After decades of failed attempts to make a football league permanently take root in San Antonio, yet another venture is giving it a try.
On Wednesday, the revived Continental Football League (CFL) announced the San Antonio Toros will be one of the teams to participate in the league’s inaugural season, which gets underway next summer.
As of press time, the league didn’t respond to the Current’s questions about which local stadium the team will play in or which other cities are hosting teams. However, a press release stated that at least two other franchises — the Ohio Valley Ironmen and the Austin-based Texas Syndicates — also are part of the league.
“Our mission is simple — to give San Antonio a team that reflects its spirit,” said Joshua Mair, managing partner and team president for the Toros, via an emailed statement. “We’re not just reviving a name. We’re reviving an attitude — one that says the city deserves professional football that belongs to the people.”
The Toros are a relaunch of the team by the same name that played in San Antonio between 1965 and 1969. That franchise operated under an earlier iteration of the Continental Football League.
News of the Toros’ arrival comes mere weeks after the United Football League’s San Antonio Brahmas announced their relocation to a different market. The Brahmas said the Alamodome was too big, adding that the league is now focused on smaller venues.
Indeed, the Toros will be the city’s third minor-league football team in less than a decade. The Alamodome also hosted the San Antonio Commanders in 2019, before the Alliance of American Football suddenly folded that same year.
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