AF2-PLEASE THE FANS; NEW LEAGUE WILL MIRROR PARENT AFL

          The Greensboro NEWS & RECORD'S Travis Miller profiled
     arenafootball2 (af2) and wrote that the league's players
     "will earn" $200-400 a game.  The players "must stay on the
     field for 30 minutes after each game, mingling with the
     crowd and signing autographs."  Roanoke Express GM Tommy
     Benizio: "The exciting thing ... is that it's very, very
     clearly designed for the fans, not the players" (NEWS &
     RECORD, 8/24).
          GEORGIA ON AF2'S MIND: af2 officials "announced"
     Tuesday that GA business exec Frank Lawrence "beat out" the
     ECHL Augusta Lynx for an Augusta franchise, according to
     Kent Kimes of the AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.  af2 Exec Dir Mary
     Ellen Garling, on Lawrence: "He has impressed us with his
     business acumen and his passion."  The "yet-to-be-named team
     is set to begin play" in April at Augusta-Richmond County
     Civic Center, which is also the home of the Lynx.  But Kimes
     reported that a "lease agreeement between the team and civic
     center management needs to be worked out" (CHRONICLE, 8/25).