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Current season, competition or edition: 2018/19 NGL season | |
| Sport | American football |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 2014 |
| Founder | Marcin Soluch |
| First season | 2018/19 |
| Owner(s) | Marcin Soluch |
| CEO | Christopher Darlison |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
| Relegation to | none |
| Official website | |
The National Gridiron League (NGL) was a proposed professional American football league in Australia. The inaugural season was scheduled to begin in October 2018. It was originally to begin in 2016, however it was postponed for two years. The League and its teams went silent in 2017 and was presumed defunct from that date. No game was ever played.
The league was to feature a 14-week regular season, which is scheduled to run from October to late January; each team to play seven games with at least two bye weeks. Following the regular season, four teams would compete in the league's playoffs, culminating in a Grand Final championship game in late January.
Teams
Eight teams were planned to compete in the inaugural NGL season in 2017/18:
Regular season
The regular season is 14 weeks long, with games scheduled on October and finishing by February following year. The NGL's eight teams are divided into two states, four in New South Wales and four in Queensland. Each team plays two games against each other. The four best teams from the regular season will pass to the playoffs to play the semi-finals. The winners from the semi-finals will be classified to the Grand Final.
References
- "Australia's National Gridiron League forced to postpone launch until October 2018". American Football International. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Queensland stadiums to host National Gridiron League".
- "American Football league hopes to compete with NFL in five years". 16 February 2015.
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