|
Post by Bouncer_Texxx on Oct 5, 2010 13:15:39 GMT -5
we've been over this a thousand times, and until someone, anyone can come up with proof, which I'm willing to believe thank you very much, it remains unsettled, at best. Bob thinks his Bandits will continue to garner 4-5000 a game regardless of the league and he won't have to pay his players as much or at all, or house them, or feed them, or give them gas money (all of these perks are legal under IFL rules, BTW) which means more money for him. I don't want to see the Bandits go, but Bob apparently has had enough.
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 5, 2010 16:47:33 GMT -5
Austin, Sioux City, and West Michigan, as well as San Angelo, released all their players on the goifl.com transactions page. We should find out soon whether the first three will fold, change leagues, or return though. It's a sign that all three could be gone from the IFL though. Austin was already on the fence, Sioux City was looking at the APFL, and West Michigan's monetary backing and operations was very suspect. It does seem like the IFL is strengthening itself and enforcing rules more. That's a good move in the long run, and should be a good measure to avoid another Alaska situation. I hope Sioux City will return though, great fans and a great three-headed monster rivalry with Sioux Falls and Omaha. Those three were the backbone of the UIFA.
|
|
|
Post by Bouncer_Texxx on Oct 5, 2010 18:00:30 GMT -5
All four are done (as far as the IFL goes) for 2011... teams were locked on 1 October, but as always this is subject to change without notice
|
|
doobi
Team Captain
Posts: 443
|
Post by doobi on Oct 5, 2010 19:10:35 GMT -5
Losing this team would be like losing a family member texxx. If you want to make fun of that then you are not the person I thought you were.
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 5, 2010 20:27:51 GMT -5
I'll wait for the "official" word before updating the list.
|
|
|
Post by Bouncer_Texxx on Oct 5, 2010 20:41:44 GMT -5
It’s a sad day in all of indoor football when one of the bedrock franchises decides to step down a level, or pack it up altogether. We all know that the problems Bob has is that he alleges, and perhaps rightfully so that every other team cheats and that's why he can't win games. But I haven't missed a Storm game in the Tyson in five years and it never seemed to matter what the Bandits record was, the place was rockin’. So, it can't really be just about winning games.
I don't pretend to know anything that goes on in Sioux City with regards to the way players are treated, housed, or fed. I know, much like you, that late in the year Coach Williams and the players had a meeting to discuss their grievances, so that coach could address them with Bob for next year (2011). Bob then basically told coach if you don’t like the way I run things there’s the door. Drama ensued; you know more about that than I do.
Now, all of this, or none of this might be connected at all. Bob was one of the few owners in the league to continually turn a profit, well again allegedly. If he was losing money at the rate money can be lost in indoor football, then yes he has decided to go the way of countless other teams in the past 12 years. Somehow I don’t think so, the Bandits never appeared to have sponsor issues, seemed to have some of the best fans in the league… a few of y’all are batsnot crazy, but it takes one to know one.
Sioux City as a town seems to get the short end of the stick more times than not. Gateway, and Morrell’s closing have both decimated the work force in a decidedly blue collar town. But their people have a passion; however misguided it seems from the outside, for things that are Sioux City. The Sioux City Bandits were Sioux City to the core. However, somewhere along the way, the players stopped being “Sioux City” players that played for their town and their team like Johnny Ostermeyer, Erv Strohbeen, Steve Schmidt, and many others, Bob began to recruit players that had seen how the other half lived, players from Sioux Falls, Billings, Wichita, and Omaha. They wanted to be treated like the royalty they were on this other markets, the fact is that in Sioux City respect is not given, it must be earned, and Bob’s not about to juggle any football player’s balls, let’s be fair here.
As a person, a human being and even “…f**k the storm and anything else that goes along with SF…” (Gee thanks JD) A Storm fan, today is a day I really never wanted to see. I can’t speak for everyone, but I’d like to think I’ve got my finger pretty squarely on the pulse of most Storm fans, so it is with no hesitation that I say you will be missed. I’ll miss BNDC and BLZ, both of whom I had the privilege of meeting and speaking to on a few occasions. To Doobi and Doom, whom I’m not sure I ever met, it’s been a heck of a ride on the boards the past 6 years or so. A special shout-out goes to BNDC for all the smuggled six-packs of Fat Tire.
|
|
|
Post by Bouncer_Texxx on Oct 5, 2010 20:43:37 GMT -5
I'll wait for the "official" word before updating the list. Is there ever an "official" word? I do expect the SC Journal to mention something, but it'll likely be when the Bandits join another league. I honestly don't expect them to just go away.
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 5, 2010 22:00:37 GMT -5
Official word can be a press release by the league or teams, the teams joining another league, the league releasing which teams will play in 2011, the 2011 schedule not having them on it, etc, etc. Basically anything through the league, team, or a news site. Things change too much around the indoor world, and I'm not going to change the status back and forth like I've been doing just because owners can't make up their mind on what they want to do next year. Rumors and deductions aren't enough right now.
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 5, 2010 22:01:26 GMT -5
I agree. I think the Bandits will join another league if they don't stay with the IFL.
|
|
|
Post by banditsleapzone on Oct 6, 2010 14:26:35 GMT -5
This is where I say TOLD YOU SO BC!.......(patting myself on the back) ;D
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 6, 2010 17:51:30 GMT -5
This is where I say TOLD YOU SO BC!.......(patting myself on the back) ;D LOL. Sorry to see the team leave the league. I can see them returning down the road once they see how the APFL works though.
|
|
|
Post by tim2gehr on Oct 6, 2010 18:00:39 GMT -5
Arizona team will be called the Arizona Adrenaline
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 6, 2010 19:12:12 GMT -5
Updated list to reflect Arizona Adrenaline name for Prescott Valley, Sioux City moving to another league (to be named, but probably APFL), and Austin and West Michigan seemingly folding.
|
|
|
Post by Banana Cat on Oct 7, 2010 16:12:15 GMT -5
Updated status to reflect Billings folding. A huge loss for indoor football.
|
|
|
Post by superpicker on Oct 15, 2010 13:56:41 GMT -5
ouch ... but I guess we all know the drill by now.
|
|