The Arena Football League had a regional-cable deal with Fox Sports Net (beginning in 2004[1]), where FSN regional affiliates[2] in AFL markets carried local team games.
The Fox Sports Networks agreement had some of the revenue-sharing aspects in common with the two-year deal that the AFL had with NBC.
Most FSN regional telecasts took place on Fridays and Saturdays, and were in addition to the AFL's exclusive Sunday afternoon national window on NBC.
FSN would carry more than 100 telecasts in 2004, including eight games on Fox–owned Sunshine Network (now Sun Sports), with 15 of the 17 teams appearing a minimum of five times.
Once again the Rush were widely featured during the national ESPN telecasts on Monday nights and Sunday afternoons.
From 2001 to 2008, the Rush games were broadcast by Tom Dore and former Chicago Bears offensive lineman James "Big Cat" Williams.