Arena football headed to Ford Field

The All American Football League, set to begin play in April 2008, will likely have its Michigan franchise at Detroit's Ford Field.

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The for-profit professional league, whose players must have earned their undergraduate degree, insists it will not be a minor league and will not compete with the NFL.

"We will market ourselves as a professional football league," said Keenan Davis, the AAFL’s vice president of football operations and business development.

Ticket prices are expected to begin at $10. Each team will have a 42-man roster, a four-man practice squad, use college rules and play most games on Saturdays.

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