1 | Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/19/2020 8:07 pm |
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I actually wanted to use the name because of the movie [url=(Paterson,_New_Jersey)]Lean on Me[/url]. The school's team is the Ghosts and the colors are purple and orange. I liked that combo and wanted to use it. When I was deciding where to put them, my brain decided to play a word association game. Cleveland is on Lake Erie. Erie = eerie = spooky = ghost. I never did put them in orange, though.
EDIT: I guess their colors are navy and orange, but it looked purple in the movie! lol
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/19/2020 7:34 pm |
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Darknes is exactly right. In fact, one of those teams is already in the league, though not yet in those cities or under those names.
Crows is alliterative, but I like the nicknames that I have for those two cities more. Based on how the league grew last time, Denver, Buffalo, or Portland would have been likely to pick off the Crows nickname - I liked the names that I had for them, but not the identities (Colorado's white jersey was probably my favorite, but their logo wasn't original enough, and I never landed on a logo that I didn't hate for the other two).
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/19/2020 7:19 pm |
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MyTeamIsDr.Pepper wrote:Darknes wrote:Now you've got me thinking on who that might be
I’ll take a stab at it. Is it the Crows?
Dan O'Mac wrote:Still my favorite team I suggested a name for.
That ended up being one of my favorite identities in the league. In all honestly, the only reason that I don't plan on using it for an early team is that I really liked the KC logo, which I couldn't use if I put them in another city.
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/16/2020 7:10 am |
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Stickman wrote:
Great start to the new league! Can't wait to see how this Lakers/Gladiators rivalry gets going in the championship game! Definitely rooting for the Gladiators here!
Those two teams do seem to be kicking off a strong rivalry, but the Thanksgiving Game isn't really a championship. The Lakers are league champions this year by virtue of having the highest winning percentage. That game will take place next year.
Nick_crenshaw82 wrote:Veras wrote:Nick_crenshaw82 wrote:Veras wrote:National Association of Professional Football Clubs (NAPFC)
Will this be the permanent name of the league or will you be following the example of the NFL which started out as the American Professional Football Association.
The name will definitely change, but Dan guessed it correctly - I'm not looking for suggestions right now, but once the league stabilizes, there will be expansion councils.
I was mainly wondering about single season teams. The NFL had quite a few of them, some who fold at the end of the season, others that are disbanded, and a few who even completed a full season.
On an unrelated note I'm glad the Robins had a winning season.Even with the one-off teams, I'm not looking for submissions. The expansion councils will start earlier than they did in the CCSL project, but it will still probably be 25 years at least.
DireBear wrote:Not a bad start to the first season! The disparity in games played and the fight over who is the champion reminds me of the old days of the NFL (or at least reading about it). The 16 teams wanting to enter the league seems like a lot, but in context of the NFL in its second season saw the league jump from 14 to 21 teams (IIRC), so I guess it's not too far off from reality.
Can't wait to see how the league develops! (and who becomes the Butchers, since I'll gladly support them through their mediocrity again if it comes to it)To be clear, not all 16 will join. Some will back o
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| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/15/2020 9:42 pm |
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I finished the Rebels design in probably February or March of 2018. It had been ready to go for a long time. The only reason that I didn’t post it is that they moved the shutdown forward and I didn’t want to end the thread mod-conversation.
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/15/2020 7:06 pm |
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Sorry I was gone so long. I started a new position at work a couple months ago, and they only just filled my old position on Friday, so I've been doing two jobs. Between that and the fact that the world caught fire, I just haven't had the energy lately.
Also, I just realized how hard it is to read the standings. I'll fix that when I have the time.Nick_crenshaw82 wrote:Veras wrote:National Association of Professional Football Clubs (NAPFC)
Will this be the permanent name of the league or will you be following the example of the NFL which started out as the American Professional Football Association.
Nick_crenshaw82 wrote:Veras wrote:Yes, but probably not until after World War II. During the 20s and 30s things will be so unstable that there will be teams entering and exiting the league every year. Basically, if a team can pay the fee to enter the league, they’re welcome to join.
Does this mean anyone of us can submit a character and team for review?
The name will definitely change, but Dan guessed it correctly - I'm not looking for suggestions right now, but once the league stabilizes, there will be expansion councils.
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/15/2020 6:58 pm |
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The first game in NAPFT history took place on Sunday, September 28, 1919, when the Oakwood Park Rollers hosted the Ann Arbor Gladiators in Kalamazoo, MI. It wasn’t a particularly exciting game, ending in a 3-3 tie that was scoreless for the last three quarters, but nevertheless, a new league was born.
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It didn’t take long for the season to get eventful, though perhaps not for the reason that anyone associated with the league had hoped. A week before opening day, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers went on strike. This put the Gary Broadways in an awkward position, as the players were all steelworkers, and were paid to play football by their employer. They cancelled their season opener, which was scheduled for October 5th. The next day, a riot broke out in Gary that was so severe that the National Guard took over the city and declared martial law. In the chaos, Broadway Stadium burned to the ground.
The team would eventually play two games in Chicago in November – with the players making arrangements themselves to be paid from gate fees. They performed surprisingly well given the circumstances, narrowly losing to the Bulldogs and pulling off a stunning last-minute 10-7 upset of the All-Stars, but didn’t schedule any further games after U.S. Steel threatened a lawsuit.
In its inaugural year, the league proved to be highly uneven. The Erie Lakers absolutely dominated the competition, going 10-0-1 (with the lone tie coming in a 14-14 November matchup against the Toledo Twisters which several Lakers missed due to illnes). They led the league in scoring with 221 points and finished fourth in points against with 35. Individual player stats were not tracked, but it was widely believed that Francis Jacobs alone was responsible for more points than half the teams in the league.
There was some grumbling among Ann Arbor fans about the fact that their team played a much more difficult schedule than the Lakers. This was true – Erie played on
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/05/2020 11:45 pm |
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I'm not going to lie, I probably overdo the research a little. When I made that post I had 17 browser tabs open (including the one for the forum), plus an Excel spreadsheet that I used to calculate the scoring stats and some paper diagrams that I've sketched of the changing shape of the ball over time. It's okay though, because I use Tabs for a Cause, so I can tell myself that I'm vortexing on whatever random topic has my interest on any given day for charity.
As for the ball being spotted near the sideline - it's definitely pretty funny looking. [url=,marks%20for%20the%201933%20season.&text=The%20first%20hash%20marks%20consisted,stripes%20intersecting%20each%20yard%20line.]Here is an article explaining the evolution of hash marks that includes a couple good images of it[/url].
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 6/05/2020 10:43 pm |
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Stickman's post made me realize that I should take a second to talk about football in 1919, because it does not remotely resemble the modern game. I'm sure that everyone knows, that, but here are some specifics.
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Passing is hard. The ball is a little rounder and bigger around in the middle. Throwing the ball from less than five yards behind the line of scrimmage is a penalty punishable by a turnover, as is throwing an incomplete pass that isn't touched by an offensive player. Even if that can be avoided, throwing more than one incomplete pass on a single possession results in a five-yard penalty.
The field has no hashmarks, and if the ballcarrier is tackled in the field of play, the ball must be snapped from that spot on the field, even if it is only a few inches from the sideline (if the ballcarrier goes out of bounds, the ball is moved 15 yards in from the sideline - which results in offenses intentionally taking the ball out of bounds if they are tackled near the sideline, just to gain some breathing room).
The result of all of this is that scores are very low. To use real-life examples, consider these statistics from the NFL's first season in 1920. A team's average points per game was 10.1, with the winning team scoring an average of 21.4 and the loser an average of 2.0 (note also the imbalance between teams). At least one team failed to score in fully 70.0% of all games, with 13.3% ending in 0-0 ties. This occurred nearly twice as often as the second most common result - a 7-0 finish (7.8%).
There are no divisions, no rules for scheduling, and no playoffs. The league champion is simply the team with the highest winning percentage, determined by dividing wins by the combined number of wins and losses - ties are disregarded. Some teams will play nearly all of their games at home (Oakwood Park is known for refusing to travel, other than to Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Ann Arbor once each year), while others rarely play at home (Rockford doesn't even have a home s
| Football » The National Association of Professional Football Clubs » 5/31/2020 11:26 am |
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Toledo Tornadoes
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History: The Toledo Rugby Club was founded in 1880. Thirty years later, with the popularity of gridiron football rising and rugby fading, the team switched sports. They performed surprisingly well, and were quite a force in the Great Lakes area, though the World War years were not kind to them.
Leadership: With sideline coaching being illegal, every team has one at least one man who serves the dual role of player and coach. Toledo is the only team where that man – Louis Walker - wears a third hat of team president. It’s not quite right to say that he’s the owner – the Tornadoes have retained their original structure as an athletic club and still elect officers – but he essentially runs the team.
Key Players: As well-respected as Walker is, he’s far from the star player (he’s a middle of the road to below average end). Blocking back John Winters and tailback Ed Mitsch, on the other hand, are a formidable duo in the backfield.
Outlook: Walker is an excellent coach who will get the most out of his team, but they may not have the talent to compete for the championship.
Nickname: The Tornadoes name dates back to their rugby days, when an opponent from Fort Wayne, Indiana, said during handshakes after the game that facing off against them was “as much fun as playing against a tornado.”
Uniform: Dark blue (so dark that it often looks black) with angled white strips on the sleeves. The team doesn’t spend much on uniforms, so the sleeve strips are not exactly well put on, so there is considerable variation in terms of spacing and angles between the different players.
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