(S25) - PT 1 - Opening Statements

[JBLAZE_THE_BOSS]

The ISFL Expansion Committee all needs to be fired and the entire process needs to be re-evaluated. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some cities can be expansion cities and others are not. There are no rules on how stupid a team name can be. These things are detrimental to the league because it makes what we’re doing here look like a Mickey Mouse operation. Let’s look at the past couple expansion teams. Hawaii and Berlin. This is stupid and takes away any suspension of disbelief for this league. Is this league North America only? Nope because now there’s one team from Europe just sitting there for no reason. It’s bad enough they thought Berlin was a good place to put a team, and it’s unforgiveable they allowed them to be named the Fire Salamanders. Not even a minor league baseball team would want to be called something as childish and unintimidating as a goddamn FIRE SALAMANDER. Young kids seek out salamanders to play with. There is nothing scary about them, and the idea that this professional football league would expand to include ONE team from Europe is absurd. California has 2 teams plus Arizona and Colorado all bunched in the same geographical area. Austin, New Orleans, and Sarasota again, a cluster in one part of the USA. New York, Philly, Baltimore, and Chicago, all great choices. Then you have Yellowknife. Another example of a completely unrealistic team being added to this league to remind everyone what they’re doing is fake. There would never be a football league that has a team in Yellowknife face a team in Sarasota. You would never have a team from Berlin play a team from Honolulu. While some people might see this as cute and endearing, it isn’t. It’s embarrassing. [301]