Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Sept 7, 2011 19:09:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Sept 7, 2011 19:09:36 GMT -5 Updated Raleigh expansion with new Carolina Aviators moniker.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Sept 8, 2011 22:28:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Sept 8, 2011 22:28:01 GMT -5 Updated Highland Heights expansion team's nickname to Northern Kentucky Monsters.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Sept 16, 2011 1:38:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Sept 16, 2011 1:38:14 GMT -5 Updated Lakeland's nickname to Raiders.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Sept 26, 2011 21:40:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Sept 26, 2011 21:40:06 GMT -5 Updated Tupelo's franchise name as Mississippi Hound Dogs.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Sept 27, 2011 22:53:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Sept 27, 2011 22:53:41 GMT -5 Updated East Ridge's team name as Tennessee Rail Runners.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Sept 28, 2011 18:39:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Sept 28, 2011 18:39:49 GMT -5 Updated Divisional Alignment within the 2 Conferences.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Nov 14, 2011 0:28:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Nov 14, 2011 0:28:43 GMT -5 Updated status to reflect Saginaw's defection to the CIFL. The UIFL will be adding another league-owned team soon to bring the number of teams back up to 16.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Dec 19, 2011 19:17:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Dec 19, 2011 19:17:07 GMT -5 Updated the Sting as the 16th team playing as the Western PA Sting without a home stadium (will play games in Johnstown and other league locations tba).
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

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Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 0:30:34 GMT -5

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Post by Banana Cat on Jan 17, 2012 0:30:34 GMT -5

Updated the status of the first post to reflect many changes:

- 6 teams folding 1 month before the season begins
Canton Cougars (lone returning team from last season)
Carolina Aviators
Danville Dragons
Kentucky Monsters
Rome Rampage
Tennessee Rail Runners

- League contracting from 2 Conferences and 4 Divisions down to 2 Divisions

- New 6-team North Division
Cincinnati Commandos
Erie Explosion
Huntington Hammer
Johnstown Generals
Marion Blue Racers
Western Pennsylvania Sting

- New 4-team South Division
Eastern Kentucky Drillers
Florida Tarpons
Lakeland Raiders
Mississippi Hound Dogs

"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

exit322 All Star Still awesome after all these years! Posts: 672	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 8:57:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by exit322 on Jan 17, 2012 8:57:43 GMT -5 EKY in the south only makes sense when you figure that Kentucky considers itself a "southern state." They'd be a lot closer to Huntington and the Ohio teams. CVD must have sold Huntington.
	Josh Stein, CPA

Banana Cat Global Moderator Indoor Football Ambassador Posts: 14,905	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 9:32:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banana Cat on Jan 17, 2012 9:32:27 GMT -5 I think Van Dyke owned both Huntington and EKY. He probably sold them to recoup some of his losses.
	"Minor league pro football is a weird universe filled with bounced checks, unpaid bills, empty promises, out-right lies, empty arenas, endless women, endless booze, occasionally drugs, endless trips on rented buses to towns on the outskirts of the Big Time and, for one night a week, a football game." -- Bill Shea

exit322 All Star Still awesome after all these years! Posts: 672	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 10:29:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by exit322 on Jan 17, 2012 10:29:05 GMT -5 EKY has been sold long ago (CVD never owned more than 50% of it). I do not know if Huntington has.
	Josh Stein, CPA

exit322 All Star Still awesome after all these years! Posts: 672	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 12:31:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by exit322 on Jan 17, 2012 12:31:21 GMT -5 Rome and WPA will be playing as travel teams. Huntington is not sure to play in 2012 (will know this week). Otherwise, the list is pretty good right now.
	Josh Stein, CPA

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Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 16:51:42 GMT -5

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Post by aceface905 on Jan 17, 2012 16:51:42 GMT -5

Found this board looking for info--joined after I saw this blurb on the Hammer page:

keeping the HAMMER in the front of your mind as we continue to push towards the 2012 season!! Changes aren't always expected, but can be the best things for you when they come! Restructure all you need, the Championship will still be headed for Huntington when the dust settles!

So it looks like they're gonna at least try to move forward. It still lists Cecil as owner of the Hammer, while Rich Kranz is listed for the Drillers. This may be a sign of each team's relative financial strength though: ideally you would keep those two together (only a couple hours between Huntington and Pikeville), but perhaps only Pikeville would be able to financially deal with Florida road trips?

Last Edit: Jan 17, 2012 16:54:59 GMT -5 by aceface905

malepig Team Captain 2010 IFL Picking Contest Champion (The King) ALL HAIL ME! Posts: 374	Final Status of UIFL Teams for 2012 Season Jan 17, 2012 16:55:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by malepig on Jan 17, 2012 16:55:15 GMT -5 Boy do I miss the af2!
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