DoyleG Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 http://www.naifl.ca/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 This is a Feb-May indoor pointy ball league. Apparantlly someone feels there is a market. I'm sure alot of ice-rink folk would welcome this for rentals . Competion for soccer ? How many indoor soccer teams are there in this country? NBC owns some or all of ARENA LEAGUE http://www.arenafootball.com/index.html, hence the tv games ( a by-product of NBC buying TNN ) There is aslo the NIFL http://www.nationalindoorfootballleague.net/teams.htm Also AFL2 http://www.af2.com/teams/ This new league may give some winter entertainment competion . But no more than indoor LaCrosse. Indoor pointy ball is already doing better than MISL or indoor soccer http://www.misl.net/stats/in the U.S. of A. as far as number of teams. But Canada can prove to be a different market. Look at it this way , all the jobs available for NCAA Divisions 1A , 1, 2 and 3, for 4 down pointy ball players that can't make NFL Europe or CFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 quote:Originally posted by argh1 NBC owns some or all of ARENA LEAGUE http://www.arenafootball.com/index.html, hence the tv games ( a by-product of NBC buying TNN ) HaHaHa , TNN now SPIKE TV the home of SLAM BALL, Joe Schmo , and the detective show with the BAYWATCH girls .........lovin'it .......where's my pipe ? ahhhhhhh , muscle relaxant products ..........yah that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I find it pretty stupid for an all Canadian indoor football league calling itself the North American Indoor Football League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 This league looks like a joke, it will fold after one season. Just look at the team names! XFL anyone? Even if this league went head to head with our A-League soccer teams it shouldn't be a concern. Soccer teams have to build themselves a core of fans that want to attend soccer more than the other games. For instance Whitecaps games occasionally are played on the same night at the same time as the Vancouver Canadians baseball games and the BC Lions games. The Whitecaps still draw 4000+, the Canadians get their 3000+ and the Lions get their 22000+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Tyler Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Regina Rage - I think it should be the Regina Riot. I could be getting my history wrong, but wasn't Regina the city that held the riot in the On-To-Ottawa Trek during the Great Depression? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seether Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Krammerhead This league looks like a joke, it will fold after one season. I wouldn't even give it that much credit, if they even play a game i'd be amazed. They claim to have 14 franchises, but haven't negotiated leases on more than 4 buildings. Not to mention, starting a league on such a grand national scale is risky business, just look at the Canadian Baseball League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted June 5, 2004 Author Share Posted June 5, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Varsity Tyler Regina Rage - I think it should be the Regina Riot. I could be getting my history wrong, but wasn't Regina the city that held the riot in the On-To-Ottawa Trek during the Great Depression? The Regina Riot is a baseball name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Varsity Tyler Regina Rage - I think it should be the Regina Riot. I could be getting my history wrong, but wasn't Regina the city that held the riot in the On-To-Ottawa Trek during the Great Depression? Your history is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 quote:Originally posted by seether I wouldn't even give it that much credit, if they even play a game i'd be amazed. They claim to have 14 franchises, but haven't negotiated leases on more than 4 buildings. Not to mention, starting a league on such a grand national scale is risky business, just look at the Canadian Baseball League. I actually had mmentioned the CBL in my original post which I lost before posting. As far as a team in Vancouver is concerned, nobody will support it. The NLL team here is barely surviving, I don't see an indoor football team surviving. As for switching team names, would Victory be a better nickname for Victoria than Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 Victoria Valour As in The Victoria Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Tyler Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 quote: The Regina Riot is a baseball name. hmmm .... well their marketing sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desigol Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Got to love the American names for teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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