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Adams drafted by start-up league

Joe Adams was drafted by a start-up football league Wednesday.

The former Arkansas wide receiver and all-American return specialist was the first overall pick in the inaugural Major League Football Franchise Player Draft.

The league, which will be comprised of eight teams, is scheduled to play its first season this spring.

According to its website, MLFB hopes to "fill the void in the professional football landscape" by playing a 10-game season and four-team playoff in the time between the Super Bowl and the start of the NFL's regular season in August.

While the team locations haven't been announced, the league previously released a "tentative" list that included Little Rock, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.