The teams will take the ice only 10 months after being accepted into the league for an entry fee of $50 million each.

Their applications are currently under review and a decision on whether they will be accepted into the league will be reached sometime in the near future.

In 2009, Troon were accepted back into the league after an eight-season absence to replace the promoted Perranporth.

The ninth team, Perth Thunder, were accepted into the league as a provisional member.

After the two-year probationary period, UE was permanently accepted into the league in 1954.

"But after the first year I will be accepted into the league."

Stockport was also accepted into the league via telephone to the hotel.

The Panthers were one of two expansion teams accepted into the league that year, the other being the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In 1998, the NCAA accepted the college's application for membership into the league.

The Raiders were the last of the AFL's original eight teams to be accepted into the new league.