, Houston, Memphis, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.

more to come......