The league, meanwhile, hopes to keep all of those.

The league hopes to add two more teams before the end of the decade.

The league hopes to begin a 54-game summer schedule on May 22, 1988.

The league hopes to expand from 21 to 28 teams.

The league hoped to have a new owner in place by opening day, 2012.

The league is hoping it will help other countries learn about, and then follow, American football.

The league can only hope that the two players first listen to their own words about putting winning ahead of self.

The league hoped to have the western conference established for the 2011 season.

The league had hoped to be made up of at least 25% Israelis by its fifth year.

The league hoped to name its two new teams today.