jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Breaking News: March 24th 2015- An unknown man by the name of Jake Rietz is teaming up with some deep-pocketed investors to introduce a new sport to America. As announces in a press conference today, the League of American Futsal will begin its first season in March of 2016. The game will be like soccer, but with a few changes to make a faster paced, high scoring game.-Indoors, scaled down to basketball/ hockey sized porportions-no offsides-"bouncy" rebound nets on all sides like Arena football to keep ball in play-5 players+ goalie on court at a time.- 4 20 minute quarters make up a game- overtime is first to 5 goals with no time, breaks all tiesThe league will start with four teams and play 18 weekly games. with a championship best-of-three series between the top 2 teams.Commissioner Jake Rietz says the league, with its new headquarters in Fresno, California, will announce its first team in September. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 September 6th 2015- The LAF commissioner would like you to meet the Fresno Suns, the first of four teams to play in the LAF. The below was posted on the league website.The crest pays tribute to the geographic location, heritage, history, and Armenian population in this simple badge. The team will play in Save Mart Center, current home of the FS Bulldogs. The rest of the 4 inaugural teams will be revealed between now and November with the kits coming in January before the season kicks off in March. (I will gladly accept team location nominations along with C&C MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingLamprey Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Now this is going to be a very interesting series. You don't hear a lot about futsal and it's nice to see it get some recognition. Fresno, for starters, looks great. You don't see a lot of olive in sports, and it's a shame because it looks really good, especially with that brown. And the touches that include Fresno State and the Armenian national team are subtle yet effective. I look forward to where you'll go with this. On the subject of nominations, it appears that you're using areas that aren't normally big sports markets. As such, I'd love to see a team in Monterey or the area around it, but considering how close that area is to Fresno that would probably be a bad idea (you're welcome to accept it, however). Instead I'd like to see what you could do with Boise or Wilmington (Delaware or North Carolina, you can choose). Drink water and try to have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaGooner Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Well looky what we have going on for a concept series...futsal! Awesome...great to see some exposure for another great offshoot of the beautiful game. Futsal is more about skill and footwork than anything else. It's how Ronaldinho got his start as a kid, and wow could he move..check out his videos from his childhood.Looking forward to this series. THE SHORT FUSE | ARSEBLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordyhazy Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Topic followed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGameBob Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Great idea. Futsal is very entertaining to me. I wish more of the US enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Now this is going to be a very interesting series. You don't hear a lot about futsal and it's nice to see it get some recognition. Fresno, for starters, looks great. You don't see a lot of olive in sports, and it's a shame because it looks really good, especially with that brown. And the touches that include Fresno State and the Armenian national team are subtle yet effective. I look forward to where you'll go with this. On the subject of nominations, it appears that you're using areas that aren't normally big sports markets. As such, I'd love to see a team in Monterey or the area around it, but considering how close that area is to Fresno that would probably be a bad idea (you're welcome to accept it, however). Instead I'd like to see what you could do with Boise or Wilmington (Delaware or North Carolina, you can choose).Thanks to everyone and I'm glad this is getting some interest early on. As for locations, I am planning to keep my first 4 west and then move east. (I am planning to do years of expansion teams) I do want unique markets here. Boise is great. Monterey is more a tourist destination then a city and has a population of about 27k. I need bigger cities but that is far from the only valuation used here. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphins91 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 At first I thought you meant 18 games in one week (I'm so stupid). I like this idea for a game, also will you do uniforms for each team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 At first I thought you meant 18 games in one week (I'm so stupid). I like this idea for a game, also will you do uniforms for each team?This runs on a realistic timeline. Kits will be revealed in "January" (in league time) after we know our teams. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiller99 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 It'd be great if say... Columbus would get a team(hands you a lot of virtual money)Even after that whole jest, this looks like a very promising start to a great series. Although Fresno's badge somewhat resembles the Rapid's, I think it's different enough to still look original. The greatest thing about this series is seeing just how much you improved your graphic design skill, and it's VERY apparent.Keep up the great work! That's what- She Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macalesterscots Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 If you're going with Fresno and Boise for your first two, might I suggest Tucson and Honolulu? Both have pretty substantial populations and markets you don't see a whole lot of concepts for on the board. That is, if you're not concerned about travel to Hawaii. I think that would make for a pretty unique league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGiantsFan Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 That is a very solid Fresno logo! The colors look really pleasing and I love how well all the little visual elements go together in the logo.As for locations, I'd like a Monterey team (I live 20 or so miles away), but if you're going by population counts, San Jose would be a pretty good bet, with a team playing in the SAP Center. Also, maybe I could suggest a team in Corpus Christi, Texas, perhaps?Can't wait to see more! BEHANCE | PORTFOLIO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb6 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The league seems like a bit of a... joke.Sarcasm aside, I really like the league logo, the simplicity is nice. Fresno's crest looks pretty cool and the colors are very unique (in a good way). But why exactly did you borrow the mountains from the Federation of Armenia's logo?(my jokes are terrible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 The league seems like a bit of a... joke.Sarcasm aside, I really like the league logo, the simplicity is nice. Fresno's crest looks pretty cool and the colors are very unique (in a good way). But why exactly did you borrow the mountains from the Federation of Armenia's logo?(my jokes are terrible)I thought i said this but they have a large Armenian population (estimated at 40k) and an Armenian school. I figure theres no problem for anyone else with it but it ties in close with Armenians. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 I created a poll thread to vote on expansion locations that will run all throughout the project. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphins91 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I would suggest Nashville for a team. Maybe have a unique name like the Nashville Notes. I'd love to catch a game if they were in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 I would suggest Nashville for a team. Maybe have a unique name like the Nashville Notes. I'd love to catch a game if they were in town.I said earlier that the inaugural season will stay west to keep travel cheap but since I am a Nashvillian myself, that will come for sure. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Milwaukee, Baltimore, and Tacoma need to be a part of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake3roo Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 PHILADELPHIA!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Milwaukee, Baltimore, and Tacoma need to be a part of this.When the league goes east (2017 and on) Milwaukee and BAL can happen. I never thought of Tacoma and will consider. MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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