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    Former Eagles head coach Dick Vermeil and former Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski are bringing American arena football over to China, writes Ron Clements of Sporting News.


    “This will be China’s first ever professional league of American-style football, played by the best players in the world,” said David Niu, president of AFL Global, the founding corporation headquartered in Conshohocken, Pa.

    Initial plans for the CAFL were released in 2014 with the intention to play in 2015, but government approval delayed the league’s launch.

    According to a release, the rosters of the six teams will be comprised mostly of Chinese players who have been training for the arena game at select Chinese universities.
    Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/20...6hXaIagdoYz.99
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