Here again is where a coaches association would come into play.
Start a membership for whatever amount. Let's say $50.00 just to put a number on it.
Once that menbership reaches 50 people hold an election of board members. 1 from each region of the us with the US divided into 5 or 7 regions.
These 5 or 7 individuals would be in charge of creating the rules set.
The rules would have to reflect on what the majority of the EF community plays by.
Now you get the major manufacturers to sign on with their support.
Each region could then play a season under those rules. At the end set up 1 tourney and invite all the members to it. This would be recognized as the Coaches Association Tourney and would be considered the National Champion of EF. Make sure that the prize is kicking like a Superbowl Ring!!
The next year each region would then send their delegate to the rules meeting and things would again be hashed out without messing too much with the fabric of the original set of rules.
Now you have a National Set of rules, a coaches association determining the outcome and a tourney. People can sign on if they want to or not. It's not a Miggle champion or a Buzzball champion or a FF.com champion all though all of these can take place as well. Simple isn't it
OR
you can join the NHFL
which has already done all this.
Once on the boat you can then put your two cents into the rules and make it grow and change. The NHFL is more then a league...it can be the catalist to achieving the National recognition and growth that the game of EF deserves!! SIGN ON....I really don't know what the holdup is. You can still play EF the way you want to anytime of the year but just for one 8-10 game season you will have to conform to NHFL rules. Rules BY The Coaches, FOR the Coaches and OF the Coaches....4 score and 7 years ago our forefathers set up on the gridiron to ......you know where I'm going with this.....
