JB-the-Hunter Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Japan has had a very stable pro and college league for decades. Mexico has a new league that's been going steady since 2016. I don't know what's going to happen with the CFL and XFL, but I hope whatever happens makes the CFL more popular and more sustainable. If this league succeeds then American football will have 5 strong pro leagues worldwide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Im coaching in the PFL currently, and the ELF will be interesting. Word we are hearing is that they want to expand by 4-8 teams next season, and eventually expand to 30-32 teams and 8 countries. There are enough well run programs to get there, but finances are going to be a challenge, as some of the teams have major title sponsors and get the best guys, but other programs are limited by location and lack of funding. The National Leagues are pretty diverse in their domestic player rules. PFL teams get: 2 Americans (if you played above HS level outside of Europe you are considered one of these two players) 1 Western European - this includes pretty much all of Europe except Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Russia, and a couple more 3 Eastern Euros - We have 1 Lithuanian, and 2 from Belarus (those leagues are far below ours, so its a crap shoot on who is as good as their film shows) ELF is different, but there are still domestic player rules. If it works it helps all of us long term, but will be tough on the top leagues, as Germany is having a challenge here. Quote Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Here we go again, another football league trying to be too big too fast. Not to mention the travel costs of 8 countries. Y'all ain't gonna have that much money. All these leagues think they are going to be bigger than they really are. Quote Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 3 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said: Here we go again, another football league trying to be too big too fast. Not to mention the travel costs of 8 countries. Y'all ain't gonna have that much money. All these leagues think they are going to be bigger than they really are. Traveling between countries in Europe is super cheap. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Season starts today! https://europeanleague.football/ 1 Quote Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB-the-Hunter Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Pretty decent start, outside of some new league hiccups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 ngl I shed a tear to see old school Barclona Dragons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 From what I saw via the highlights, there's some decent action there. Not going to lie, though... Wroclaw looks like a third rate Carolina rip off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianintheuk Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 As I understand it the NFL sold the logo's to some indoor-arena league but retained the names (in full i.e. city-nickname) so all the teams need new logo's. I am thinking of uploading diagrams of the uniforms if anyone is interested, although I have little skill in doing the drawings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigers Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Dragons new logo compared to the old one makes me sad. 3 Quote Logano wins BOWL before Chargers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcomet Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 8 hours ago, ianintheuk said: As I understand it the NFL sold the logo's to some indoor-arena league but retained the names (in full i.e. city-nickname) so all the teams need new logo's. I am thinking of uploading diagrams of the uniforms if anyone is interested, although I have little skill in doing the drawings. Might have been the Arena Football League, or at least one of their owners/investors. I remember shortly before AFL 1.0 went bankrupt and shut down at the end of the 2000's there was talk of them wanting to form an AFL Europe and talking to the NFL about the rights for those names/logos to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianintheuk Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I think you are right about the arena league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycast Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 3/28/2021 at 3:44 AM, JB-the-Hunter said: Japan has had a very stable pro and college league for decades. Mexico has a new league that's been going steady since 2016. I don't know what's going to happen with the CFL and XFL, but I hope whatever happens makes the CFL more popular and more sustainable. If this league succeeds then American football will have 5 strong pro leagues worldwide. I wouldn't classify 3-down football as "American." Sure, Canada is in North America, but the rules are different enough that when folks hear American football they think of the rules played in the USA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigers Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 12:02 AM, Skycast said: I wouldn't classify 3-down football as "American." Sure, Canada is in North America, but the rules are different enough that when folks hear American football they think of the rules played in the USA. We used to use Three downs in Singapore, i think it's changed now. The game was a lot faster with those older rules. Quote Logano wins BOWL before Chargers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Year 2 of ELF kicked off last week and currently week 2 is happening. Rhein beat Galaxy in their first match with a close score. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Week 2 concluded with the Vikings fresh from beating their actual rivals the Raiders, defeating the Galaxy in a close game. Vienna are 2-0, Frankfurt are 0-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Week 3 of ELF football concludes with Barcelona beating Cologne to go 3-0, same for Rhein Fire going 3-0 and the mighty Vienna Vikings going 3-0 too.... Frankfurt decimate Wroclaw to get a win. Sttutgart, Leipzig and Istanbul are on 0-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Right i forgot this was still going on... Hamburg, Vienna, Barcelona and either Raiders or Frankfurt will go to postseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Adding 6 more teams for 2023. Interesting expansion plans. https://europeanleague.football/elf-news/european-league-of-football-prepares-for-the-2023-season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 I'm going to be cheering for the Seamen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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