The Great Lakes Arena Football (GLAF) was a professional American indoor football minor league based in the Great Lakes region in the United States.
[4] But by the time the season started only two Charlotte and Michigan were operating, and the Ironmen ended up playing an independent schedule.
That experience, in addition to traveling costs, led them to form a league of their own called "Great Lakes Arena Alliance".
[6] All remaining teams advanced to the playoffs,[7] with the Ironmen winning the inaugural league championship, after beating the Southern Michigan Apex 81–25.
[8] For the 2024 season the league changed its name to Great Lakes Arena Football and plans to feature seven team lineup: the Battle Creek (MI) Smoke, Detroit Knights (originally the Detroit Dark Knights), Michigan Avengerz (Farmington, MI), Ohio Boom (Dayton), Toledo Extreme Shamrocks, West Michigan Ironmen (Muskegon) and Tri-State Bucks (Pioneer, OH).