^ neither did the rest of europeIt's curious why the NFL would disband NFL Europa then host a game in London the same year. It's even more curious when the NFL is looking to host more games in Europe, including games in London, Berlin, Madrid, and Paris.
No doubt the league was hemmoraging money into the league (to the tune of $30 mil a year I think) - but disbanding it? Why not suspend the league and work to restructure it as smaller, more cost effective league?
The big problems I saw was that there were 5 teams in Germany and one in Amsterdam - so it was more appropriate to call it NFL Germania than Europa. Of course, not to mention that Germany hosted the world cup in 2006 and that would have totally taken the attention (and disposable income) away from the league for a minimum of 2 years as the country prepared mentally and physically for the WC. After it was over, I suspect that people really weren't all that interested in going back to gridiron in asy aspect.
For those who cared, the AAFL looks like it's going to fold before opening. A new spring pro football league with former college stars/NFL never-wases located at college stadiums has no sponsors and was losing $30,000 a day. Amazing. Even the XFL lasted a year. Great idea, awful execution.