Wednesday, March 22nd in DJ's Pizza at 4:00pm.
This meeting is going to be held just before the fundraiser, so bring your checkbooks too...
Looks like we're going to be cranking up the open scrimmages again. Go to the home page and click on the notice about the scrimmages to be directed to our Facebook Group for scheduled events.
In affiliation with the Lakeshore Lions Club’s 59th Annual Redbud Parade and Festival, Glory Days Flag Football League will be hosting our Fifth Annual “Games for the Fourth”. These are open to all ages and genders of the community. Get a team together and get in touch with us and we'll try to set up games with an appropriate opponent. Individuals can also come out and register starting at 10:00am. The open games will begin after the parade ends (approx. 12:30pm) and since these games are free, the schedule will be set with a first come- first to play policy. Call Bob Hopkins @ 350-1411 or join our Facebook Group (GDFFL Members) for more updated info.
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I feel compelled to point out to everyone that if this league is going to continue to move forward, we probably have to resign ourselves to playing during a different time of the year, because of the effect that winter’s weather has on field conditions. It has become obvious that scheduling a season during winter is too problematic anymore. As far as I can determine, either spring or fall are the only other practical time periods available. I was really hoping to get some moderate level of enthusiastic support from players this spring as an indicator of the potential to develop a season during the spring. After seeing the response to the issue of whether or not to play the adjusted schedule has unfolded, that option, apparently, is not very viable. Does the fall seem to be a more likely option? That is the question at hand now…
I spoke with the manager of DJ’S PIZZA yesterday in regards to the Field Use Fund fundraiser that we were hoping to organize to help us complete our season this year. The earliest open date that they have is Wednesday, July 20th this year. I have already booked that opening for a fundraiser, but obviously, that will not help us with our current mission. This news, along with the mid-range weather forecast putting dampers on our ability to continue play anytime soon, prompts me to propose that we schedule another “board” meeting for the purpose of developing a plan of action that will allow us to proceed with the ENTIRE season as soon as weather permits. Just throwing this out on the table for feedback right now, but it seems like a good idea that we don’t waste this down time and end up unprepared when the opportunity to play gets here….
I was just checking the fields that we've used this season for games, and given how saturated they already are and the fact that some more rain is expected Friday night through Saturday morning, they won’t pass the standard set by the city or by KUSD for permission to use for our games on Saturday. Therefore, the schedule will have to be postponed until further notice. We are in the process of attempting to redefine the standard and to extend the time limit on our current permit, so that we’ll be able to finish the season ASAP while still accounting for this wet weather. Please bear with us as these adjustments are made. It is the responsible thing to do. If anyone has any suggestions as to some other place to play, throw it out here! It would be worth some consideration. Sorry everyone….
If anybody would like to have their team photo and/ or individual player profile published to the league website, please let me know before or after games on any given Saturday. Ideally, I’d like to find someone who would like to co-administrate the website and assume responsibility for various roles. Starting with a Roster/Photo Manager who could record player profile info, take player, team, and promotional photos and then upload all of it to our website. If anyone is interested, get in touch with me.
The league’s field use fund is still about $600.00 short of being able to pay for the entire season at KEC Field. Chris (DJ’s Pizza Captain) has suggested to me that a fundraiser hosted by that business could be established in order to help us reach our goal. We need to plan and promote this event very soon in order to take advantage of the offer. Common sense suggests that we do that ASAP, so please call me At Your Convenience to discuss what we need to do.
Thanks everyone…
FEI... We're going to be painting the field tomorrow at 12:00pm. We've got the materials to put down lines, and will do so if enough help shows up. If not, we're just going to do the outline for cone placement spots. I want to remind everyone that since we'll be "on the clock" for this Saturday's games, we will be trying to "set up" as efficiently as possible. Our goal is to have everything staged just off the field by 10:55am. We should be able to start by 11:10am, if we have enough help placing the staged equipment on the field. When setup is finished, we will be starting the game clock even if either team isn't ready for play. Got try to conserve time out there gentlemen! Please pass this plan on to your teammates so that we can create the best possible opportunity to provide full games for everybody. In order to save time between games, please try to help us get support volunteers lined up. (Scorekeeper, Down Marker Person, and of course...Officials!) If we don't all put a concerted effort into this, we'll be tapping unnecessarily into the field use fund.
Traditionally we have required that team fees, signed waivers (for everyone participating with the team), and finalized team rosters be turned in before the beginning of play for week 3 of matchups each season. Since the roster requirements are primarily used by the players, to stabilize levels of competition, that issue is basically the players' "responsibility" to complete. A majority vote by team captains will determine what time the rosters should be completed. When that is resolved, league administration (LA) will enforce roster limitations and strongly suggests that the date be set immediately.
The waivers and team fees, however, are issues that we (LA)) assume responsibility for. With that point in mind, we will have to use threat of forfeit to solicit appropriate response to the fee and waiver requirements. It is important to us that everyone “sign and pay” on time. Please do not put us in the position of having to declare a forfeit. It isn’t good for anyone!
Also, after discussing the issue of teams not providing help with officiating duties in games that they are not playing in, we (LA) are proposing that any team that doesn’t fulfil that “requirement”, be penalized by forfeiting a second half timeout during the next game they play. Thanks for your support!
As per popular vote, the entire season's schedule has been changed. All games will be moved up one week in order to accommodate the Christmas Holiday Celebration plans for everyone. The only changes that have been made to the official schedule listed on this website are the dates of the remaining games. Happy Holidays everyone, and we'll see everyone next year!
