Arena Football League is done leaving Desperados wondering what's next.

After suspending operations for 2009 earlier this year, the Arena Football League has gone one step further and has now suspended operations indefinitely.  There has been no official announcement from the League offices but Dallas Desperados COO Shy Anderson confirmed the stoppage to us this morning at Dallas Cowboys Training Camp.

"Well, I'm personally disappointed because we put eight years into it and the Desperados were one of the top franchises in Arena Football so it's a letdown for me personally"  Anderson said. "It's a letdown for our fans in Dallas but it's a decision that the board members of the AFL made to suspend indefinitely and that's what we have to deal with." The Associated Press obtained a one-paragraph statement the league sent to its teams late Tuesday announcing that it has suspended operations.  The statement said the AFL's board had been "unable to reach any consensus on restructuring the league over the past eight months."

Anderson said he wasn't sure what was next for the Desperados but owners of the Arizona Rattlers and Tampa Bay Storm have told their local newspapers they wouldn't be surprised if some of the franchises find a way to get together and still play in 2010,  possibly with teams from the Arena Football 2 league which is also owned by Arena Football.

The Desperados were one of the AFL's most successful teams averaging more than 11,000 fans per game last year at the American Airlines Center