By TYLER HENRY
Salina Post contributor
After announcing their desertion from the Champions Indoor Football League in late July, it has been confirmed that both the Omaha Beef and Sioux City Bandits will join the National Arena League for the upcoming 2024 season.
The Beef and Bandits will become the seventh and eighth members of the NAL, competing alongside another former CIF foe in the West Texas Warbirds, as well as the Jacksonville Sharks, Carolina Cobras, San Antonio Gunslingers, Fayetteville Mustangs, and Orlando Predators.
These additions will also help the NAL cope with the loss of the Albany Empire, who were kicked out of the league after a brief but turbulent run of ownership by former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.
At this time there is still no news regarding the future of the third deserter, as the Topeka Tropics, who went 1-19 in their two seasons in the CIF, continue their search for a landing spot.