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Post by 50 Yard Fan on Dec 30, 2012 19:18:20 GMT -5
The Sacramento Spartans are please to announce that the team will be playing in the WIFA or Western Indoor Football Association for the 2013 season. The WIFA will consist of 4-6 teams and play a 8 game season beginning in March of 2013. The spring schedule will be out before the end of the month. The WIFA has been in hiatus for the past year but has returned to promote arena/indoor style of football to the West Coast and will be solely based on regional play. The league is looking for other teams to join to help build the WIFA as a West Coast Power House all interested team should email the league at thewifa@ymail.com Our updated WIFA website is currently under construction and will be online soon, until that time for team announcements, player signings, our league schedule and check out the www.sacspartans.com website. The League Spartans Ownership are pleased with to be playing in the rebirth of the WIFA. It will be great to work with a smaller league but it will offer all the players to move up to that next level. The Spartans board met tonight to discuss the league and make a few changes to make the move to the WIFA. The Spartans have also planned to hold its next open try out on January 5-6 to held in Sacramento, the venue will be chosen early next week.
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Post by Banana Cat on Dec 30, 2012 20:24:46 GMT -5
Hiatus??? Never heard of 'em. Must be another semi-pro league.
Semi-pro leagues are fine and all, but they're even worse as far as teams playing all their games, making it thru the season, etc, etc. If the league and teams can show they're really pro I'll create a board for them (but they look similar to the Alliance Indoor Football League honestly). I'm not sure I should have a board for the APFL in 2013, but if enough people want it I'll keep them up (assuming they return).
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Post by 50 Yard Fan on Dec 30, 2012 22:01:27 GMT -5
WIFA was the league the Stockton Wolves and Reno Barons created after the Western AIFL failed to get going.
Yes, I agree it looks like it will be about the same as the AIFL.
Maybe you could make a Semi-pro board and we could put the leagues there, like the Womens Leagues board. Or not, it's your call.
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Post by Banana Cat on Dec 31, 2012 1:33:24 GMT -5
Ah, that WIFA.
I can make a semi-pro area, but how many want it?
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Post by gatek99 on Jan 4, 2013 12:16:16 GMT -5
so who else is in this league?
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Post by 50 Yard Fan on Jan 4, 2013 13:45:22 GMT -5
I have been told there are three teams sign and three more looking to sign up. The only other team I know about is the Woodland Wild Cats.
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Post by gatek99 on Jan 4, 2013 16:26:55 GMT -5
anyone know how much players will get paid?
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Post by Banana Cat on Jan 5, 2013 1:29:51 GMT -5
I'll create a specific board for them if they can cobble teams and a schedule together, as well as a league website.
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Post by gatek99 on Jan 6, 2013 22:32:36 GMT -5
what kind of insurance do these leagues need to have? Or is insurance up to the teams?
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Post by Banana Cat on Jan 7, 2013 0:12:33 GMT -5
Insurance is up to the teams and 99% of semi-pro teams have zero insurance. A lot of the "pro" teams also fail to carry it.
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Post by Bouncer_Texxx on Jan 7, 2013 0:21:38 GMT -5
Surely every team in the IFL has workers comp... Right?
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Post by Banana Cat on Jan 7, 2013 0:28:16 GMT -5
I told you to not call me Shirley.
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Post by gatek99 on Jan 7, 2013 0:45:43 GMT -5
oh alright, so what do the league's have to have in place, or what do they offer if mostly everything is up to the teams?
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kyle
Cleans the Towels
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Post by kyle on Jan 7, 2013 0:52:47 GMT -5
Do you think The Ontario Warriors may jump to this league?
I haven't seen any new information on the team. Have you?
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Post by Banana Cat on Jan 7, 2013 1:23:49 GMT -5
oh alright, so what do the league's have to have in place, or what do they offer if mostly everything is up to the teams? Some leagues offer nothing in my humble opinion. At the semi-pro level all you really need is for all team owners to get together and establish the ground rules basically. I like how the AF2 would collect money from each team before the season and then they would pay the players during the season (guaranteed pay). All of the pro leagues should do that. The best structured leagues to me are always the one's where the team owners get together and appoint a commissioner. If the league's get popular enough (hasn't happened yet), then the leagues could actually be useful as far as televised broadcasts go and things of that nature, but most of what the leagues do is superficial honestly. You'd think the league's could at least update their websites in a timely manner and provide complete statistics (live please).
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