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New spring AAF league begins. Why Pete Carroll, Seahawks, many in NFL are hoping it succeeds

Another new pro football league is starting.

Pete Carroll isn’t the only NFL coach who hopes it succeeds.

The eight-team Alliance of American Football kicks off Saturday with nationally televised games (on CBS) as the latest attempt to fill our nation’s post-Super Bowl void of no football through the spring. The AAF will play a 10-game season. It ends with a championship game in Las Vegas on April 27, the weekend of the NFL draft.

Hall of Fame NFL executive Bill Polian co-founded the new league. AAF coaches include former Seahawks head man Dennis Erickson, former NFL, former University of Florida and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier and ex-University of Washington coach Rick Nueheisel.