Post by Banana Cat on May 30, 2011 0:37:00 GMT -5
There WILL be a new league based out of Texas in 2012. It remains to be seen if it will be called the INTENSE FOOTBALL LEAGUE again though. There will definitely be more to come on this during the off-season.
www.themonitor.com/sports/happy-51067-magic-president.html
www.themonitor.com/sports/happy-51067-magic-president.html
Magic not happy with SIFL
May 28, 2011
Brian Sandalow / The Monitor
Franchise co-owner and president Chad Dittman is generally happy with the Magic’s first season. But he isn’t nearly as pleased with the Southern Indoor Football League, which has seen two teams on the Magic’s schedule fold.
Because of that and other league issues, which include but aren’t limited to poor communication from the league office and spotty rule enforcement, Dittman said Friday he and his partners will look into moving the Magic, Corpus Christi Hammerheads, Houston Stallions and a potential expansion Laredo franchise out of the league for next season.
“We’re going to do what’s best for our teams at the end of the season and we’ll make that decision for the 2012 season,” Dittman said. “Our goal is to be in our respective markets for a long time to come.”
Two SIFL teams, the Mobile Bay Tarpons and Lafayette Wildcattters, won’t be doing that. Dittman said that in his first eight years running the Hammerheads — in other leagues — he never had to face a replacement team. Already, the Hammerheads have had to face a Coastal Bend-area semipro team — which had about a day to prepare — as a replacement, while the Magic (4-6) will do so today when they face the Edinburg Landsharks instead of the Tarpons in a game that was set up a month in advance to give Edinburg a chance to prepare and compete.
Though Dittman expects most fans to enjoy watching the Magic face a team made up of former high school stars and some ex-Magic players, he isn’t terribly thrilled the schedule had a hole that needed to be plugged this way.
“I’m having to play the Edinburg Landsharks on Sunday, which for the casual fan, they’re excited about it,” Dittman said. “It’s two Valley teams, but there are some fans that that’s not who was on our schedule. And they want to see a team that was on our schedule and it’s just something we’re dealing with.”
Magic coach Schuyler Anderson feels the same way as Dittman about the game. It’s just something his team, which is likely headed to the playoffs, has to get through.
“It’s a tough situation to be put in as a coach. I have to roll with the punches,” Anderson said. “I don’t like it one bit, being that we’re right there in that playoff push. It does put our guys at risk as far as the next game. It’s something we’ve got to go into, be smart about and hopefully no injuries occur.”
May 28, 2011
Brian Sandalow / The Monitor
Franchise co-owner and president Chad Dittman is generally happy with the Magic’s first season. But he isn’t nearly as pleased with the Southern Indoor Football League, which has seen two teams on the Magic’s schedule fold.
Because of that and other league issues, which include but aren’t limited to poor communication from the league office and spotty rule enforcement, Dittman said Friday he and his partners will look into moving the Magic, Corpus Christi Hammerheads, Houston Stallions and a potential expansion Laredo franchise out of the league for next season.
“We’re going to do what’s best for our teams at the end of the season and we’ll make that decision for the 2012 season,” Dittman said. “Our goal is to be in our respective markets for a long time to come.”
Two SIFL teams, the Mobile Bay Tarpons and Lafayette Wildcattters, won’t be doing that. Dittman said that in his first eight years running the Hammerheads — in other leagues — he never had to face a replacement team. Already, the Hammerheads have had to face a Coastal Bend-area semipro team — which had about a day to prepare — as a replacement, while the Magic (4-6) will do so today when they face the Edinburg Landsharks instead of the Tarpons in a game that was set up a month in advance to give Edinburg a chance to prepare and compete.
Though Dittman expects most fans to enjoy watching the Magic face a team made up of former high school stars and some ex-Magic players, he isn’t terribly thrilled the schedule had a hole that needed to be plugged this way.
“I’m having to play the Edinburg Landsharks on Sunday, which for the casual fan, they’re excited about it,” Dittman said. “It’s two Valley teams, but there are some fans that that’s not who was on our schedule. And they want to see a team that was on our schedule and it’s just something we’re dealing with.”
Magic coach Schuyler Anderson feels the same way as Dittman about the game. It’s just something his team, which is likely headed to the playoffs, has to get through.
“It’s a tough situation to be put in as a coach. I have to roll with the punches,” Anderson said. “I don’t like it one bit, being that we’re right there in that playoff push. It does put our guys at risk as far as the next game. It’s something we’ve got to go into, be smart about and hopefully no injuries occur.”