Name: William C. Hatcher Jr.

Age: 43

Bio: Hatcher’s father, William C. Hatcher, was the founder of Hatcher Agriculture Co., a farming equipment company of great success based out of Kansas. The elder Hatcher retired in 1942, leaving his young son in charge of the business. Since then, Hatcher Jr. has helped expand the company and increase clients and one of the few companies of its type to compete with John Deere. His growing fame and potential national outreach make him an interesting and influential candidate worthy of the expansion counsel. He’s taking a great liking to NAFA and sees expansion, like with his business, essential to dominate.

Choices:
Milwaukee - a fairly large market and helps to continue to move the league in a westernly direction
Ottawa - Hatcher, while American, sees potential in getting more Canadian franchises into the league.

Hatcher believes it’s too early for too westernly teams and transportation could be an issue. However, Hatcher believes western markets should get consideration in the future.

I dig that Chiefs update. Love the drop shadow on orange. The main logo looks like the drop shadow is only on the right hand side though? If the Saints are sold, any chance of them not staying on Montreal?

Name: Newton Nadeau
Age: 43
Bio: Born and raised in New Orleans. Built a shipping business out of mostly southern ports. Sold it for big bucks and moved to New York to attend college. A natural at networking, his brash style earned him a reputation as a business maverick for hire. Now is a business consultant with a reputation as a cutthroat closer and headhunter for big firms. He currently roots for the Blues due to his connection with New York.

Choices for Expansion:

For sake of your series, I'll roll with your choices but I'm confused on how they were made. Perhaps a little info on each option and why they're an option? According to *census data, you're missing out on many top and quickly-growing markets for that decade. Even Ottawa, which I chose, trailed Hamilton and Winnipeg between 1951-1956. Milwaukee and Minneapolis both stayed in the bottom half of the Top-20 for the decade, with cities like Pittsburgh and Detroit seeing notable rises during that time. Just some thoughts!

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ottawa, Ontario


* US Population Data: https://www.peakbagger.com/pbgeog/histmetropop.aspx

Name: Anders Lindberg
Age: 47
Bio: Owner of a Midwestern pizza restaurant chain. Born and raised in St. Paul Minnesota. Played football in college and is a very invested in bringing a team to the Twin Cities.
Choices for Expansion: Minneapolis - Expands the league westward, but still within reason in terms of travel. Big enough of a market to sustain itself and support a team.
Ottawa - Adds another Canadian team to the league. Close enough to other teams to create new rivalries right away.

Last edited by Section30 (6/02/2019 1:20 am)

The votes for the Expansion Council currently sit at:
Milwaukee: 5
Minneapolis: 4
Ottawa: 4
Denver: 0
Los Angeles: 0
Vancouver: 0

The council will be open until 6pm on Monday, June 3rd. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.

Last edited by DoctaC (6/02/2019 3:09 pm)

=16pxExpansion time already? Time sure flies. Regardless, I'll use the same bio as last time:

Name: David Ross
=16pxAge: 35
=16pxBio: Sport play-by-play broadcaster for multiple colleges and start-up broadcasting CEO in Louisville, Kentucky. 

Votes are for: Ottawa and Minneapolis