Question for NIFL fans

[Fran]

The Dayton paper reported the NIFL loses an average of 50 balls per game. That number seems way too high.

So what is the average.

Fran

[Tater]

I would say 20-25.

[Rocky]

I'd be suprised to see even 20 per game. I'd say 10 or less.

[Jamie]

Rocky, I agree that 50 might be a bit of an exageration, but I've seen more than 10 per game in Arena football regularly and NIFL doesn't have nets, so it has to be more...

[Jamie]

Maybe that's a statistic we need to have teams report each week... :D

[Tater]

Heavens no! You'd end up with teams reporting that they gave away 1000 balls, so they could appear to be the best at "giving away" footballs. :lol:

[Freedom]

The amount of lost footballs depends on the team and stadium. Fort Wayne has a very high ceiling height, that allows teams to go for many more FG they couldn't go for in other stadiums, and without nets = more lost footballs. Plus the average combined score was 88 points a game... 10+ lost balls just on XP's alone.

10-15 on XP per game
1-5 on kickoffs out of bounds
1-5 on throw-away by the QB
5-10 on FG attemps
- maybe an onside kick out of bounds
- player scoring and giving the ball to someone in the endzone

they can add up in a hurry. I say FW had 20-35 lost per game.

[exit322]

The amount of balls lost in Wheeling is a pretty direct inverse correlation to the quality of the kickers (as WesBanco Arena has nets right behind the goalposts so they don't lose good kicks).

If you get a couple of really bad kickers in there, you're gonna lose a number of balls in Wheeling. There's probably up to 5 or so balls lost by throwaway passes and that sort of thing, too. I caught one of those back in '02.