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Erie Professional Football Announces Community-Wide Naming Contest

January 5, 2010 - American Indoor Football Association (AIFA)
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ERIE, PA (January 5, 2010) - A `storm is coming' with `blizzard' potential and an adrenaline-`pulse' that is going to "punish' the competition. Erie Professional Football, Inc. announces a community-wide contest to name the new professional arena football team.

The new ownership group announced in December that a new team name will replace the RiverRats to best reflect Erie and its hometown pride. The contenders are:

Erie Storm

Erie Blizzard

The Pulse of Erie

The Erie Punishers

Bill Stafford, ownership group spokesperson elaborated, "The new team's mantra has been `our town, our team'. What better way to successfully introduce the new team than with a team name chosen by the community. It's the perfect combination - hometown heroes/players hometown pride hometown `ownership' of the team by the community with the team being named by the community."

Anyone can participate by visiting ErieProfessionalFootball.com and casting a vote for our town's new team name. Or votes can be mailed to Erie Professional Football, Inc. 2047 West 12th Street; Erie, PA 16505. The deadline to vote is January 12. Our town's team name will be announced Thursday, January 14, 2010.

More information is available by calling 814.440.4122 and online at ErieProfessionalFootball.com.



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