ESPN TO COVER PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE
 

I just got off the phone with Eric Thompson of Las Vegas the founder of the NMEFL TOURNAMENT and founder of the first ever Professional Electric Football League based in Las Vegas. He just confirmed that he met with ESPN today and that they have agreed to cover the Tournament May 20th-22nd of this year. The face of the hobby has been forever changed. Some of the Board Members are Marty, Jim Davis, Eric Thompson, Mark Klingbeil, Karim Campbell and myself.

The goal for this league is to finally put electric football where it belongs, on TV!!!!!. Not to mention as a PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL PLAYER, you can now earn an income and for the very first time we will have WORLD rankings. Eric and Marty and I have been working on this for several months and today Eric made the huge break through. The league will officially kick off in August. We encourage all interested PROFESSIONAL COACHES to contact Eric Thompson at 702-499-9465.

Because we have the word " PROFESSIONAL " in front of electric football, the hobby has instant credibility, NO MORE MEN GOING IN CIRCLES COMMENTS, you are a paid professional player...................

Congrats to Eric Thompson for making all this possible frstplc frstplc frstplc



Vincent Peatros

Thats amazing
 

What a monumental break through for this hobby. Outstanding gentlemen.thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$

Best of luck to everyone involved!

Ed wnnrcgr shkthbx: $br#

Wow this is huge! For the professional league is the offense in dark and the defense in white ?
Where can we find out the particulars , rules , weights ,etc ?

WoW!!!
 

Great job to everyone involved...thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$

WOW!!! BIG NEWS! Way to go!!!!!! ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$

GREAT NEWS!!!!
 

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need to save some cash... I want in, if I can be......

WOOOHOOOO


Lets get it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Geno H

ESPN
 

Great move! Good luck.$cch$ $cch$ $cch$

I want to be apart of this BUT
 

I don't want to get paid, my perks, if any, can go towards the betterment of this league, I want to seriously see where this is going, I want to show major support for something like this, this is extremly exciting.

Norbert Revels

Great News
 

And good luck !!!!!

Aight,lets do this!

Niiiiiccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeee
 

Sign me and Fiyq up--don't even have to pay me.ltsplbll ppls$ . Good work gentlemen!!!!!

Players Union ???
 

Will my little guys have to join a union ? They are already having elections for player rep.!!! Why are they all rallying around the qb ?

The first request is that I go back to the gym and loose the gut I picked up while recovering from my shoulder surgery.

On a more serious note :-) ! It is nice to see the hobby moving ahead. Maybe the TWEAK will get recognized as well. ltsplbll

RS

THE BIGGEST THING SINCE ELECTRICITY!!!!
 

HELLO EF WORLD, THIS LEAGUE IS GONNA BE GREAT. 1ST THERE IS GONNA BE A TOURNAMENT IN MAY TO START THINGS OFF RIGHT. THE NMEFL LEAGUE IS GONNA BE PROFESSIONAL BUT ALSO REAL FUN AND ENJOYABLE TO BE A PART OF. PROFESSIONAL PAID REFS AND ALL, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO REF A GAME ANYMORE. THIS LEAGUE WILL BE PLAYED AT THE ESPN ZONE INSIDE THE NEW YORK NEW YORK RIGHT ON THE STRIP. YOU ALL CAN BRING THE FAMILY FOR A REAL GREAT TIME WITH SOME REALLY GREAT ENTHUSIASTS. ERICK THOMPSON IS WORKING REAL HARD AS WE SPEAK ON MAKING THIS LEAGUE SECOND TO NONE. ERICK WORKS ENDLESSLY ON MAKING EVERYTHING HE DOES A SUCCESS. I WILL HAVE MY BUFFALO BILLS READY FOR SOME ACTION. I AM REALLY EXCITED AND I SUPPORT THIS LEAGUE 100%. PRAY FOR EVERYTHING TO GO AS PLANNED SO WE ALL CAN ENJOY THE NEXT LEVEL IN ELECTRIC FOOTBALL. TIME TO GET OFF THE COUCH AND GET YOUR TEAM READY, A SPONSOR MIGHT BE WATCHING AND YOU COULD GET PICKED UP. ANYTHING IS POSIBLE WHEN YOU TRY AND STAY POSITIVE.

LET'S SUPPORT ERICK THOMPSON, THE TOURNAMENT, AND THE NMEFL LEAGUE AND IT WILL HAPPEN, I AM BUYING .thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$

That's great news for all of us who play. If ESPN can dedicate time to watch people play cards and fish, the why NOT us. Congrats!

Sounds Great let us know More!ltsplbll

Good Luck!
 

A Professional League.

Great! now that money's on the table I can assure you some of these so called Greats are going to get mopped.

Especially with real referees!

The one thing you can count on with Erick is integrity. He has the experience and has seen enough to know that the "buddy" element has to be removed in order for this hobby to thrive.

Erick is the person that is capable of doing this. It is my hope that you all get out and support this endeavor in full force. All the greats need to step out and play if they can.

Knowing Erick, he won't have a whole bunch of "Homer" rules either.

Congratulations! ppls$ ppls$ ppls$

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Awesome! Finally some airtime for the good of the hobby, not an individual.

The MFCA will do whatever we can to help push this. Ads on the site, Facebook, announcements to the membership, etc.. I am glad that the MFCA was able to assist in some small way in helping get the ESPN contact. If it wasn't for this site and the great members who keep it vibrant and alive, places like ESPN wouldn't know that this great hobby is out there.

Eric has been keeping in contact and I have great confidence that they will pull this off in a successful fashion that will truly benefit the hobby! ppls$

WOW. AMAZING NEWS!!!

I will boost the ratings if this will be available in Canada to watch. I really hope it will be!

GREAT NEWS/GOOD WORK
 

LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

This is excellent news breaking off the vegas strip. We all know i love rules based on playing in a 3 to 4 stoppage system. But you must give credit where credit is due.

I just read your rules in the rules section. These rules are written in an incredible professional manner. Everything is clear cut. love the

1)NO MANDATORY PUNTS(let coach determine that)
2)NO STACKING
3)PLAYERS IN THE BOX MUST BE 10 YARDS BEHIND THE DEFENSIVE LINE. (NO STACKING LINEBACKERS).
4)40 AND 40 KICK OFFS WITH 3 SECS DOWN, CANT TURN RECEIVING TEAM PLAYERS
5)FIELD GOALS ANYWHERE
6)RUNNING BACKS MUST BE 10 yards BACK
7)5 SECOND PASS RULE. (BOARD RUN). 20 SECS TO PASS, 30 SECS TO PASS HANDICAP RULE.

***FAVORITE PART OF THE RULES
How all the shifts and motions are explained in detail.
LIST WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE.

WHOEVER WROTE THESE RULE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
Your venture live FROM THE STRIP will be very successful.
You have a nice cast on your board of directors

mantaraydre

OK LETS GET READY TO PLAY SOME PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL, THIS IS IT BUT YOU NEED TO SING UP WITH ERICK ASAP THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN AND PROFESSIONAL AT THE SAME TIME SO COME ONE COME ALL AND LET'S GET IT ON (ESPN STYLE) SO SING UP ASAP AND THANKS.


ppls$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ AND GET YOUR ppcrn READY.

PEFL
 

Could you elaborate more on ESPN's involvement? We've had ESPN cover events before (they sent a reporter to Minneapolis and did a segment on the Cold Pizza morning show, they've sent a web reporter before who did a piece on Miggle, etc). It's great stuff, but isn't necessarily a springboard.

Are they talking about a clip for Sportscenter or are they talking about being a television partner for something ongoing? The key to making any professional venture like this is exposure and sponsorships/advertising.

I'm definitely interested in participating/helping but would like to know how far along things are in terms of consistent coverage and sponsorship/revenue to actually help something like this work in terms of "paid".

Great job and please see my questions as typical business questions, not a "rain on parade" moment.

Just wondering...
 

what is making this "professional"?

Is there a sponsor putting up prize money for the winners and based on finish?

Is there a large entry participation fee that will be divided up / used for pay-outs?

Sounds like an outstanding opportunity -

shkthbx: shkthbx: shkthbx:

Wow
 

Why just Support this venture, why can’t we support all the hobbyist, leagues and tournaments. Guys I wish you well. And I to think this is big for the hobby. I just think it’s funny we see TV now it's an urgency that everyone needs to jump on board to this particular events, You Guys are funny. Just booked room and i'll be in the house. looks like its going to be fun.

Dearell

Foundation
 

Creating the NMEFL I had one thing in mind and that was creating a professional electric football league. How I decided to do this was to start from the bottom to the top and the first thing was the rules.
I needed the most profesional rule set I can come up with in EF and it is still a work in progress. Second is building a BOD with the integrity, EF drive and skill set that will take this to a professional level which most importantly have the respect from our Brethren. Third I will build a whole new EF community outside of what we know, currently I meet with a group of 60 individuals this Sunday to introduce EF to them in the form of coaches and refs. Every 2 weeks I am having a class to teach how to play and how to ref but more importantly bringing new faces to our hobby (will get into this part in the next issue of the Tweak.)
Next is the promoting and advertising our hobby as a whole, a collective where we all benefit from this not me individually, saying that I need your support and need everyone who participates to bring a whole new attitude you have ever had, a professional one.
The Tournament is being held to introduce this new rule set so everyone can play, understand, and critize the good and bad of it. Every Tournament winner will recieve a "Green Jacket" like the Masters, so know we are building a prestigous club of professional EF players. World rankings of all current MFCA members are currently underway so please be a member of good standings, this is how you get ranked.
Espn is covering the event and to be exactly correct it is ESPN E60 and it will be aired at the begining of the NFL season, once again this is to promote the hobby as a collective so if I was you I wouldn't miss this event.
The NMEFL league portion will start the first weekend of September with a 12-14 game schedule with paid refs and the paid ref portion will be $25 per game so you do the math. Coaches will either have to have sponsors or sponsor themselves and we have bigger plans for this than the Tournament, this is how you build your rankings get your exposure to becoming a paid EF coach.
If the camera don't see you, you don't get the exposure you need so everyone has to think outside the box, this is turning into a buisness and you have to run your team as an organiztion. Didn't say you couldn't have Def. coordinator or an off. coordinator or even a QB to throw for you in the league, if that's how you run your organiztion then that's what you do. The getting paid portion is up to what I can do as well as what you can do, If ESPN likes what they see or anyone else from the exposure the sky is the limit.
I don't want to get into the League side until the meet and greet dinner on Friday May 20th, There I can explain in further detail what the NMEFL is planning on doing. Like to take a second to thank Mr. Lynn Schmidt for everything he is doing for the NMEFL, real stand up guy and Lynn all you have to do is ask, once again Thank you very much!
I need all you guys participation and support to make this happen as well as your patience. I also urge you guys to bring your wifes or significant others to show a since of family since this was a family orientated game years ago, this is how we keep Momma happy. Don't worry I have plans for the guys only trip, lets keep that between us. God Bless each and everyone and looking forward to seeing you at this event!!! IF you have questions feel free to call me (Erick) at 702-499-9465

So I understand...
 

we are paying the refs at the tournament $25 per game/per team or splitting the cost with the other coach ($12.50 per coach/per game)???

So the further we advance in the tournament the more we will pay for officials?

And we can have multiple coaches for our team? So it won't be a coaches MFCA ranking - but a team ranking - so all coaches would need to be mfca members??

Not complaining - just trying to understand - sorry, but it really is not that clear.

The Tournament is $50 dollars you get Dinner at the Friday gathering and entry to Tournament. No ref pay is on at this time trying to curb this expense now my real issue is the actual League where that can get pretty expensive. The other coaches on your staff is a league thing not tournament and that may not be allowed something the BOD is going to address especially with the rankings being involved. What may happen may be a $5 per game fee and the league picking up the additional $15 not sure can't say a lot may happen between now and September.

I'm in with the rest of the DSEFLltsplbll

One thing I like so far is the "Organization" concept of 3 or 4 coaches working together on one team! This will be a big plus not only to defer costs, but should enhance the speed of the game and REALLY gives the TV producers something to work with in regards to more personalities for the shows.

Not only do you have the outer battles between competing "Organizations", but you have the inner organizational battles that will make for great TV fodder!

You may have posted this, but are teams going to be fantasy, Pro or College and how does this affect "trademarking issues" in regards to TV coverage.

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Right now it will be a pro league for the tournament and league for the first year. Begining the second year want everyone to come up with their own team and logos so we wont have any issues. This will also allow for marketing of your own products as well as creating your own cash flow. Let's think buisness in creating a league like the NFL but in a miniature electric way. We are building a league professionally not an ESPN show this is a work in progress and we have to take the neccessary baby steps to get where we want but more importantly the neccessary steps in the right direction. There will be one ranking one coach not to confuse the situation any further then neccessary, once again this is something the BOD will address in the near future.

Nice going Eric!!!!!
 

I missed your call the other day mang, just hit me back whenever you get a chance.

Good luck with this....I think you're on to something!thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$



the F.O.T.H. is Nat'l

I wonder how they will broadcast the games...It will be interesting on a technical point of view. ppcrn

I hope we'll see some online vids of the event.

Like this......
 

They shoot the whole game but then edit it down to all the good plays and/or funny moments.




or something like this



the F.O.T.H. is Nat'L

Where were the cameras when the famous words were uttered "you will respect my passing game "
We need one of those lines in Vegas

I AM
 

I am going to try to pull out ALL the stops to be at this one

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Ok . . .

First - How do you get Tommy Davidson to do this, and

Second - Lauren is HOT