OfficialBailey7 10 Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) Watching the World Cup got me wishing that there was an American Football World Cup. I looked around to see if any other countries cared about football even a little bit and I found nothing. Either way it would still be a very long time before any country became competitive. I know there have been concepts about football in other countries and I loved them. So here is a new idea. Instead of countries competing against each other, states compete in the American Football Cup. Professional, College, and in some cases even High School players would play for their home state in a 32 team tournament every 4 years. Qualifying is very similar to the world cup. I divided the states into 5 "regions" (map below). Each team would play 3 qualifying games, against teams in their region, each of the 3 years prior to each Cup, for a total of 9 games. The 6 best teams in each region advance to the tournament. DC would qualify in place of the host team, who receives an automatic-qualification. For example, I chose my home state (South Carolina) as the host, so DC would replace SC in the southeast region. The Cup has 8 groups of 4 teams. Teams in the same region will not be placed in the same groups. Best record in each group advances to the 8 team knockout stage. The teams would play a max of 6 games throughout the tournament, 3 minimum. I used a random state generator to decide who made the cut. Each team has 2 helmets, jerseys, and pants which allow for multiple combos. Edited July 11, 2015 by OfficialBailey7 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grabursock55 0 Posted July 11, 2015 Something you may be interested in: http://ifaf.org/The IFAF is actually going on right now..The league itself sounds interesting. group 2 is probably stacked with PA, Fla, Ca. Will you be formulating a way to get scores? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrcollis714 45 Posted July 11, 2015 This is interesting, it could use a better explanation. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OfficialBailey7 10 Posted July 11, 2015 I started with the host, South Carolina. SC has one state color, indigo, which I used as it's primary color. The jersey features "crescents" on the shoulders as found on the flag and the famous palmetto tree is prominent throughout the set. The blue-white gradient on the undershirt is supposed to represent the beaches of South Carolina.This is interesting, it could use a better explanation.Happy to answer any questions about the format. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JTswag187 67 Posted July 11, 2015 California and Florida are way too good to be in the same group. Can't wait to see how this unfolds. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenD 70 Posted July 11, 2015 Why don't you put west Virginia in the region with Michigan so all of them have 10 states 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OfficialBailey7 10 Posted July 11, 2015 Why don't you put west Virginia in the region with Michigan so all of them have 10 statesThanks. Didn't catch that. I think Michigan having 2 parts confused me when skimming it over. West Virginia was supposed to be in the midwest region. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBigBuc 30 Posted July 11, 2015 For Florida, can you incorporate some references to the State 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sleuthpanther 688 Posted July 11, 2015 South Carolina is simple and modern but a very good concept. The colors are nice and the design makes sense good start 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wackyriderfan14 27 Posted July 12, 2015 what template 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansas sports fan 18 Posted July 12, 2015 May I ask why every state didn't get a team placed in the groups? Is it because those are the ones that qualified over the 3 year stretch? I really like this idea. Will be following this. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yosefcoleman 1 Posted July 12, 2015 currently from july 9th-19th is the 2015 IFAF World Cup featuring seven countries 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sleuthpanther 688 Posted July 12, 2015 Wow arizona is in a pretty tough group with new York and Wisconsin, I'm looking forward to an Arizona flag inspired uniform as well, with plenty of copper! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wackyriderfan14 27 Posted July 12, 2015 currently from july 9th-19th is the 2015 IFAF World Cup featuring seven countriesI believe that it was going to be in sweden and have 12 teams but 5 of them dropped out 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wackyriderfan14 27 Posted July 12, 2015 wordmark on the away pants should be white 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OfficialBailey7 10 Posted July 12, 2015 The template is brave-bird's. It is called Mach Speed just search it. Any more C&C on SC before I post Hawaii?For Florida, can you incorporate some references to the StateSuch as? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramsjetsthunder 831 Posted July 12, 2015 I've thought about doing stuff like this too. Can't wait to see how it turns out. However, your whole Washington D.C. Thing is confusing, could you explain that in more detail? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OfficialBailey7 10 Posted July 12, 2015 I've thought about doing stuff like this too. Can't wait to see how it turns out. However, your whole Washington D.C. Thing is confusing, could you explain that in more detail?Okay so South Carolina is the host, coming out of the southeast region. Since they don't have to qualify Washington slides into their spot in the Southeast. So basically they play every team that SC would normally play during qualification. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
New York's Greatest 242 Posted July 12, 2015 Can't wait for New York 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBigBuc 30 Posted July 13, 2015 For Florida, can you incorporate some references to the State Such as? Sun rays, Seminole patterns, or palm trees 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
