Allen in 2012 (N/A - he put them on the list because he thought they wouldn't make the playoffs despite a hefty player payroll)
Sioux Falls in 2009 (Sioux Falls didn't have insurance for the first 5 games of the season, so the league turned their first five wins into forfeit losses instead. The teams they beat still retained their losses, but those 5 forfeits, and some beatdowns by Billings, was enough to keep them out of the playoffs. Many of us feel the punishment was harsh)
The ownership rein of Jeff Sprowls (He was getting cocaine rocks sent to him through the mail from Saint Louis. He used to own the River City Rage down there as well as the Omaha Beef, but folded the Rage to concentrate on the Beef. He cooperated with the authorities after being arrested and his suppliers in Saint Louis got jail time. It seems as if he's getting off, but hard to say as there has been no public news on the situation. It does seem he will not do jail time though)
Chris Kikalis/Gilbert Brown combo (Kokalis is the owner/gm of La Crosse/Cedar Rapids. Gilbert coached for him last year as did his brother as an assistant coach. Gilbert left mid-season for personal reasons, which turned out to be him abandoning the team for the Green Bay Chill Lingerie Fooball League team. Gilbert's brother took over as coach and has also led the team this year. They haven't had much success on the field so far. I don't really see this as that big of a deal)
Wichita Wild in 2008 (they had a bad record that year, don't really see that as that big of a deal)
The fall of the NIFL (the NIFL was the premier indoor football league from 2001-2004. The majority of the top teams bolted after the 2004 season to form the UIF, because head honcho Carolyn Shiver was out of control. Every year after that the NIFL deteriorated significantly until in 2007 it imploded when it started the year with 24 teams, but lo and behold only 6 of those were real teams. The other 18 were phantom teams, although some actually did have some helmet decals and stuff when semi-pro teams were gathered to play as them. Most of the phantom teams never even played a single game. Only three teams were still alive mid-way through the season and Shiver had stopped answering calls and doing anything basically. Wyoming and Fayetteville organized a bowl game on their own to determine a champion, leaving San Diego out in the cold. Fayetteville beat Wyoming in their game. Shiver announced after the fact that San Diego was the NIFL champion since they were the only team left standing, basically saying Wyoming and Fayetteville were kicked out of the league. Thankfully the NIFL did not return in 2008, even though there were threats.)
Wyoming never winning a title in the AIFA (The AIFA was an East Coast league from 2005-2007. When the NIFL died, the UIF was looking to grab Wyoming, but the AIFA made a presentation to them to join their league and they would create a western conference for them. Wyoming ownership didn't get along with some of the leadership in the UIF, so they took the AIFA up on their proposal. Wyoming beat up on expansion teams each year of their three years in the AIFA western conference, but fell to the AIFA east representative three years straight in the championship. Counting the bowl game they made up with Fayetteville in 2007, that's 4 straight title game losses. The Buffalo Bills of indoor football if you will.)
The fall of Ohio Valley (meh, no big deal. Ran out of money, and so a two-time champion fell.)
Andrew Haines (Started the AIFL in 2005 and had an okay first year. In 2006 he over-expanded and the league became a mess, just like this year's UIFL. In 2007 John Morris and Michael Mink took over the league. Yes, that John Morris that runs the AIF now and yes that Michael Mink that runs Lakeland now. Haines was known for setting up teams that were just shells and then getting some local schmuck to buy them thinking they were this solid business, but quickly found out they were buying air. Morris and Mink made the league better the first year after Haines, but not by much and the league eventually sank back down to the 2006 level. Haines went on to start a hockey league that had many similar problems as well as players kicked out of their living quarters, and many other great happenings. Haines returned to start the UIFL in 2011 with 6 teams in a small regional league, similar to when he created the AIFL in 2005, some in the same markets. The league over-expanded this year and you see the result. He likes to blame Cecil VanDyke as the fall guy, but in reality he orchestrated the new teams, not VanDyke. Haines' is already doing the same for this coming year, as you can see in Saint Louis, and there will be more to come.)
The fall of the SIFL (In 2009 the UIF and a league based mostly in Texas called the Intense Football League merged to form the IFL. The beginnings of that merger were made in 2008 when the leagues agreed that both of their champs would play an exhibition game against each other for the next two years. The plan at that time was to alternate the location each year. The Louisiana Swashbucklers won the Intense league for the second straight year that season and traveled to Sioux Falls to take on the Storm. The Storm won that game and at that game the plans for the merger were nearly finalized and the IFL was announced not long after. Louisiana owner Hager didn't like not being the big fish anymore and decided to create his own league instead, so he created the Southern Indoor Football League. He made Haines' proud and feasted on a league of 4 expansion teams. Only 2 of those expansion teams were active at the end. In 2010 he was fortunate to get the Albany market into the league after the AF2 went under and Columbus bolted from the AIFA. The league started the year with 5 solid teams it seemed, but the Greenville situation turned into a catastrophe that the league made by letting in underfunded ownership. Many lies were told by Hager. In 2011, Hager went aggressively into expansion mode and got some of the Texas teams back from the IFL that had played in the Intense league with him. The AIFA also ceased operation after 2010 and many of the teams joined the SIFL. Add in some expansion and the league had blossomed to 16 teams. 1 team folded before the season, another soon after. The remaining teams were actually sound for the most part, but major problems ensued when the league did absolutely nothing as far as support the teams. It escalated into a big mess and after the season no one wanted to have anything to do with Hager again and so the PIFL and LSFL were born from the ashes. The PIFL was formed by Albany, Columbus, a Hager-less Louisiana, Alabama, Richmond, and expansion Knoxville. The Texas teams started the LSFL and West Texas joined them from the IFL. Morris restarted up the AIFA, but dropped the last A, because he wanted people to think it was a different league. Hager still owes many people money, ask sportznut, as does Haines, Shiver, Morris, etc.)
I kind of rushed through that, so if I missed anything let me know. There's more I would put on my own list, but don't feel like typing any more right now.
Jim Terry definitely belongs on the list. I'll let someone else explain him, gonna rest my fingers.