EIFL up to 6 teams?

[BarbaraPatterson]

http://www.vindy.com/content/sports/local_regional/288697692546461.php

The Hitmen find home at 'T-Dome'
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The new team and league must demonstrate that they are for real by Oct. 29.

By JOHN KOVACH

VINDICATOR SPORTS STAFF

BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP — After two unsuccessful attempts to find a indoor home for the Mahoning Valley Hitmen in the new Eastern Indoor Football League, owner-coach Jim Terry finally has a contract for a playing facility in the Youngstown area.

Terry, whose previous attempts to use The Ice Zone in Boardman and the ThunderPlex in Vienna as a home for the Hitmen proved to be unsuccessful, has signed a two-year contract with John Lisko of Hubbard to use the Thunder Dome on Bedford Road in Brookfield Township as the Hitmen's home field.

But while Terry is buoyed by the Hitmen finding a home, he knows that he has a long way to go to continue developing the team and to demonstrate that the Hitmen and the proposed six-team EIFL are for real and not just flashes-in-the-pan.

Important date in league

That's why the Cardinal Mooney High graduate, who now makes his home in Clearwater Beach, Fla., is attaching so much importance to the league's preview and showcase Oct. 29 at the Thunder Dome.

That's when all six teams and their owners, coaches and players are supposed to be on hand to play exhibition games to demonstrate and confirm that the league will exist and be viable.

Terry said the Oct. 29 event, which is for only the league and media, is an important date for his team and the league because it will show that the team and league are for real.

[tony-o]

He was supposed to announce the sixth team more than a month ago.

[PIONEERSFAN101]

As of now, there is no Pittsburgh team, no Baltimore team, no Buzzards, and no BlackBirds. The Pittsburgh website hasnt been updated since early August. Former Myrtle Beach Stingray (played 1 game total) Alex Austin is just as much a conman as Jim Terry.

By my count, there are 1.5 teams currently in the league. 1 is the Brawlers and the .5 is the Hitmen.

Rest assured, once there are announcements about other teams/venues/etc. They will be notified of who these owners are doing business with. And we have had no word from John Guy, proving that this is nothing more than a Jim Terry production...

[PIONEERSFAN101]

I stand corrected. John Guy has spoken, claiming there are only 4 teams and the league can play with just four. The Pittsburgh teams is not currently part of the league. So much for Jim's lawsuit. In about 40 days, the EIFL will be a distant memory...

[DestroyersFan]

The Pittsburgh teams is not currently part of the league. So much for Jim's lawsuit.

Businesses with no owner usually don't go far in our court system.

[Jamie]

So... Is it four teams? Five teams? Six teams? You guys really need to get your stories straight.

[Ravens117]

As of now, there is no Pittsburgh team, no Baltimore team, no Buzzards, and no BlackBirds. The Pittsburgh website hasnt been updated since early August. Former Myrtle Beach Stingray (played 1 game total) Alex Austin is just as much a conman as Jim Terry.

By my count, there are 1.5 teams currently in the league. 1 is the Brawlers and the .5 is the Hitmen.

Rest assured, once there are announcements about other teams/venues/etc. They will be notified of who these owners are doing business with. And we have had no word from John Guy, proving that this is nothing more than a Jim Terry production...

I am just passing on the email from Alex after he saw your thoughts on him and no I don't work for him either.

I appreciate the information. But as I stated before, I am about football and football only. I have no idea who pioneers fan is...Not interested... He/she/they/it, are doing a great job! Tell them I said thank you...we need this type of attention, We need those type of fans to do exactlly what we need him to do!..Stir up something because there nothing better to do...

That put eyes on us, and the right type of pressure to get this thing rolling for '07. He/she/it must be waiting for some indoor football...

Thanks Pioneer Fan...

And as far as MB Stingrays! I started 11 out 14 games, got film and states, write-ups for my proof. But My point is that I have done all the playing I need to do, not interested in proving anything to whomever...I getting this team together...period!...tell him to keep writing...so if I don't respond, I have actually got something to do in my spare time..

[brikhaus]

Buzzards are set to play in 2007. They have sent information for their website.

[PIONEERSFAN101]

Alex has a point. All the attention does go to them. But when they play a game (or should i say IF) people will probably figure its a joke of a presentation. Unless people like Jim and Alex spend more time getting sponsors, GOOD TURF, etc,etc... than they do on messageboards, making threats, and the like, this will be a joke of a league..