165:. Under Kurz's leadership as president of af2, the league expanded into many small-to-mid-sized markets, which helped bring the Arena Football League back in 2010 after the 2009 season was canceled due to financial problems. Kurz has also worked as the league's Vice President of International Development. His main responsibility in this position was to carry out the league's H3 visa program. In this program, international players were exposed to, and played in the Arena Football League system. He oversaw international Arena Football games.
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