Avengers Leaving What's Left Of Arena League

((HT: LA Times/Sam Farmer))The only pro football team in Los Angeles is calling it quits. After nine seasons, the L.A. Avengers are terminating their membership in the Arena Football League, team owner Casey Wasserman said Sunday ((pictured, thanks Nick Laham/Getty)).The move comes four months after the AFL voted to suspend the 2009 season to devise a new business model in hopes of restarting in 2010. That plan has not materialized, and the 16-team league is set to vote today on a new collective bargaining agreement with its players union.The Avengers did not want to participate in that vote, Wasserman said, without a defined business plan for the future of the league."It's disappointing, because I don't think it was necessary to get to this point," said Wasserman, whose team was acquired for $5 million in 1999 and began playing in 2000. The Avengers won a division title in 2005 and made four playoff appearances.The league requires team owners to vote on such a ter...