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[quote=""Minor League Man""]1. No Arctic Predators? I thought they were approved with the Revs & Spartans![/quote] No, the Predators were never approved. The league accepted their application, letter of intent along with their application fee. However, I do not believe that t...

[quote=""Bruiser""]I was more interested in knowing if anyone approached NEW potential ownership in KY as I assume the start up costs ~$250-300K are similar with the IFL - so at half the price it would seem a bargain.[/quote] I would like to know the answer to that question mysel...

[quote=""Bruiser""]What are you guys asking nowadays Phy? Less than $250K get you in the IFL door? Need some more midwest presence to take up the River City slack and give Bloom some incentive for not closing their doors too. Think y'all can sway KY to hop on board?[/quote] First...

http://www.kentucky.com/298/story/993457.html INDOOR FOOTBALL TEAM CAN'T AFFORD NEW LEAGUE By Karla Ward - kward1@herald-leader.com It looks as if the Kentucky Horsemen have taken their last ride. The indoor football team announced Monday night that it will not play in 2010, and a press release sai...

[quote=""Minor League Man""]You mean there's no support for the Astros? (Or UH or Rice sports?)[/quote]

Yeah, them too.

[quote=""Buttmonkey""]The berry center was a great venue but no beer was no good![/quote] Both the Berry Center and Merrill Center are beautiful facilities and were great for indoor football. Their only drawbacks were the lack of beer sales and the astronomical rental fees. The o...

[quote=""BananaCat""]Hard to say. Perhaps it was another case of a league not paying their webhost and got shut down. At this level that sort of thing happens way too much.[/quote]

Really? What other league at this level has had to do this lately other than the CIFL?

Well, I can tell you this. And I speak from experience. After owning a minor league sports franchise in the Houston market, I have no desire to ever put another franchise in that market. The market is too big and too major league minded for minor league sports. After doing a little research, which i...

[quote=""Big Easy""]Aren't they staying in College Station?[/quote]

I believe there were two SIFL franchises in Houston; the Texas Pirates, who moved to College Station and changed their name to the Hurricanes and the Houston Crusaders who put their start date off until 2011.

[quote=""Caballo Diablo""]You can save 75 balls per game, that's almost 500 balls per year saved because the net kept them in the field of play.[/quote] We've never had more than about 50 balls per game go into the stands during a game for any of my teams. The fans love it when t...