• I have gone and assessed many of the projects unassessed articles. I would appreciate any help you could give me in doing this, there are many that need it. Thank you, Cra sh Underride

-Needs-

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

Source(s): ArenaFan.com, ArenaFootball.com, af2.com

• The Florida Firecats have named Clint Dolezel their new Offensive coordinator.
• On January 13, it was announced that the Peoria Pirates had reached a new agreement in which the team would be heard on WWCT FM 99.9 "The Buzz," which is part of the Independence Media Holdings.
• Mike Polisky, President and General manager of the Chicago Rush and the AFL's 2008 Executive of the Year, has been named the new President of the Chicago Wolves AHL franchise.
• On January 23, Kentucky Horsemen Kicker Doug Daniel presented the "Kentucky Horsemen Financial Literacy Program" sponsored by Central Bank to students at Leestown Middle School.
• The Mahoning Valley Thunder have formed the "Thunder Foundation." The foundation will attempt to help build better communities in the Mahoning Valley, through "collaborative activities that promote and encourage education, physical activity, high moral conduct and development of positive life skills."
• Jon Bon Jovi and Craig Spencer, co-owners of the Philadelphia Soul have been sued by the team's now former Sales Manager Joseph Krause of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Source(s): ArenaFootball.com Transactions, ArenaFan.com Transactions, af2 Transactions - Transactions News

• On December 23, the Georgia Force placed DL Mike Bozeman on the Exempted list.
• Mike Hohensee, along with seven assisstant coaches and all but four of the teams 30-person office staff, was released by the Chicago Rush.
• FB/ LBs Jason Berryman and Ben Brown, OL/DLs Charles Edwards and Dartangon Shack and WR/LB NJ Flowers have all been suspended by the league (af2).
• The Albany Firebirds have been assigned QBs Stephen Wasil and Adam Bednarik, DS Patrick Horne, OL/DL James McDonald, WR/ DB Mike Wall, WR/DB Thomas Arcidiacono, WR/LB Josh Kaltsas, DL Reggie Paramoure, WR/DB John Bugg, WR/LB, WR/DB Steven King, DS Edward Loscalzo, FB/LB Marques McFarlin, OL/DLs Terrell Black, Jon Leible, Jeremy Zollarcoffer and Ryan Warren.
• The Amarillo Dusters have been assigned OL/DLs Brandon Hurd, Eugene Gant III, FB/LB Sean Raftery, WR/DB Richard Perkins, DS Ricky Wilson, OL/DL Clifton Pollard, DS Gerard Lewis and FB/LB Dantrell Gabriel.
• The Arkansas Twisters have been assigned WR Steven Bergeski, WR/DB Brandon Freeman, FB/LB Dino Morales, OS Brandon Dixon, OL/DL Aaron Robbins and OS Christopher Miller. They have also placed QB Justin Rummell on Re-callable Re-assignment.
• The Boise Burn have been assigned international player WR/DB Shadrach Okoebor, OL/DL Dennis Butler, DS Brandon Hampton, OL/DL Jesse Dee, DS Chris Clark, OL/DL Shannon Boatman and WR/DB Maurice Banks. On January 16, it was announced that the Burn had added 11 more players to the teams training camp roster. Those players being: WR/DB Terrance Sanders, OL Rich Seals, OL/DL Fred Amano, OL Samuel Bentley, FB/LB De’Angelo Bryant (cousin of Corey and Raymond Chavous), FB/LB Marcus Lawrence (former NFL practice squad), DL Joe Lemma, OL Leo Sullivan, and DL/FB Chris White (former CFLer).
• The Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings have been assigned international player WR/DB Heath Decker (International status pending), OL/DL Lou Vega, FB/LB Jason Schule, OL/DL Ron Redmond.
• The Central Valley Coyotes have been assigned WR/DB Steve Gonzalez, FB/LBs Marquese Bacon and Tyler Birkley, international player WR/DB Peter Plesa (International Status Pending), WR/LB Steve Allen, QB Jason Murrietta, OL/DL Donyell Booker, WR/DB James Finley, OL/DL Sean Finnerty, DS Nick Sanchez and WR/DB Vincent Joseph.
• The Corpus Christi Sharks have been assigned Wide receiver Ashlan Davis, OL/DL John Cook, DS Scott Felando, FB/LBs Wallace House, Josh Mayfield, OL/DL Eze Ejelonu, WR/LB Cyrus Holiday and OL/DL Jarred Simmons.
• The Florida Firecats have been assigned FB Colt Colletti, DS Jerrid Gaines, QB Omar Haugabook, WR/DB Joshua Hyman, WR/DB Tremaine McCollum, OL/DL Arthur Smith, QB Todd Spitzer, WR/DB Bryant Tisdale, OL/DL Mark Robinson and WR/LB Chris McKinney.
• On January 21, the Green Bay Blizzard announced roster additons, those being; Quarterback Collin Drafts, OL Raymond McNeil and FB/LB Jarrel Walker (all three returing from 2008), FB/LB Orlando Medlock (2008 with Lubbock Renegades), FB/LB David Ihedigbo (2008 with Amarillo Dusters), also two West Virginia alumni WR/DB Larry Williams and OL/DL Craig Wilson. They have also been assigned OL/DL Brandon Barnes and international player WR/DB Brad Black (International status pending), OL/DL Anthony Hoke, DS Terrell Lemon and OL/DL Stephen Williams.
• The Iowa Barnstormers have been assigned OL/DL Mike Matthes and WR Everett Roberts.
• The Kentucky Horsemen have been assigned OL Timothy Long, WR/DB Aaron Mason, FB/LB Demetrius Forney, WR/DB Harry Lewis II, FB/LB Warren Rhodes, FB/LB Bernard Jackson, OL/DL Joe Washington, DS Antoine Horton, FB Moise Paul, FB/LB TaVoris Horton, DS Dominic Ross and DS Quinton Griffin. They have placed WR/DBs Kyle Callahan and Cody Eubanks on the Reassignment list. And placed WR/DB Troy Perry, OL/DL Phillip Hibbard and QB James Frazier on Recallable Reassignment.
• The Mahoning Valley Thunder have been assigned international player WR/DB Ray Williams (International status pending), WR/DB Clarence Curry, WR George Murray, OL/DL Larry Harrison, OL/DL Jerrick Jeffreys, WR/DB Jamar Landrum and WR/DB Quorey Payne. They have also claimed WR George "Sonny" Shackleford from Re-callable Re-assignment (from the Spokane Shock).
• The Manchester Wolves have been assigned FB/LB Dwan Wilson, OL/DL Charles Manu, DB Alfred Phillips and WR/DB Jerome Touchstone.
• The Milwaukee Iron have been assigned OS Kellen Allen, OS Scott Burnoski, QB Tyler Donovan, FB/LB Kellen Driscoll, DS James Griffin, WR/DB Malik Jackson, DS James McCoy DL Greg Mills, FB/LB Matthew Overton, OL/DL Quartez Vickerson, OL/DL Tyre Young, OL/DL Anthony Harris, WR/DB Bryan Pray, DS Hasan Stewart, QB Joe Micco, FB/LB Matt Overton, DS Brandon Payne, DL Brandon Kelly, WR/DB LaVar Stepter and FB/LB Gustavus Tyson.
• The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz have been assigned OL/DL Kelly Butler, WR/DB Agim Shabaj, OL/DL Mondre Dickerson and QB Jeffrey Taylor (and have since placed Taylor on Re-assignment).
• The Peoria Pirates have been assigned WRs Brandon Golder and Michael Phillips and OL/DL Bobby Jones.
• The Rio Grande Valley Dorados have been assigned FB/ LB Donnell August, QB Nick Hill (former Chicago Bears practice squad member [2008]), WR/ DB Stephen McCoy, K Carlos Ojeda, DB Kendrick Singleton, WR Ramonce Taylor, WR/DB Alan Turner, and international player OL/ DL Tyler Matia.
• The Quad City Steamwheelers have been assigned OS Jarrett Brooks, OL Nick Codutti, Defensive specialist Andre Goines and DL Sydney Hayes.
• The South Georgia Wildcats have been assigned OL/DL Ray Gant, Antwone Savage and Demetrie McCray.
• The Spokane Shock have been assigned DS Aaron Williams, QB Blake Powers, DSs Stanley Franks and Herbert Cash. They have also placed OS Sonny Shackleford and WR/DB Jason Jones on Recallable Re-assignment. They have also placed WR/LB Louis Holmes on the Other league Exempt list.
• The Stockton Lightning have been assigned WR/LB Carl Walker, as well as international player QB/LB Joseph Taula (International status pending), WR/DB Raul Vijil, OL/DL Stephen Bell and OL/DL Coleone Niusulu.
• The South Georgia Wildcats have been assigned DS Quentin Burrell, WR/LB Kelvin Dickens, OS LeJuan Edwards, QB Darnell Kennedy, WR/DB Robert Kilow, DL Mike Lane, QB Cecil Lester, K Andrew Levers, WR/LB Mel Long, WR/DB Joshua Nesbitt, DS Justin Nester, WR/DB Troy Perry, FB/LB Kinny Spotwood, OL/DLs Steve Sutton and Kenneth Turner and DS Takashi Walker. They have also traded Future Considerations to the Spokane Shock for DL Richard Clebert and OS Tremaine Kirkland.
• The Tennessee Valley Vipers, defending ArenaCup champions, have been assigned four members from last seasons team; WR Maurice Brown, OL Calvin Ousby, Travis Blanchard, and Alonzo Nix. They have also been assigned WR/LB Bradly Chavez, OL/DL Gary Jenkins and the 2008 JSL Ironman of the Year Bradly Chavez and OL/DL Geoff Rowson. They have also been assigned WR/DB Quorey Payne, George Murray, Jamar Landrom, DL Larry Harrison and OL Jerrick Jeffreys.
• The Tri-Cities Fever have been assigned Defensive specialists Jamie Hattley, and Travis Motley, OL Clay Walker and DL Lance Broadus.
• The Tulsa Talons have been assigned WR/DBs Delenell Reid, Jeff Hughley, OL/DL Yatarrie Brown, FB/LB Tim Murphy, WR/DB Zach Edwards, OL/DL Kamau Jackson, QB James Welker, WR/DB John Jefferson, WR/DB LaRico Stevenson, OL/DL Walter Boyd, FB/LB Jamar Ransom and OS Wilbur Hargrove. They have also placed WR/DB Grant Jones on the Recallable Reassignment list.
• The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers have been assigned international player OL/DL Deon McPhee (International status pending), WR Irving Campbell, DB Clay Hamblen, OL/DL Joseph Villani, FB/LB Adam Lipski, WR/DB LaBrose Hedgemon and OL/DL Eugene Newsome. They have also placed WR/DB Joe Delsardo on the Reassignment list.

Source: NFL.com (Arena Football League moments needed.)

• Nothing for this month.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

• Distinguish names of players with similar names.

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:
  • February
    • 1 - Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida ( NBC).
    • 7 - Tulsa Talons first open tryout.
    • 8 - NFL Pro Bowl (NBC)
    • 18-24 - NFL Scouting Combine: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    • 21 - Amarillo Dusters final round of open tryouts.
    • 21 - Tulsa Talons second open tryout.
    • 27 - NFL Free agency begins.
    • 28 - Quad City Steamwheelers final Open Tryout.
    • 28 - Tennessee Valley Vipers first of two Open Tryouts.

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

• Jim Kubiak
• Bernard Jackson (Arena football)
• Clarence Curry

Contributors to this Issue:

• Cra sh Underride