| League Transactions |
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 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Toronto North have signed Matthew Mayfield - LB (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $720,000. |
 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Houston RoughRiders have signed Herbert Oneill - QB (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $5,500,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Houston RoughRiders have signed George Cave - DE (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $2,000,000. |
 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Seattle Totems have signed Henry Chun - DT (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,860,000. |
 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Edmonton Herd have signed Anthony Ruffin - WR (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $3,500,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Houston RoughRiders have signed Charles Cohen - T (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $2,500,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Toronto North have signed Donald Minor - LB (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $2,900,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Toronto North have signed Kelly Flanders - DT (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $2,910,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Edmonton Herd have signed Edwin Steele - TE (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $2,000,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Edmonton Herd have signed William Coggins - WR (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $6,000,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Seattle Totems have signed Ken Westmoreland - C (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $2,160,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 1) The Seattle Totems have signed Walter Ward - G (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,480,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 2) The Edmonton Herd have signed Carson Jones - WR (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $2,000,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 2) The Seattle Totems have signed Edward Allen - LB (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,930,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 2) The Toronto North have signed Eldridge Williams - TE (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,090,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 2) The Seattle Totems have signed Darrick Arnold - RB (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,840,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 2) The Toronto North have signed Derek Soliz - DE (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,910,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 2) The Toronto North have signed Adrian Christian - CB (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,570,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 3) The Seattle Totems have signed Kip Garrett - DT (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,170,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 3) The Seattle Totems have signed Henry Fogle - QB (0 ovr) for 5 year(s) at $2,400,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 3) The Houston RoughRiders have signed Martin Maes - DE (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,750,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 4) The Houston RoughRiders have signed Jose Woods - SS (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $750,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 4) The Toronto North have signed Daniel Jackson - DT (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,230,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 4) The Seattle Totems have signed Jame Paris - WR (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,890,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 4) The Toronto North have signed Terrence Brown - LB (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,520,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 4) The Seattle Totems have signed Lindsey Thurman - QB (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,689,999. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Edmonton Herd have signed Calvin Healey - SS (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $600,000. |
 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The BCFC Bears have signed Eric Hunter - SS (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,040,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Edmonton Herd have signed Jose Perez - CB (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,000,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Toronto North have signed Waylon Norman - WR (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $3,920,000. |
 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Michael Ladd - LB (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,090,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Toronto North have signed Joseph Breen - CB (0 ovr) for 1 year(s) at $1,520,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Marlon Ostrander - TE (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,550,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Edmonton Herd have signed Harry Coffman - QB (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,000,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 5) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Terry Fields - C (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,000,000. |
 | Free Agency 1997: (Rd 6) The New Orleans Reapers have signed Gabriel Webber - C (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $450,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 6) The New Orleans Reapers have signed Jose Hunter - P (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $400,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 6) The New Orleans Reapers have signed Sanford Foley - DT (0 ovr) for 4 year(s) at $1,720,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 6) The New Orleans Reapers have signed Paul Baker - T (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,060,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 7) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Jake Scanlon - WR (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,160,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 7) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Ronald Sparrow - FB (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $670,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 8) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed James Jones - LB (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,700,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 10) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Emery Clemons - T (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $570,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 10) The Toronto North have signed Robert Yoo - RB (0 ovr) for 2 year(s) at $1,000,000. |
| Free Agency 1997: (Rd 10) The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Christopher Sparks - T (0 ovr) for 3 year(s) at $1,150,000. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Kyle Young - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Frank French - WR. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Matthew Steele - C. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have signed Edward Larson - T. |
 | Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Alexander Jeffries - WR. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Marshall Broussard - QB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Jimmie Ohara - G. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Steven King - DE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have signed Forrest Harding - DE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Carl Daniels - RB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Scott Strange - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Barry White - LB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Toby Miller - TE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Houston Kennedy - DE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Warner Walker - T. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Ryan Shelton - DT. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed David Fong - G. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Bobby Wenzel - K. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Raymond Carter - WR. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Mark Greenwood - LB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed David Townes - T. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Wayne Hamby - P. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed James Arsenault - T. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed John Dasilva - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed John Espinosa - SS. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed Robert Butcher - DT. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Alan Stephenson - SS. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Gary Furman - FS. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have released Evan Williams - LB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have released Micheal Brown - G. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Aaron Bain - LB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Brian Lowell - FB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Memphis Pharaohs have signed John Watson - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Howard Stovall - G. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Randy Stephens - RB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have released Robert Yoo - RB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have released Grady Pace - WR. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Karl Frazier - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released John Espinosa - SS. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Carl Daniels - RB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Alexander Jeffries - WR. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have released John Hammonds - SS. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: Gabriel Squires has retired. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: David Ortega has retired. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: Charles Back has retired. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: Christopher Ponce has retired. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: Ronald Mckeon has retired. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: James Keys has retired. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have released Troy Dowell - QB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have released Keith Russell - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: Arnold Kraus has signed a contract extension for $4,500,000 over 5 years. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed Roosevelt Purvis - RB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed Walter Adkins - DE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed James Guest - DE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed Connie Wright - LB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed Richard Lieberman - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed Robert Williams - CB. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The New Orleans Reapers have signed Ricky Cramer - FS. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have released Matthew Barham - TE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Houston Kennedy - DE. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Odis Lane - G. |
| Preseason Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Raymond Carter - WR. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Valentine Culbertson - DT. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Humberto Beattie - P. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Kevin Case - WR. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Lindsey Thurman - QB. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Raymond Kemp - CB. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Jerrell McCord - K. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have released Saul Madison - RB. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have signed Marcus Hutchison - CB. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Evan Williams - LB. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Curtis Montoya - WR. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Micheal Brown - G. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Frances Sims - TE. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have signed Steven West - CB. |
| Preseason Week 2, 1997: The Toronto North have signed Troy Dowell - QB. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have released Rod Gresham - C. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have released Clarence Warfield - TE. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Jeremy Wingate - G. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have signed Alfred Pearson - RB. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Alfred Dixon - TE. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Eric Bickford - LB. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have signed Andrew Hanley - DE. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Odis Lane - G. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Kevin Case - WR. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Richard Hollins - DE. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Abel Shockley - C. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Andy Wilson - DT. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Steven West - CB. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Seattle Totems have signed Denny Davison - QB. |
| Week 1, 1997: The BCFC Bears have signed Joseph Mclain - WR. |
| Week 1, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Roland Calhoun - FB. |
| Week 1, 1997: Kenneth Peck has been injured. Status: Out (12-16 weeks) |
| Week 1, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have released Joseph Mclain - WR. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Terry Foote - LB. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have released Steven Graham - LB. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Rogelio Farrell - WR. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Edmonton Herd have signed Tyree Biggs - C. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Roland Calhoun - FB. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Seattle Totems have signed Michael Russo - CB. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Joseph Henning - LB. |
| Week 2, 1997: The Houston RoughRiders have signed Connie Buckner - TE. |
| Week 3, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Terry Foote - LB. |
| Week 8, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Robert Slayton - G. |
| Week 8, 1997: Shawn Merchant has signed a contract extension for $8,000,000 over 4 years. |
| Week 13, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have signed Donald Jobe - LB. |
| Week 15, 1997: Mauricio Glaze has signed a contract extension for $4,500,000 over 6 years. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released David Fong - G. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Martin Weston - T. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released James Jackson - WR. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Alexander Jeffries - WR. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Carl Daniels - RB. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Terry Foote - LB. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Manuel Willis - DT. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Alfred Allred - DE. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released David Parr - FS. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Alan Stephenson - SS. |
| Week 15, 1997: The Windsor Gamblers have released Robert Slayton - G. |