Most people don't understand what professional ultimate is. LiveStream Media explains it well in this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3JwqEpXBng
The fact that there's a professional ultimate team right here in Indianapolis shocks some people. Not to many people know what ultimate is or that it was even a sport to begin with. The number of fans of the sport is growing. Once people becomes fans however then they have to choose what side they want to be on because not only is there one professional ultimate league, but two. These two leagues bring something that other professional leagues don't bring. There's an extra level of competition because there are two leagues which can create an exciting element in some cites. Not only are you a fan of your local team, but of the league they represent. Then theres cites like Seattle who are going to have one team from each league in 2014 season.
"They’re trying out the Rainmakers, who are in Major League Ultimate (MLU). (“Frisbee” is not used in describing the sport, as it is copyrighted by the Wham-O company, which popularized the flying disc in the 1960s.)
And this year, they’ll be joined by a second pro team here, the Seattle Raptors, who are in a competing league, the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). Besides Seattle, the two newly formed leagues go head-to-head in five other cities."
Seattle Times staff reporter
After last season many saw the MLU as winning the battle between the two leagues in the marketing department. As stated these two leagues are going head to in 5 cites this year however. The AUDL are the ones who are invading he MLU cites with the most to gain. With an extra year of being a league and 18 teams compared to the MLU's eight, the AUDL is trying to get rid of the bug before it has a chance to grow. The AUDL can loss some of the battles in those 5 cites, but all they have to do is win a couple of them to severely hurt the MLU. If the MLU lose two or three of there teams thats between 25 percent to 33 percent of their team. If the AUDL losses two or three teams thats only 11 percent to 16 percent of their teams not counting around four teams confirmed to be creating teams for the 2015 season. If a couple cites goes the AUDL's way, they can begin to take a lead on the MLU.
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