Did you hear the economy is so bad that one of the leagues is postponing its 2009 season? What, another labor strike? No, not that - bit a league is postponing its 2009 season.

According to reports in the New York Times, the Arena Football League has canceled its 2009 season, but will resume play the following year. This is all done to fix the league's "economic model."

This won't shake the sports world to its core, but it is rather odd to suspend a league's play for a year. Of course, it might end up that the league never surfaces again.

There is a local arena team in Green Bay. I never attended a game, but it looks like fun on TV. I always thought of it like a made-for-TV football with a small field, crowd right on the sidelines and tons of scoring.

I hope the league does come back, just for something different.

In other news...
I've heard about a few baseball teams losing corporate sponsorships heading into the 2009 season. So let's say you have am entire section of seats planned around an advertiser, complete with a theme in decoration. Do you leave the decorations the same, or pay big bucks to overhaul it and give the seats back to the general public? What about those picnic areas in the outfield? Pack up the sand and start over?

I don't know, something to watch for next season, I guess.