Post by Banana Cat on Jun 22, 2011 11:47:17 GMT -5
There's not much info on this Women's Indoor Football League other than this article so I kind of doubt it will even get off the ground.
articles.kwch.com/2011-06-21/indoor-football_29687897
articles.kwch.com/2011-06-21/indoor-football_29687897
Indoor football league for women looks for home in Salina
June 21, 2011
By Karl Man | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
(SALINA,Kan.) — Football…with a twist as a new sports team is eyeing Salina.
An expansion league known as the "women's indoor football league" is looking to fill out a team in the town...but it's not a done deal yet.
Football is America’s game. Tackle football is billed as the biggest and fastest men playing a full contact sport every Sunday afternoon in the fall and winter.
Shawn Smith says it's time for the men to sit the next couple plays out....and let the ladies take their turn.
"Can women really play football? Yes they can.”
Smith is the man with a plan to put eight on eight indoor women's football in several cities across the Midwest.
He is the sole brains behind the "women's indoor football league" a start-up league looking to kick off this fall.
Springfield, Missouri...Omaha, Nebraska and Salina, Kansas are all on the radar to land a team according to Smith.
So where would an indoor women's football team call home in Salina? The logical choice is the Bicentennial Center.
Arena officials that we spoke to would not go on camera and comment if a team would be playing at the Bicentennial Center.
Officials did say it would take a big investment to get a team inside the Bicentennial Center.
The league would have to outfit the arena with goalposts, turf, basically everything you need to start an indoor football team.
Players would have to pay a fee to play in the league, developer Shawn Smith hopes the rest of the league will be funded by sponsors... or anyone that wants to pitch in.
June 21, 2011
By Karl Man | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
(SALINA,Kan.) — Football…with a twist as a new sports team is eyeing Salina.
An expansion league known as the "women's indoor football league" is looking to fill out a team in the town...but it's not a done deal yet.
Football is America’s game. Tackle football is billed as the biggest and fastest men playing a full contact sport every Sunday afternoon in the fall and winter.
Shawn Smith says it's time for the men to sit the next couple plays out....and let the ladies take their turn.
"Can women really play football? Yes they can.”
Smith is the man with a plan to put eight on eight indoor women's football in several cities across the Midwest.
He is the sole brains behind the "women's indoor football league" a start-up league looking to kick off this fall.
Springfield, Missouri...Omaha, Nebraska and Salina, Kansas are all on the radar to land a team according to Smith.
So where would an indoor women's football team call home in Salina? The logical choice is the Bicentennial Center.
Arena officials that we spoke to would not go on camera and comment if a team would be playing at the Bicentennial Center.
Officials did say it would take a big investment to get a team inside the Bicentennial Center.
The league would have to outfit the arena with goalposts, turf, basically everything you need to start an indoor football team.
Players would have to pay a fee to play in the league, developer Shawn Smith hopes the rest of the league will be funded by sponsors... or anyone that wants to pitch in.