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RIFL
Jun 12, 2010 10:48:15 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 12, 2010 10:48:15 GMT -5
The RIFL will be holding a league meeting for all owners and potential owners on August 14-15 in Tampa.
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RIFL
Jun 15, 2010 18:15:08 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 15, 2010 18:15:08 GMT -5
The Lake Erie Buzz have decided to hold off on RIFL play until the 2011 season. A source within the organization said "We just couldn't get done what we felt was necessary to play competitive this season. But hopefully we will be set to go for 2011."
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RIFL
Jun 15, 2010 18:16:39 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 15, 2010 18:16:39 GMT -5
The Claymont Buccaneers have made a verbal agreement to join the RIFL for the 2011 season. More details to come on this soon!
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RIFL
Jun 15, 2010 18:17:38 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 15, 2010 18:17:38 GMT -5
The Florida Stingrays have made a verbal agreement to join the RIFL for the 2011 season. More details to come on this soon!
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RIFL
Jun 16, 2010 13:10:03 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 16, 2010 13:10:03 GMT -5
The RIFL is currently looking for teams in the Southeast section of the country that may be looking for a new league, or a league. Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Carolinas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and Mississippi are some areas that we would love to have teams. Anyone interested can email ray@sarasotascorpions.com or call Ray Damon at 813-447-4834
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RIFL
Jun 23, 2010 12:14:11 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 23, 2010 12:14:11 GMT -5
The Regional Indoor Football League is proud to announce that the Florida Stingrays have joined the RIFL and will begin play in 2011. The Stingrays are located in Fort Myers, Florida and will be placed in the Florida Division along with at least 3 other Florida teams. The league has indicated that what will be called the "South" Division, could have as many as 5 teams in the division, located in Florida. The league plans to have the Stingrays take part in a 12 game schedule (6 home) that includes 6 to 8 games within the division and 4 to 6 games against the Central Division which will house teams in the Georgia to Washington D.C. region.
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RIFL
Jun 23, 2010 16:49:13 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jun 23, 2010 16:49:13 GMT -5
The RIFL is proud to announce that they have joined forces with the IIFA for a Champion vs Champion game after the 2011 season. The IIFA Champion will play the RIFL Champion in a one game showdown, to be played at the home arena of the team with the better record Both leagues are very excited about the matchup and the exposure it will bring to both. They are hoping to make it an annual affair.
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RIFL
Jul 3, 2010 20:35:07 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 3, 2010 20:35:07 GMT -5
RIFL TO HOST NATIONAL OPEN INVITATION TOURNAMENT IN 2011 In 2011 the Regional Indoor Football League will be hosting a National Open Invitation Tournament to crown the best indoor football league in the land. The tournament will be open to any indoor football team from any league. It will take place in Florida in mid to late August of 2011. Fans will be able to see dream match ups. RIFL vs SIFL, IIFA vs IFL, etc. The first round will be a blind draw to fill out the bracket and from that point on the teams will play out the brackets. This will be a single elimination format. RIFL rules will apply with the only change being that the games will be played with a continuous clock. The only time the clock will stop will be at halftime. This will be a true test of endurance, skill and strategy as teams will face competition from all across the country and could play two or three games in a single day.
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RIFL
Jul 20, 2010 22:03:45 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 20, 2010 22:03:45 GMT -5
The RIFL announced Monday morning that the Lake Erie Buzz have been suspended from taking part in any league activities. A league official said "The Lake Erie Buzz have some legal issues that they need to get straightened out. We as a league, in order to protect ourselves, can't let them participate with us until they get these matters taken care of. We are fully aware of everything that is going on and we hope they can get the situation straightened out as quickly as possible. The RIFL will do whatever we can to help them come up with a resolution to the matter so we can all move forward." Lake Erie officials could not be reached for comment.
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RIFL
Jul 20, 2010 23:40:10 GMT -5
Post by nksports on Jul 20, 2010 23:40:10 GMT -5
The RIFL announced Monday morning that the Lake Erie Buzz have been suspended from taking part in any league activities. A league official said "The Lake Erie Buzz have some legal issues that they need to get straightened out. We as a league, in order to protect ourselves, can't let them participate with us until they get these matters taken care of. We are fully aware of everything that is going on and we hope they can get the situation straightened out as quickly as possible. The RIFL will do whatever we can to help them come up with a resolution to the matter so we can all move forward." Lake Erie officials could not be reached for comment. I hope they weren't sued by Lake Erie College like the Erie Storm was.
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RIFL
Jul 21, 2010 17:49:53 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 21, 2010 17:49:53 GMT -5
The 2010 RIFL Champion Scorpions announced Tuesday evening that they will not be defending their title in Sarasota. The team announced that the team name will change to the Florida Scorpions, effective immediately, and that they are hammering out final details with a new east coast Florida city to call home. They hope to have the final details worked out within the next two weeks. Scorpions GM Alton Walker said "It's all but a done deal. We just have a few minor details to finish up and then we will make the announcement." The team faced many obstacles while in Sarasota during their tenure there. Scorpions Public Relations Director Ray Damon added "We won't be back. The media down here just didn't take to us. We did a lot in the community and never wanted to be patted on the back for it. But the media was just brutal. We couldn't get coverage no matter what we tried. A semi-pro team and the local roller derby teams received more coverage then we did. I even offered several times to give rides to people to cover our events but nobody would come out. With that being said I do want to thank WTMY radio. They were great to us while we were there. Ozzie The Sports Junkie and Rene, Curt Lowe, all of them were great and tried very hard to get us the coverage we needed. Ozzie is a great guy. They were on board with us but nobody else was. BLAB TV tried to help us as well. I want to thank both of them for what they did for us. The people at WTMY are great people and we had a lot of fun with them. But it just wasn't enough. This is a business and the media can make or break a business. In my personal opinion, other then who I just mentioned, they broke us. We made a lot of good friends here and we will be staying in touch with them."Ray Damon RIFL Public Relations Director www.regionalindoorfootballleague.com
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RIFL
Jul 22, 2010 13:12:14 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 22, 2010 13:12:14 GMT -5
Like his model, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League, Jay Lawrence aims to localize and make lucid the operations of a sports organization. Just as the Packers function as a nonprofit, community-owned company rather then having one dominant owner — the only such set-up in all American major sports leagues — Lawrence will guide the Florida Stingrays of the Regional Indoor Football League (RIFL) using the same template. After the Stingrays folded in 2008 under a more traditional, monopolized format, Lawrence — under the umbrella of his charity H.A.N.D.S. U.P., which looks to aid disabled people in Southwest Florida — plans to split ownership of the team into 20,000 shares. A total of 10,200 (51 percent) of those shares will stay with H.A.N.D.S. U.P. while the remaining 9,800 (49 percent) shares will be sold to any interested person, business or organization. Each share comes with a season ticket (eight games) and costs $150. The Stingrays will become an official member of the RIFL, a year-old indoor league that holds various teams from Southwest Florida and that hopes to eventually spread nationally, in November with sufficient support, and begin play in 2011 at Germain Arena. “Our vision is to bring together local football fans and businesses to bring football back to Southwest Florida with a focus on helping disabled people,” Lawrence said. “While funds will help provide for my charity organization, the Stingrays will provide low-cost entertainment to an area that needs it.” Seeing the collapse of the Stingrays in 2008 firsthand — Lawrence was vice president of operations under the old wing — did little to dampen his expectations. “I’m very passionate about what I’m doing so I know it can work,” Lawrence said. “I played baseball in high school and I’ve always loved football. The fact that the RIFL holds its season in the offseason of college and pro football is a boon as well.” Lawrence’s motivation to reinvigorate the Southwest Florida sports scene lies in his deep, personal connection to a charity and a cause that both stand to benefit most from the operation. The roots of H.A.N.D.S. U.P. charity were sewn when Lawrence fell asleep behind the wheel of a car as a 20-year- old in 1996, resulting in a crash that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Mishaps in attaining treatment for the injuries, and the buoyancy that came refusing to passively accept the misfortune, led Lawrence to become involved with The Buoniconti Fund, the largest fundraising arm for the world’s most high profile neurological research facility, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. His experience with Buoniconti, and his desire to impact the Southwest Florida Community he calls home more directly, inspired Lawrence to found H.A.N.D.S. U.P. Charity, a nonprofit organization that strives to acquire medical supplies for people with disabilities who are not covered by insurance. “When I first got in the accident there was a situation with a product I needed,” Lawrence explained. “I couldn’t get it with my insurance so I had to buy the product myself. What would have happened if I couldn’t afford to do that? That is why I started the charity.” Fitting in with the salvaging-a-life theme, the Stingrays are looking to employ players who have vulnerabilities and need a positive outlet to recover. “Players in the RIFL are usually between 25 and 32 years old, but we are also looking at 18-year-olds and kids fresh out of college who maybe have gotten in trouble who need an extra year of growth,” Lawrence said. “We will personally recruit kids in Southwest Florida, a football-rich community, with our objective being to take them to the next level.” College students serve as the target audience, a demographic that’s likely to revel in the fast-paced, frantic nature of arena football, so much so that Lawrence would consider having home games played at FGCU’s Alico Arena rather then at Germain, “if given the opportunity.” “Arena football is more like a rock show, with lots of scoring in a fun, family-oriented, safe environment,” says Lawrence. And beyond the singularly focused, community oriented nature of Lawrence’s mission, the hope is that the reach extends to large-scale affairs.
7/22/10 By Josh Siegel Sports Editor Eagle News Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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RIFL
Jul 23, 2010 11:08:10 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 23, 2010 11:08:10 GMT -5
The Regional Indoor Football League announced Friday morning that they will have a franchise in Virginia in 2011. The team will have offices based out of Fredrickberg and they will be announcing an arena deal within the next several weeks. The team will release their name and logo next week but rumors have it that the team will be called the Gorillas. Team owner Allen Clark is very excited about his new opportunity. "This is my first franchise but I am not new to the business. As a player I watched and learned and I have a lot of friends that have successful teams and they will be guiding me. Mr. Walker and Mr. Damon have each known me for awhile now and they know that I'm not in this to lose. I have the right guidance behind me and we have a great fan base here in the area already. I can't wait to move forward and get started in the RIFL." Ray Damon RIFL Public Relations Director
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RIFL
Jul 26, 2010 16:12:04 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 26, 2010 16:12:04 GMT -5
The Virginia franchise has named Brian Tolson as their Head Coach. Tolson is an alumni of Ohio Central State.Ray Damon RIFL Public Relations Director www.regionalindoorfootballleague.com
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RIFL
Jul 26, 2010 16:12:46 GMT -5
Post by 50yardfan on Jul 26, 2010 16:12:46 GMT -5
The Virginia franchise has announced that they are holding a fan contest to name the new team. The winning entry will receive two season tickets for the 2011 season. Fans can email their entries to apelife325@yahoo.comRay Damon RIFL Public Relations Director www.regionalindoorfootballleague.com
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