The AIFA Wishes the Reading Express Success

[edoj1]

The AIFA Wishes the Reading Express Success in Their Future Endeavors

www.aifaprofootball.com/

The Reading Express notified the AIFA that they will not be renewing their AIFA Territory agreement for the 2011 season. The Reading Express spent four seasons in the AIFA reaching the playoffs the first three years and winning AIFA Bowl III in 2009. The 2010 season saw the Express battle it down to the wire for the last Eastern Conference playoff spot where they came up just short.

The Express started out as an AIFA league owned team, the AIFA later sold it Ted and Lisa Lavender during the AIFA inaugural season.

We are saddened by the decision of the Reading Express to leave the AIFA but we are excited about the future of the AIFA and its accomplishments to date. The AIFA celebrated one of its greatest events this past weekend as the Baltimore Mariners beat the Wyoming Cavalry in its championship game AIFA Bowl IV 57 to 42 in front of 6000 plus fans. This victory gave the Mariners a perfect record for the season at 16 wins and no losses and allowed them to join an exclusive club of professional sports teams ever to go undefeated in a season. If you missed this tremendous game it is not to late to see it, starting this weekend it will be available on national television(taped delayed) on a variety of cable, satellite and over the air affiliates

The AIFA begins preparing for the 2011 season with league meetings set for early September. Look for AIFA expansion cities to be announced soon.

[Free Agent Fan]

How in the hell do you turn a story about Reading leaving into a story about Baltimore?

[edoj1]

It is almost a thank you Express and also a promo on how the league had a good thing happen last year. Hey at least it is something from the AIFA pretty early and not a week later then the team announcing it had left

[ThatRadioGuy]

Two possibilities. AIFA knew Reading was leaving immediately following the championship game and wrote the blurb

or....

The league paid John Wolfe to write the blurb and he accidentally cut and paste the wrong thing from his canned replies. ;-)

[Gene]

;D JW's a better writer than that.

Gonna be iteresting to see how other teams react to this. I spoke with a source (no one from this board) who told me Erie was holding off till around september to sign players till they decide which league theyre gonna play in. I fully expect baltimore to stay put as well as Wyoming out west and they will have a rematch out in casper in aifa bowl 5 next season. The east division is an interesting one now with Richmond, Harrisburg & Trenton all league owned & the Revs who barely have any fan base or financial resources. What was once the strength now may turn into its biggest weakness with the power shifting to the west, though still weak.

[marinersmedia]

Aug 18, 2010 15:56:37 GMT -5 ThatRadioGuy said:

Two possibilities. AIFA knew Reading was leaving immediately following the championship game and wrote the blurb

or....

The league paid John Wolfe to write the blurb and he accidentally cut and paste the wrong thing from his canned replies. ;-)

Radio Guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThatRadioGuy]

All in good fun John and I agree with Gene. You're a much better writer than what was in this blurb.

[marinersmedia]

Aug 18, 2010 18:07:27 GMT -5 ThatRadioGuy said:

All in good fun John and I agree with Gene. You're a much better writer than what was in this blurb.

I know, I got a kick out of it. Should be an interesting offseason.

[Free Agent Fan]

It had to be written after the championship game. In this release it said the championhip game was last week. A little off I'd say.

[Coach Bernie]

its not been a a well kept secret they were leaving....there is a lot of aifa things goin on that has not been released...g meetings are coming up and there will be lots of team info....

[Coach Bernie]

i would like to report very soon what team i will be with for 2011 season....like i said i know there will be lg info coming out soon but i did say erie and balt were not going anywhere for 2011 season...both staying in aifa

[Gene]

Joe, Scooter, Mitch and the rest of the erie gang might not think its great news that erie is staying put. lol. My condolences guys. ;D

[UnoBomber]

The UIFL is a better fit. But since it's unproven, I can understand not jumping. I dunno what the dues are for the IFL, but I imagine they are more than the AIFA.

Like Wyoming, Erie is on a freaking island.