While the use of traveling teams has been sparing on the upper levels of professional sports in recent times, the National Football League had such road teams (such as the Hammond Pros, Oorang Indians, and Columbus Panhandles) in the formative years of the league.
In 1994, after a roof collapse occurred at the Kingdome, the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) were forced to play the remainder of the season on the road after the players' union rejected a number of proposed temporary homes.
However, the season was cut short due to a player's strike, which resulted in the Mariners playing only 20 games as a road team.
In the case of the Atlantic League, the Road Warriors never received home-field advantage in any game.
Home-field advantage is particularly important in baseball, as the designated home team bats second.