Alabama Airborne Explained

Alabama Airborne
League:Major League Football
Stadium:Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Location:Mobile, Alabama
Owner:Major League Football, Inc.
(publicly traded company)
Coach:Jerry Glanville

The Alabama Airborne are a professional American football team based in Mobile, Alabama. The team is member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a public traded professional football league, and plays its home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium.

The Airborne are part of the league "Core Four" teams.[1] They are the first pro football team in Mobile since the Regional Football League Mobile Admirals.

History

On March 18, 2022, MLFB launched a new website and revealed that there will be only four teams for the first season.[2] The Airborne weren't part of the initial announcement, as the plan was to put a team in Texas (Texas Independence) but after the league couldn't secure a stadium deal on time, they changed their plans and relocated the team to Mobile, Alabama six weeks before the start of the training camp.[3] [4] The Airborne started their training camp on July 21.[5] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major League Football (MLFB) Announces Mobile as Final Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season. finance.yahoo.com.
  2. Web site: MLFB Updates Website — Team Names Revealed. March 18, 2022.
  3. Web site: Interview with Steve Videtich - COO Major League Football | Inside MLFB (Ep. 14). Adam. Pelletier. July 19, 2022.
  4. Web site: Interview with Danny Corte of Mobile Sports Authority | Inside MLFB (Ep. 05). Adam. Pelletier. July 13, 2022.
  5. Web site: Mobile’s Major League Football team, Alabama Airborne, finishes day 4 of training camp at Ladd Peebles Stadium. Jiani. Navarro. fox10tv.com.
  6. Web site: 2022-07-28 . Major League Football League ‘shut down’: players, coaches sent home . 2022-07-29 . WKRG News 5 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Local former MLFB player looks to raise money to get to XFL tryout. Fox10.