Post by 50 Yard Fan on Jul 4, 2012 22:03:58 GMT -5
We ended the 2012 UIFL season last night with Cincinnati Commandos being crowned as the Ultimate Bowl II Champions. It was a very good game with Cincinnati scoring on the first two plays of the game, and the Tarpons working to recover for the rest of the game. Tarpons got within six points a couple of times, but the Commandos answered every challenge.
On Tuesday morning, I had a breakfast meeting with Michael Taylor, Andrew Haines and Marion owner LaMonte Coleman to discuss the future of the UIFL. Good dialog and some exchanges that allowed me to understand more about the issues facing the league moving forward. I also had a chance to discuss the season and next year with Cincinnati owner Dennis Whitman, Cincinnati GM Jason Buckley and Cincinnati head coach Billy Back to try to insure that the Commandos would be back to defend their championship. I was especially pleased that Dennis committed the Commandos to the UIFL moving forward.
I am convinced now that the product that the UIFL is presenting is very high quality. It is a fun game, with a very high tempo and many exciting plays. The biggest difference between this game and outdoor football that we all enjoy on TV – in this game there is very little time when the action is not intense. The title game featured great athletes making great plays in a limited space … very exciting.
Special thanks to Mike Zyglis and the officiating crew who worked the game last night. Very professional job and we are proud of the quality of officiating the league has enjoyed all season.
Special thanks to Ameer Rasheed for all of his MC work at the awards ceremony and following the championship game.
Finally, THANK YOU to Andrew and Michael for the hospitality and support that I received in Fort Myers. With the biggest game of their lives and of the 2012 UIFL, they managed to get me housed, fed and transported to all critical events. I cannot express the level of my gratitude for what they did.
Today, July 3, 2012, is the first day of the UIFL league year 2013. We all should be building our cash reserves, building our budgets and writing our management plans for each of the critical areas of our teams. We should have our ticket plans, sponsorship plans, corporate partner plans and personnel development plans in the final stages.
The President is presently rewriting the operations manual, creating an owner’s manual, and developing job descriptions for the management team. We should have new copies of everything prior to, or at the owners meeting … tentative date for that owners meeting is the weekend of September 7th, which is going to include a tryout weekend so that all the owners/GM’s can have a chance to review and evaluate talent for next season.
On Tuesday morning, I had a breakfast meeting with Michael Taylor, Andrew Haines and Marion owner LaMonte Coleman to discuss the future of the UIFL. Good dialog and some exchanges that allowed me to understand more about the issues facing the league moving forward. I also had a chance to discuss the season and next year with Cincinnati owner Dennis Whitman, Cincinnati GM Jason Buckley and Cincinnati head coach Billy Back to try to insure that the Commandos would be back to defend their championship. I was especially pleased that Dennis committed the Commandos to the UIFL moving forward.
I am convinced now that the product that the UIFL is presenting is very high quality. It is a fun game, with a very high tempo and many exciting plays. The biggest difference between this game and outdoor football that we all enjoy on TV – in this game there is very little time when the action is not intense. The title game featured great athletes making great plays in a limited space … very exciting.
Special thanks to Mike Zyglis and the officiating crew who worked the game last night. Very professional job and we are proud of the quality of officiating the league has enjoyed all season.
Special thanks to Ameer Rasheed for all of his MC work at the awards ceremony and following the championship game.
Finally, THANK YOU to Andrew and Michael for the hospitality and support that I received in Fort Myers. With the biggest game of their lives and of the 2012 UIFL, they managed to get me housed, fed and transported to all critical events. I cannot express the level of my gratitude for what they did.
Today, July 3, 2012, is the first day of the UIFL league year 2013. We all should be building our cash reserves, building our budgets and writing our management plans for each of the critical areas of our teams. We should have our ticket plans, sponsorship plans, corporate partner plans and personnel development plans in the final stages.
The President is presently rewriting the operations manual, creating an owner’s manual, and developing job descriptions for the management team. We should have new copies of everything prior to, or at the owners meeting … tentative date for that owners meeting is the weekend of September 7th, which is going to include a tryout weekend so that all the owners/GM’s can have a chance to review and evaluate talent for next season.