Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special

[slothfacekilla]

I am coming up on my 2 year anniversary in the ISFL soon-ish, which is crazy to think about.  With the slow start here I definitely did not see myself sticking around, let alone for two years or more.

I think the reason that I have stuck around in the league this long is simply the great friends that I have made here.  Ever since day one landing in Tijuana as a waiver claim (and eventually winning my first Ultimini championship that season) I have felt connected to people in the league.  Tijuana's locker room was instantly welcoming to me and they offered me a lot of help, which was necessary because my linebacker's starting build was pretty funky.  I definitely did not know what the meta was or anything.  But more importantly, people like Ben, Payton, and Raven made me feel welcomed in the locker room.  They were encouraging me to get involved and earn TPE, and the championship only made it better.  I ended up getting drafted back to Tijuana, which was a dream come true.  I made some even more friends in that great draft class, including Tom Hanks who I would be linked with moving forward in the ISFL.  The next season we would fall short of repeating as champions even with our strong team.  Yet I was still excited about the ISFL draft, and soon I heard my name called in the first round by New Orleans.

The Second Line would continue a nice tradition of meeting great friends along the way.  Not only was Tom Hanks drafted to New Orleans, but another linebacker was drafted in the first round with me terriblehippo!  Along with all of the draft picks and a great GM in Juosu, we slowly built up a fun culture and locker room, and we were able to turn around the franchise's fortunes.  After a lot of my friends started cycling through the management positions in New Orleans, we were able to finally reach the top and won the Ultimus!  It was crazy to get there after what NOLA was like when we first got drafted there.  And it was all thanks to the great people we drafted into the system and signed in free agency.  I know I started naming names earlier, but honestly there are too many to count in New Orleans.  Shout out to especially our war room as it is always fun talking random stuff with you all.

But this just highlights the best part about the league, the people in it.  They are the reason the league means a lot to me and I'm excited to see where we go from here.

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