DLI owns the exclusive master operating license; administrative, advertising, marketing, team product merchandising, interactive, and the television, radio broadcast distribution rights of each of its DLFA member teams.

The DLFA operates a Fall season, predominately Saturday playing schedule with two (2) additional weekly games, the days of which, shall be subject to future announcement.

Players in the DLFA must be at least 18 years of age, possess a high school diploma or have a G.E.D. equivalent.  By league mandate, no DLFA franchise may stage any organized team practice sessions prior to 3 p.m., Monday thru Thursday, during the September thru December period. All DLFA team operating licensees shall be required to maintain an Executive level, Academic Advisory officer charged with coordination of University Degree studies.  

DLFA teams shall be deployed into their respective, pre-selected consumer markets in two (2) phases. Phase I shall deploy with twenty (20) DLFA teams in twenty (20) initial markets and be sub-divided into the Republican and Democratic conferences with four (4) divisions. 

Eight (8) DLFA teams are located in the top ten (10) United States markets and fourteen (14) DLFA teams are located in the top twenty five (25) United States markets. DLFA Phase I consumer markets have a total current metropolitan population of 80,639,984.