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==== Arena Football League ====
NFL Network held the broadcast rights to the revived [[Arena Football League]] from 2010 to 2012. Starting with the 2010 season, the network broadcast a weekly ''Friday Night Football'' game each week during the regular season and playoff games at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] from March to August, in addition to rights to playoff games and the [[ArenaBowl]]. The NFL stated that unlike when the NFL last showed interest in arena football, there would be no attempts to buy into the league.<ref>Lombardo, John and John Ourand (February 8, 2010). [http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/64774 NFL Network to broadcast new arena league’s games]. Sports Business Journal.</ref> Broadcasters for the games included [[Kurt Warner]], [[Tom Waddle]], [[Paul Burmeister]], [[Fran Charles]], [[Charles Davis (defensive back)|Charles Davis]] and [[Ari Wolfe]].

NFL Network ceased airing Arena Football League games partway through the [[2012 Arena Football League season|2012 season]] as a result of ongoing labor problems within the league. The season's remaining games were carried on a [[broadcast delay|tape delay]] before the network terminated the league broadcast contract outright at the end of the season; the rights were then obtained by [[CBS Sports Network]].

In March, 2024 the NFL announced they would broadcast 30 regular season games from the [[Arena Football League (2024)|2024 revival of the AFL]] on NFL Network.<ref name="AFL_OT7">{{Cite web|title=NFL Network to televise Arena Football League (AFL), Overtime's football league (OT7) games this spring|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-network-to-televise-more-live-football-this-spring|website=NFL}}</ref> The league never carried any games, with [[West Texas Desert Hawks]] owner Zack Bugg accusing the network of malfeasance after he personally paid for one of his team's games to be televised only for the network never to carry it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bauer |first=Michael |date=2024-06-22 |title=ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE: West Texas Desert Hawks officially fold |url=https://www.oaoa.com/sports/arena-football-league-west-texas-desert-hawks-officially-fold/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Odessa American |language=en-US}}</ref> Another league member, the [[Albany Firebirds (2023–)|Albany Firebirds]], indicated that the network had refused to carry the games because the league had a number of small-market teams (including West Texas) that "scared (them) off."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Michael |title=Arena Football League team drops out, back in for Week 2 |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/iowa-rampage-drop-arena-football-league-week-2-19436590.php |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=Times Union |language=en}}</ref> [[Oregon Blackbears]] president [[Patrick Johnson (wide receiver)|Patrick Johnson]] was among the league's franchisees who was against the NFL Network deal, noting the predatory structure required the league to pay the network a [[brokered programming|brokerage]] fee but did not allow the league to sell advertising nor share in any advertising sales the network sold.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arena Football League pulled from NFL Network amidst chaos, unpaid bills, and replacement players|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/league-networks/arena-football-league-pulled-from-nfl-network.html|website=AwfulAnnouncing.com|date=May 3, 2024 }}</ref>