Chicago to hold tryouts
December 5, 2006 - Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL)
Chicago Slaughter News Release
(Hoffman Estates, Illinois - December 5, 2006) The Chicago CIFL, professional indoor football team (whose name has yet to be announced) will hold open tryouts on Saturday, December 16th, 2006. All players interested in playing for them during their inaugural 2007 season are encouraged to attend. The tryout will be held at the Regional Sports Center at 1310 Ridgefield Rd, in Crystal Lake, IL. Registration will begin at 7:00 AM. Tryouts will run from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. The tryout will consist of a bench press, 40 yard dash, 20 yard shuttle, four cone drill, vertical leap, standing broad jump, various agility drills, and 7 on 7. Please wear work-out attire and gym shoes or turf shoes.
For more details or to register, please contact Brent Klapperich, Director of Player Personnel for the team at 414-975-1734, or Alan Perkins, Assistant Director of Player Personnel at 847-812-9361. Registration will be limited, so secure your spot now. The cost of the tryout is $50.00 (cash only) paid at the registration on December 16th. The Continental Indoor Football League is a professional developmental indoor football league designed to deliver fast-paced action-packed football. The Chicago franchise will debut in March 2007 and will join the league in its second year. The first season was played under the "Great Lakes Indoor Football League" moniker, and it was a resounding success, with over 75,000 fans watching GLIFL games in 2006.
The CIFL has created a unique style of indoor football. The 7-on-7 concept was designed to allow fans to experience the wide open feeling of 50-yard indoor football while seeing defenses have the opportunity to make plays. The CIFL was created to give players the opportunity to play professional football. For some of our players, it will be a dream come true to step on the field and play. The league also works diligently to get those players promoted to higher leagues (AFL, CFL, NFL-Europe, NFL). We know that players moving on to higher leagues (like WR/LB L.J. Parker, Grand Rapids Rampage) will improve the overall talent pool in the CIFL.
The Sears Centre will be home to the new CIFL Chicago football. It is an 11,000-seat state of the art multi-purpose family entertainment, sports and cultural center located in Hoffman Estates' IL in Prairie Stone Business Park. Located right at I-90 and Route 59.
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