leopard88 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Thoughts on the statement?Yes. It is meaningless corporate jargon until (unless?) actual concrete information is provided. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Here's what the post says in its entirety:Dear Fans, A little less than 60 days after the A11FL’s National announcement, an opportunity has presented itself that will secure the formation of the league for years to come.So, like all good coaches in the heat of battle, the A11FL is taking a time-out to adjust the game plan and take our team to victory.Updates are forthcoming, but for now all our efforts are being concentrated on the opportunity before us. Stay tuned.So, what does this cryptic pronouncement mean? Well, let's run an Alt-Pro Football Marketing Jargon-to-English translation of the post on Babelfish, shall we?Dear deluded souls on Facebook who think the A11FL will actually take the field some day,A little less than 60 days after the A11FL's National fishing expedition for investors began, our league has met with less interest than the 2012 release of "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure".So, like the vast majority of under-capitalized alt-pro football leagues, the A11FL is about to circle the wagons and begin our death-spiral into ignominious oblivion. We'll have one of our new-media hacks blow meaningless smoke up your collective kiester via blog entry, tweet, or Facebook post from time to time, but starting now all our efforts are being concentrated on extricating ourselves from any legally-binding contracts we might have been foolish enough to sign in our initially-euphoric rush to launch this ill-conceived venture.Hasta la vista.The A11FL main website hasn't been updated for at least two weeks. Dusty Sloan's last story on the A11FL Magazine.com blog was posted 13 days ago. Aside from a March 17th announcement that both Showcase Games would feature the Tampa Bay Bandits and Dallas Wranglers, the A11FL Twitter feed had been bereft of league-created content until yesterday's tweets informed the world that goalpost dunks would be legal in the A11FL.Wait! That's it! The opportunity that's suddenly presented itself to the A11FL is... the ban on goalpost dunks in the NFL!!!Seriously, unless Warren Buffett has been overcome by the sudden desire to redirect the money he'd earmarked for the "Billion Dollar Bracket" payout into resurrecting the Omaha Nighthawks as a member of the A11FL, this league is toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 When they dropped their asking price in half, they showed desperation. It was once $10MM, but Keller told Crains that it was $5MM in a story published earlier this week.They or whomever they hired to sell ads for the "showcase games" cannot sell them, or they have not been paid.When their own statements indicated the Silverdome was an option when they "named" the Michigan Panthers last month, clearly nobody did any actual research since there is an auction for the fixtures there the week of the "showcase games".You can even buy Silverdome chairs today!A11FL, please keep going because you are just too damn funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogoFan Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 this league doesn't has much hope to successAnd now, they are taking a "time out" to work on an opportunity.FAIL.I was optimistic when they got the ESPN2 contract, but this tells me they'll never play a game. Seriously...suspending their gameplan 60 days after their announcement and less than 60 days before their first showcase game.Wow. Really sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 There's a chance that a smart person with money decided to back the league, but wants to call off the terrible showcase game idea. A very small chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 There's a chance that a smart person with money decided to back the league, but wants to call off the terrible showcase game idea. A very small chance.If that person is Donald Trump then it has no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 There's a chance that a smart person with money decided to back the league, but wants to call off the terrible showcase game idea. A very small chance.If that person is Donald Trump then it has no chance.I said a smart person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 unfortunately, there are folks who think he is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The Tampa "showcase game" is OFF the Raymond James Stadium schedule.There was a Tampa Sports Authority meeting on Tuesday, and one can look at the Event Schedule to it is no there as it was in prior months. Their schedule was changed on 3/28/14, which was one day after the league posted that cryptic Facebook message. EDIT: I have no idea of this is/was their business plan, but one can be found in cache form which I will link here.One glaring thing from the is/was that they were attempting to get one-third of their startup cash ($25MM) from international investors by using a EB-5 VISA as a carrot. The EB-5 VISA is a US VISA is used for immigrant investors with over $1MM in capital to be used for US businesses. Some of the employees of the A11FL (current and former) specifically mention EB-5 investors on their LinkedIn pages concerning the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 It was nice while it lasted, LOL trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Bump FWIW...Well, the Tampa date has changed from May to July, the Dallas game seems to have been eliminated, and ticket agents have been changes (but still not TicketMaster).While the Dallas game was mentioned at their introductory press conference, it was never on the City of Dallas' calendar for Fair Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggens Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Anyone got a fork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 And...“The All-11 Football League, which aims to resurrect the Tampa Bay Bandits with a new spring pro league in 2015, has scrapped plans for a nationally televised showcase game next month at Raymond James Stadium.Mike Keller, the league’s president, said Friday that the All-11 league decided to drop scheduled showcase games in Tampa and Dallas and focus on preparing for the league’s first season in spring 2015. The league is expected to announce its eight initial franchises in the next few weeks, Keller said, with continued plans to have the Tampa Bay Bandits playing at Raymond James.The league had announced its ambitious future in February in California, including teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Keller said Friday the league no longer plans to have teams in California, citing the state’s workers’ compensation laws as the reason. He declined to confirm whether three other teams initially promoted — in Dallas, Chicago and New Jersey — would be part of the league’s new plans, only saying that all teams will be in major markets in pro-level stadiums.The Tampa Sports Authority’s Mickey Farrell said Friday that the league had initially bumped the May 17 showcase game in Tampa to a date in July, then decided this week to scrap the game entirely — it had been scheduled for national broadcast on ESPN2.”http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/spring-pro-league-scraps-showcase-game-at-ray-jay/2176932Yeah. I only hope someone else can put some of those uni designs to good use. The NJ General one in particular deserves to see the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRicSlick Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just shut down the league, I am tired of hearing excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 i knew this league was going to be a failure from the first time i heard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Killing the "showcase" game is probably the best decision they've made so far. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Killing the "showcase" game is probably the best decision they've made so far.But it also killed any chance of revenue in the short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 It isn't like they ever had much chance, it doesn't matter if they make revenue if they dont make a profit which they wont see in this league. Its good as dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Killing the "showcase" game is probably the best decision they've made so far. But it also killed any chance of revenue in the short term. The showcase game idea is a terrible idea, no matter what. Build your league structure. Get your teams ready. Make sure you're funded for a few years, which isn't going to happen from some gimmicky showcase game or kickstarter. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Killing the "showcase" game is probably the best decision they've made so far.But it also killed any chance of revenue in the short term.The revenue would not have mattered when the expenses (players/coaches/support staff, housing, travel...) would have increased exponentially. They would have just been adding creditors by the dozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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