punkncat
03-05-2007, 11:37 PM
For those of you keeping score...lol. You may remember a while back my post about a sponsorship for the upcoming 08 CFOA season. "Our" team, to which I am actually a transplant, started like so many others with wide eyed ambition, and hopes of glory. I was picked up (as the fifth) by the team at scrimmage last year, right before this offer was made to us.
The team was made up of young guys in their 20's, a young guy in his teens, and me the old guy at 36...living a second childhood.
Life caught up to the team and the realities of getting together a roster of like minded, or at least tolerable people is more difficult than it seems. Two of the original players had life, jobs, marriage, and home catch up to them and for the most part eliminate their ability to play and practice with the team. Our youngest player had a friend who was interested and has scrimmaged with us but is very uncommited and unreliable.
In essence we are a team of three (and a half) looking to build up to 6 before next year.Our plan is to play a few of the local CFOA events this year in the beginner or rookie division and see what needs work, but cannot do this w/o a few more players.
We have an excellent base but cannot seem to find a few decent front players. Everyone who show intrest wants to play back. We have been unable to keep a few front guys longer than a scrimmage or two. When we DO happen to find a competent guy or two to step in, they are either too broke or have too much else going to be able to stay with the team. We have excellent teams to scrimmage with, well beyone our own ability, and what nice is that they don't mind helping us out.
I am amazed at how hard it is for us to find prospective players. I mean how many people WORK to try and get a sponsorship of any kind, and can't. Once you have it constantly having to worry about performing well in order to keep it. We have the once in a lifetime situation for a season and can't find anyone to fill the holes......
The team was made up of young guys in their 20's, a young guy in his teens, and me the old guy at 36...living a second childhood.
Life caught up to the team and the realities of getting together a roster of like minded, or at least tolerable people is more difficult than it seems. Two of the original players had life, jobs, marriage, and home catch up to them and for the most part eliminate their ability to play and practice with the team. Our youngest player had a friend who was interested and has scrimmaged with us but is very uncommited and unreliable.
In essence we are a team of three (and a half) looking to build up to 6 before next year.Our plan is to play a few of the local CFOA events this year in the beginner or rookie division and see what needs work, but cannot do this w/o a few more players.
We have an excellent base but cannot seem to find a few decent front players. Everyone who show intrest wants to play back. We have been unable to keep a few front guys longer than a scrimmage or two. When we DO happen to find a competent guy or two to step in, they are either too broke or have too much else going to be able to stay with the team. We have excellent teams to scrimmage with, well beyone our own ability, and what nice is that they don't mind helping us out.
I am amazed at how hard it is for us to find prospective players. I mean how many people WORK to try and get a sponsorship of any kind, and can't. Once you have it constantly having to worry about performing well in order to keep it. We have the once in a lifetime situation for a season and can't find anyone to fill the holes......