Welcome Back Kats!
Charliy Nash
Tuesday April 30, 2002
During a radio interview, Adams indicated that the NFL’s inaction on their option to buy nearly half of the Arena League made the decision more difficult, but the deal with NBC to air AFL games sealed the decision for him.
The biggest questions remain where the team will play and when they will join the league. Adams would prefer to begin play next season in the Gaylord Entertainment Center – the only home the Kats had known. For the to happen, a more favorable lease would have to be negotiated than the one which kept the former Kats (now the Georgia Force) from making a profit. With the Gaylord Entertainment Center currently running a $5 million deficit, the city and NHL Nashville Predators may be more willing to deal with Adams than they were with former Kats owner Mark Bloom.
Charliy Nash has covered both incarnations of the Nashville Kats, and now has make the 2 hour drive to Huntsville for an Arena Football fix. He also covers the Tennessee Titans as a blogger for nfl.com and still hopes this will eventually lead to a paying gig.
