Magic Benton Will Not Play in AF2 Playoffs, Team Disqualified

The arenafootball2 league announced its playoff schedule Monday, and the Florida Firecats were not one of the teams listed.

Florida was the only franchise that qualified that was left out. A league source told The News-Press on Saturday that Florida would be barred because it owed the league more than $200,000 in dues.

Offensive specialist Magic Benton was so disgruntled that he apologized to the fans, on behalf of the Vallozzi family, during an interview on The Red Zone with Clayton Ferraro and Adam Mendelson on Fox Sports Radio.

"I never really had respect for the ownership and how they ran things," Benton said, the team's all-time leading receiver. "They knew what was going on from the get-go, and nobody was professional enough to come let us know. That's classless."

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(news-press.com)