New Minor Football League

[RavageAdmin]

What is everyones opinion on a n outdoor football league that pays the way afl2, nifl. uifl and the likes pay. Plase give some feedback.

[Houston Caldwell]

1-OWNERSHIP GROUPS- The ownership groups would need to be financially strong ones; many of the indoor football franchises are struggling financially, and an outdoor pro team as you described would have to pay player rosters twice the size of the indoor rosters.
2-TRAVEL- How many teams and in what regions? Travel is a big expense for most sports franchises, and is most expensive of all in outdoor football- once again, because of roster sizes. And the longer the trip, the more expensive it is.
3- FACILITIES- Asheville, NC, has a facility suited to the type of football you described, but how many other cities do?

[wncsport.com]

Asheville does? Since when? The renovation at Historic Memorial Stadium seems like it'll never end. Hell, I see no evidence they have done anything this year. I could lecture all day about how all the teams could play at Asheville High now that they are also putting in art. turf and use Memorial Stadium for much needed parking for the baseball Asheville Tourists. What a waste of money! :x

Anyway, enough ranting. Most of these cities are already involved with the NAFL. Granted, it's semipro, but I do think there are some loyalty issues here. The upper tier of the NAFL is slowly gelling to something reliable and I don't know if they want to jeopardize it.

It's a tough call. Some of these cities are putting in the new artificial turfs so they can play year round. The XFL was murder on those grass fields in the NFL venues. However, the big disadvantage is they get hot. You'd better be prepared to have a league play late days/night.

And you better have some sort of cable TV deal or all of this is pointless.

It seems to me that the AFL, AF2, CFL, and NFLE are going to the options for summer football at the minor league level for quite some time.

[Pounder]

Since I have the, um, benefit of living in Boise (though, oddly enough, I'm typing this from the Portland area right now), I can certainly say that the April to June timeframe in Boise is close to dead from a sports perspective. Boise State basketball and Idaho Stampede basketball and Idaho Steeheads hockey are winding down (playoffs are only seemingly an issue for the Steelheads), and short-season A ball doesn't start up until June, so there seems to be a time frame available.

Now, if you noticed that this rant is Boise-specific, you got it! The next town over may have a different dynamic. That is why a forming league probably needs more to be a linkage of cities rather than a dude with a dream.

Therefore, asking us doesn't instill me with confidence. Find willing facilities first, match an investor to each facility, see if you can isolate a specific region in the process, then work from there.

[jimlcham]

There are more than 600 minor league teams in more than 50 leagues that play in the U S, and there are more organized each year. None of these players are paid. I am proposing a plan to operate a league in which each team is required to pay at least one player $250 per game and provide workers compensation for all paid players. Teams may pay one marquee player up to $1000 per game. No other player may be paid more than $250 until all players are paid. As the league is established, the number of players that are paid is increased. This will give the teams an opportunity to slowly build their budgets. I estimate that within three years, we will be paying players an average of $1,000 a game.

[spider]

Well fellows, it's time to think outside the box. I've been kicking this idea around for awhile. I think a professional sixman football league will work.

Heck, you could even build your own small stadium for what the charge for dasherboards, playing field and the arena rental.

The game would be played on a 80 yard field so it wouldn't be totally out of the question to do this.

Baseball leagues do it all of the time. If you had your own field you can set your own deals and rent it out when it wasn't be used.

With my concept, you can pay the players $200 a game. Sixman football is a very fun game to watch and play.