NFL Network held the broadcast television rights the revived Arena Football League from 2010 to 2012.
[1] As previously mentioned, the NFL Network broadcast the regular season each Friday and went through the playoffs, culminating with the ArenaBowl.
The remaining games in the season were carried on a tape delay to prevent the possibility of the players staging a work stoppage immediately prior to a scheduled broadcast and the resulting embarrassment.
In 2009, the Arena Football League suspended operations to refinance and restructure its business plan.
However, the team lost its last two games, first to the 1–13 Dallas Vigilantes and then closed out the year on the road losing to the Spokane Shock.