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Local Businessman Joins Freedom Ownership Group

November 13, 2007 - Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL)
Fort Wayne Freedom News Release


Fort Wayne Sports Partners, LLC, owners and operators of the Fort Wayne Freedom Indoor Football team, has reached an agreement to add local ownership to the team. Life- long resident and business owner, Mark Hagar has reached a tentative ownership agreement and the parties await finalization of the contracts. Hagar's current business interests include ownership of Specialized Printed Products in Fort Wayne and he serves as the Principal Advisor of Aetas Consulting LLC. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

"As a fan I had an interest in keeping indoor football in Fort Wayne. When I heard that a new ownership group was bringing back the Freedom I decided to investigate the opportunities", commented Hagar. "Once I met with Todd (Ellis) and Mike (McCaffrey) and I began to understand their vision and long-term commitment for the team it became apparent that this group understands what it takes to be successful and they are going about making that happen. They have been out in the marketplace meeting the right people and doing what has to be done, and that is a credit to them. I will just be another piece to the puzzle that will keep indoor football here for many years".

Todd Ellis, President of the Freedom, thinks Hagar will be a very important piece to the puzzle.

"We said at our press conference that we would have a local ownership group", Ellis said. "We are people of our word and having a person like Mark Hagar be the first to step up and believe in what we are trying to accomplish here in Fort Wayne means a lot to us. Aside from Mark's business experience locally, he has a genuine passion for seeing professional football succeed here. Hopefully his presence will alleviate some of the public's concerns over our intentions here".

Season tickets for the 2008 Fort Wayne Freedom season are on sale now. Fans can purchase tickets by calling 471-FREE (3733) or by attending the team's Open House/Select-A-Seat event Tuesday, November 13th at the Memorial Coliseum. The event will run from 3:00pm-8:00pm and Freedom players, coaches and front office staff will be on hand to answer any questions and talk Freedom Football !

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