Major League Football (MLFB)

[Fatty Liver]

More competition for the CFL.

 

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/28/is-lefevours-move-to-mlfb-the-start-of-a-trend

 

MOBILE, ALA. - Well, we now know why Dan LeFevour is no longer in the CFL.

The former Ticats and Alouettes quarterback let it be known via social media earlier this week that he had asked Montreal for his release to get a head start on CFL free agency.

Lo and behold, two days later the former Central Michigan gunslinger ended up getting “drafted” as one of the eight “franchise players” in the fledgling Major League Football (MLFB). A few other players who had cups of coffee in the CFL were also drafted as “franchise players” on Wednesday: quarterbacks Casey Pachall and Darron Thomas, and receiver Joe Adams. A few more ex-CFLers were drafted on Thursday.

There was a bit of grumbling going on at the Senior Bowl this week from CFL scouts and personnel people who were a little perturbed about how the MLFB is going about its business, which is only natural considering the potential for competition is there.

The MLFB says it is going to play 10 games between April and June, and pay its players $2,500 per contest. There are eight teams, although only two U.S. cities have apparently been announced as franchise locations. The league said it has a TV deal in place to broadcast its 40 regular-season contests.

Players will be able to leave for the NFL whenever they want, of course, which is something the CFL does not allow.

Those who are in charge of finding players for CFL teams are concerned about players getting locked into a league that has yet to announce locations for the bulk of its franchises yet expects to attract 12,000 to 15,000 spectators per game in a couple of months.

In the end, the MLFB will likely be just another UFL, XFL and FEFL, which didn’t even play title games in its first (and only) two years of existence but appears to still be technically up and running. American football fans have shown no big appetite for football outside of the NFL and the NCAA, and yet these leagues keep trying.

The CFL has no reason to be scared of the MLFB, but it is clearly concerned for players who might get caught up in a league that, like so many before it, might be biting off more than it can chew.

[IC Khari]

[JuranBoldenRules]

They could literally end up playing in high school stadiums based on what I've read on this.

[MOBomberFan]

I like football. I'm glad to hear there is more of it out there.

[bearpants]

If Dan Lefevour is considered a "franchise player".... I'm thinking the level of competition in this league will not be breath-taking...

The name Casey Pachall sounds famaliar... was he in Bombers TC in the last couple years?.. I feel like I wouldn't recognize a PR or TCF player from another team...

[Mr. Perfect]

League will fold mid season.

[iso_55]

Is this MLFB trying to be a viable pro league or a developmental one? There are so many young football players who graduate from the NCAA trying to make the jump that a true developmental league makes sense but another pro league does not. Amazing how many smart business people will plunk millions down on something like this almost sight unseen just to say they own a football team. Even one that has no chance of ever succeeding.

[JohnnyOnTheSpot]

Dead without a TV contract.

[comedygeek]

1 hour ago, JohnnyOnTheSpot said:

Dead without a TV contract.

They apparently have a TV contract for all 40 games.

[JuranBoldenRules]

Looks like their expenses will be about $2-$3 million per team, depending on leases.  Keep in mind that a CFL team, which has 20,000 plus people at every game, pulls in less than $10 million per team just on pure football operations.

 

Covering their own asses already.  Here's the legal waiver on all their press releases, it's usually longer than the press release.

 

Quote

Safe Harbor The information posted in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements about our plans, objectives, expectations, assumptions or future events. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “we believe,” “we intend,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “could” and similar expressions denoting uncertainty or an action that may, will or is expected to occur in the future. These statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Factors that that are known to us that could cause a different result than projected by the forward-looking statement, include, but are not limited to; lack of available funding; general economic and business conditions; competition from third parties; intellectual property rights of third parties; regulatory constraints; failure to market and sell team franchises; failure to establish viable marketing campaigns such as televised programming, radio broadcasting, internet websites, and other mediums; those events and factors described by us in Item 1.A “Risk Factors” contained within our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC; other risks to which our Company is subject; and other factors beyond the Company’s control. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

[kelownabomberfan]

5 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

They could literally end up playing in high school stadiums based on what I've read on this.

This made me remember the time Perry Tuttle spoke to our class in Niverville and someone asked him if he was nervous playing in front of 30,000 people at Winnipeg Stadium (that's what it was called back then) and he just laughed and said that he played in front of crowds much bigger in high school in the US.  We were stunned.  Didn't have the internet back then.

[Brandon]

Is this the Mark Cuban league?

Is Arena football still around?

LeFevour couldn't find work with  any cfl teams?

[ALuCsRED]

This league must be Le Flavour of the day.

[Dragon37]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Is this the Mark Cuban league?

Is Arena football still around?

LeFevour couldn't find work with  any cfl teams?

I think the AFL is still around. When I had a US satellite system I enjoyed watching the AFL. Lots of offence and a fast pace to the game.

[Taynted_Fayth]

looks like another CFL back up heading there

 

future CFL farm league?

[iso_55]

Dan LeFevour can't throw or read a defense. Tanner Marsh... Tanner Marsh is a horrible qb. Both these guys will totally out of football in a year. 

[wbbfan]

20 hours ago, Mr. Perfect said:

League will fold mid season.

I see your mid season and raise you 0 games played ever.

[rebusrankin]

No Marsh Madness? No Saturday Night Lefevour? How will the CFL survive in 2016?

[mbrg]

On 2016-01-29 at 5:38 PM, JuranBoldenRules said:

Safe Harbor The information posted in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements about our plans, objectives, expectations, assumptions or future events. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “we believe,” “we intend,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “could” and similar expressions denoting uncertainty or an action that may, will or is expected to occur in the future. These statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Factors that that are known to us that could cause a different result than projected by the forward-looking statement, include, but are not limited to; lack of available funding; general economic and business conditions; competition from third parties; intellectual property rights of third parties; regulatory constraints; failure to market and sell team franchises; failure to establish viable marketing campaigns such as televised programming, radio broadcasting, internet websites, and other mediums; those events and factors described by us in Item 1.A “Risk Factors” contained within our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC; other risks to which our Company is subject; and other factors beyond the Company’s control. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

The entirety of this message is now posted on the fridge, with the title : "About those chores I said I'd do this weekend..."

[SPuDS]

I heard one of our backup QBs or a neg lister QB of ours ended up being drafted as well..

[ALuCsRED]

15 years ago, the XFL was born.  And He Hate Me (Rod Smart).

http://www.thesnap.ca/remembering-the-xfl-making-all-the-cfl-xfl-connections/

 

 

[iso_55]

There weren't a lot of redeeming qualities about the XFL that I remember. Especially "He Hate Me". I think Rod Smart briefly played in the CFL though. I remember something about Jesse Ventura threatening to beat up a head coach. It was crap.