Semi-Pro Football League Commissioners To Meet In Chicago
Semi-Pro Football League Commissioners To Meet In Chicago To Finalize The Details Of The 2005 “Afa National Tournament Of Champions”
(PRWEB) May 31, 2005 -- Planning on winning your league championship this
year? Want a shot at advancing to the AFA National Championship Game? Would you
like to see your players and coaches’ names engraved on the 25-year-old Arkush
Cup along with the other 1277 names from former AFA National Championship
Teams?
If the answer to those questions is . . . yes, then you want to
make sure your league commissioner or his representative is in attendance at
this years AFA semi-pro football ‘Convention/Seminar/Trade Show’ in Chicago on
Saturday, June 4th.
Many semi-pro leagues have already committed to
having their commissioners and/or representatives on hand for the important AFA
National Tournament of Champions meeting. Regional tournament directors will
meet on Friday June 3rd at the Oakbrook Terrace (Illinois) Hilton Suites Hotel
to determine the 2005 AFA ‘Nationals’ playoff format. Several leagues have
already formed “playoff alliances” with neighboring leagues in order to advance
their league champion toward an appearance in the 2005 AFA National title
game.
League commissioners and/or league representatives from the
following leagues have already committed to attending the AFA meetings in
Chicago: Mid-Continental League; Mason/Dixon League; Empire League; Eastern
League; Mid-States League; Mid-West League; Mid-America League; Southern States
League; United Football League; Southern League; Ironman League; Golden States
League; California Football Association; Texas United League and the Ultimate
Football League. So far more than 250 semi-pro teams are expected to have
representation at the Chicago AFA convention meetings on Saturday, June
4th.
AFA Regional Tournament Directors will be selected prior to the
commissioners meeting. The name of the 2005 AFA National Tournament Director is
expected to be announced soon.
The National Tournament of Champions (AFA
‘Nationals’) is expected to kick off with the first set of regional playoff
games taking place in late October or early November. The site of the 26th AFA
National Championship Game will be announced during the AFA Hall of Fame
Induction Dinner on June 4th, in Chicago and is expected to take place in
mid-January in a warm weather location.
Commissioners or league
presidents from leagues not mentioned above should contact the AFA national
office at 941-833-3510 or via e-mail at
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they would like to be part of the AFA’s 2005 National Tournament of Champions
meeting. Admission to the “Convention/Seminar/Trade Show is free to all
interested in helping the AFA promote the awareness of semi-pro football on the
national level.
Representatives from a few of the women’s football
leagues across the country are expected to attend the Chicago meetings to
petition the AFA National Tournament Committee to help sponsor a National
Championship tournament for the winners of their various women’s leagues.
While in the Windy City for the convention why not make plans to attend
the AFA’s 25th Annual Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame Dinner - also at the
Oakbrook Terrace Hilton Suites/Drury Lane Convention Center on June 4th. Tickets
for the HOF banquet are $50 each and must be purchased in advance by May 31st.
For more information please contact the AFA national office at 941-388-3510 or
via e-mail at e-mail protected from spam bots. Dress code for the induction
dinner is dressy casual (sport coats, collared shirts and slacks for the men) -
and the ladies always know how to dress for the occasion. Cocktail reception
starts at 6 PM with dinner served at 7 PM.
With the enshrinement of this
years ‘Class of 2005” the AFA will have inducted exactly 500 deserving
footballers into its brotherhood of Semi-Pro Football ‘Legends’. Plan to attend
and help us honor their many semi-pro football accomplishments.
Media -
contact Dave Burch at AFA National Office
(877) 624-4485 or (941)
388-3510
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(website) http://www.americanfootballassn.com/
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