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The Miami Vise were an arena football
Arena football

Arena football is a sport based upon American football. It is played indoors on a smaller field than American football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
 team formed by Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 founder Jim Foster
Jim Foster

Jim Foster is the founder and first commissioner of the Arena Football League. He is also a former National Football League and United States Football League corporate officer and was later the principal owner of the New York Dragons....
 for the purposes of playing a "test game" on February 27, 1987 at the Rosemont Horizon
Allstate Arena

The Allstate Arena is a sports arena in Rosemont, Illinois, which is home to the Chicago Wolves ice hockey club, DePaul University men's basketball, and the Chicago Rush Arena football team....
 against the Chicago Bruisers
Chicago Bruisers

The Chicago Bruisers were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the four-team "demonstration season" of 1987 Arena Football League season....
. The best player in the contest, Chicago's Eddie Phillips scored three touchdowns, including one in the last minute, but the Bruisers fell to the Vise by a score of 33-30 on Rich Salzer's (Hawai'i) TD. Today, this contest is known as the "showcase" game, as it had far more prestige and fanfare than the original 1986 test game between the Rockford Metros and Chicago Politicians.

This would be the only game the Vise (whose name was a take on the popular TV series Miami Vice
Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an United States of America television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The show became noted for its heavy integration and use of music and visual effects to tell a story....
) would ever play, and Miami wouldn't get a team in the AFL until 1993.






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The Miami Vise were an arena football
Arena football

Arena football is a sport based upon American football. It is played indoors on a smaller field than American football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
 team formed by Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 founder Jim Foster
Jim Foster

Jim Foster is the founder and first commissioner of the Arena Football League. He is also a former National Football League and United States Football League corporate officer and was later the principal owner of the New York Dragons....
 for the purposes of playing a "test game" on February 27, 1987 at the Rosemont Horizon
Allstate Arena

The Allstate Arena is a sports arena in Rosemont, Illinois, which is home to the Chicago Wolves ice hockey club, DePaul University men's basketball, and the Chicago Rush Arena football team....
 against the Chicago Bruisers
Chicago Bruisers

The Chicago Bruisers were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the four-team "demonstration season" of 1987 Arena Football League season....
. The best player in the contest, Chicago's Eddie Phillips scored three touchdowns, including one in the last minute, but the Bruisers fell to the Vise by a score of 33-30 on Rich Salzer's (Hawai'i) TD. Today, this contest is known as the "showcase" game, as it had far more prestige and fanfare than the original 1986 test game between the Rockford Metros and Chicago Politicians.

This would be the only game the Vise (whose name was a take on the popular TV series Miami Vice
Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an United States of America television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The show became noted for its heavy integration and use of music and visual effects to tell a story....
) would ever play, and Miami wouldn't get a team in the AFL until 1993. Technically, the Vise weren't even a Florida-based team to begin with, as they were created out of Foster's imagination and consisted of mostly of college players located in the midwest. At the time though, the players were sworn to secrecy so fans would believe the team was actually located in Miami.

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