Editing Orlando Predators (section)

===Early years (1991–1997)===
There was interest in arena football in Orlando as early as 1987, with a group looking to place an AFL team in central Florida in time for the 1988 season.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229145037 |title=Orlando tosses hat into Arena |date=August 4, 1987 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> But more than three years would go by until the Orlando Predators franchise was finally secured by [[Davey Johnson]], Tracy Allen and [[Mike McBath]] on February 14, 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-02-14/sports/9102140046_1_orlando-arena-football-suncoast |title=Arena Football Adds Orlando |date=February 14, 1991 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=December 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20131211192151/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-02-14/sports/9102140046_1_orlando-arena-football-suncoast |archive-date=December 11, 2013 }}</ref> The Preds began play that same year but missed the playoffs, the only time the club would do so until 2012. In just their second season in 1992, they advanced to [[ArenaBowl VI]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dt0vAAAAIBAJ&pg=3663,736084&dq=gary+mullen+detroit&hl=en |title=Predators strive for win over Drive in ArenaBowl tonight |date=August 22, 1992 |author=Arthur R. Brown Jr. |newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |access-date=February 15, 2013}}</ref> only to fall to the [[Detroit Drive]], who won their fourth title in five years. Annually among the league-leaders in attendance, they qualified for the playoffs in 18 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in the original AFL. One noted administrator for the Predators was [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] lineman, [[Jack Youngblood]], who came to the Predators in 1995 as vice-president and then later, president of the organization. He was with the team through the 1999 season.