Top 10 Reasons for Playing Miniature/Electric Football

[Tudorian]

Comrads:

What are your top 10 reasons you like Electric/Miniature Football

I'm listing mines.

1) Pageantry and collision
2) You can customize your own team, rules, and players
3) The players never get hurt
4) The players never have to retire
5) Each player has individual skills
6) Nostalgia
7) Brings back childhood memories
8) Keeps me abreast of the NFL Players
9) Obscure players in the true NFL can be great players in EM Football
10) Comradery with people with similar interests

Your turn.

Carpe Diem,
Paul L. Gardner

P.S. - If there's not a point on the ball, what's the point to the game?
If there's not a buzzing sound coming from your basement or garage
on any given weekend or weekday, then you're not having fun.

[NATIONAL]

10. It's better than the video games

9. It's hands on.

8. You get to build your team in your own image.

7. Your players never get old or have to retire.

6. I'm good at it.

5. I liked it as a child, I love it as a grown up.

4. I can't play football myself anymore, this is the next best thing.

3. There are so many aspects to the game, playing is just one.

2. I'm the Face Of The Hobby!

1. The people involved in this sport. The friendships made. (the Rat Pack)
(who needs facebook?)
I would never have met Ed Scott. Would never have met Norbert, and find out we have the same birthday! Would never have met all my BEFL buddies. Become friends with Cowboys fans...yuck! Never met Mozeek, Greco, Roche, John Wright....4 big Giants fans, we can talk about those 49ers-Giants games..past & present.


Nat'l

[artlax]

10. A diversion from the daily grind of hunting and gathering.

9. Heather Locklear won't return my calls since she left rehab.

8. The wife allows it - she literally kicks me out of the house to go play.

7. It's much safer than hunting quail with Dick Cheney.

6. The surgeon general or pc crowd have not banned it - yet.

5. I finally know how to coach (tweak) the guys up to play well.

4. I finally found a game I can beat my son at (sometimes).

3. 4 out of 5 proctologists approve the game.

2. One area of life where there is hardly any controversy.

1. It's better than watching Jon and Kate plus 8.

[Phillyfanatic]

1. The ability to combine past legends with todays stars
- QB:Steve Van Buren, Ron Jaworski, Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb

2. The ability to alter Pro Football/College Football History
- Eagles defeat the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XVI
- Eagles defeat New England Patriots in Super Bowl despite McNabb getting sick!!

3. Team favorites return to their oldteam despite real life free agency
- Reggie White!

4. Rekindlingthat childhood feeling when I received my Steelers/Rams board on Christmas (even though my dog ate one of theplayers that day

5. Feeling the satisfaction and accomplishment after you finish customizing, painting, decaling and basing your squad

6. Reading all of the outstanding tips on this site from various coaches, applying themand making my customizing, coaching strategy, MF experience better

7. Receiving works from the outstanding innovators of this hobby
RR, Wattz, B'Nutt, Jennings, Geno H, Diamond Bases

8. My wife lets me play because its safer than playing squadron tackle football

9. Meeting and chatting with coaches all over the world

10. Its Miniature Football! Nuff said!


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