FLAG FOOTBALL anyone?

[Big|nimZ]

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lol don't worry about the siezes! You can beat them in speed!! Speed, speed, speed!!!

[nseven]

lol don't worry about the siezes! You can beat them in speed!! Speed, speed, speed!!!

bitaw I noticed that their big guys do not run that fast....pero dagko lang lagi and somewhat intimidating sa mga gagmay namo nga kauban... At the start of the game, since wala man ang big guys namo, it really looked funny with our o-line standing in front against their d-line nga dagko kaayo...hehehe....That was my first time though and para nako I really didn't perfomr quite well..esp when I was placed sa offense as tight end...na shock ko kay I was expecting defense lang sa ko at that time.. I played safety man gud...
Pero ang naka nice is feel god about doing the safety thing last saturday kay i can catch up with their fast WR man..hehehe...pero look at muscles bro..parang pang model man to dili man pang player hehehe

[filz_33]

@NSEVEN

unsa imo team?

i played flag football last season.. the next season's opening this march18.. our team's vudu.. it's anice and cool sport. and for some of you.. fyi.. its not for SISSY!

[filz_33]

The modern game of American Football is tame compared to its early roots when in the early 1900's President Teddy Roosevelt threatened to ban the sport because of plays like the "Flying Wedge." The play involved a number of offensive lineman with suitcase handles sewed onto their pants forming a wedge with lineman holding on to the player in front, and a ball carrier safely positioned in the middle. As the "wedge" rumbled down the field the opposition players went "flying" and were left in a crumpled mass on the ground in it's wake. With so many broken bones and other serious injuries- even deaths, safety rules had to be applied. Thus helmets, shoulder pads and other protective equipment now define the modern game of football.
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But not Flag Football ... no helmets and shoulder pads allowed ...

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The History

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The game of American football has been played since the mid-1800's. The first College game occurred between Princeton and Rutgers on Nov. 6, 1869. And the professional game has been played in some form since 1895.
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The game of Touch and Flag Football has been around nearly as long as tackle football.

The first remembrance of organized Touch and Tail Football being played was in the 1930's. Flag football was developed on military bases in the early 1940's as a recreational sport for military personal. Recreational leagues soon developed in the late 40's early 50's. They were patterned around the softball league format and the game we know and love today was born.

As a freshman in 1973 at Washington University in St. Louis, I was introduced to touch and flag football. At that time St. Louis already enjoyed a long history of organized league play. St. Louis is the birthplace of the first national flag football organization - the National Touch Football League. It was formed in the 1960's and has played a national championship game since 1971. It also produced the first standardize rulebook and it's Hall of Fame for flag football players has been adopted buy other national organizations.

The college intramural game of the 60's and 70's was a 7 man contact game that in no way resembles the non-contact "screen flag football " game played today. The annual National Collegiate Flag Football Championships are played each December at the University of New Orleans. There has been a National College Champion crowned on the UNO campus every year since 1979. The first non intramural screen flag national championship game was first played in 1981. For several years the tournament was held in Shreveport, LA.

The first major competition to the NTFL was formed in 1988 as an outgrowth of the NTFL when it's regional director Mike Cihon broke free to create the United States Flag Touch Football League. The USFTL National Flag Football Tournament in Orlando is the largest non college tournament in the nation. It drew 175 teams in January 2002 and crowned 11 National Champions.

The next year, the United States Flag Football League Semipro was incorporated in North Carolina by Tim Langdon. The concept was to have teams represent a franchised city and it offered cash awards for players at tournaments. It would later become the basis for the first professional league.

The AFTFL was formed in 1991 by George Higgins after a dispute between Higgins and USFTL director Mike Cihon. The league has grown from it's Long Island roots to host a competing national championship tournament in Atlanta in February.

Many other "national organizations" have formed since the mid 90's to take advantage of the more than 20 million players participating in flag football programs. As the list grows, there have been many attempts to "unify" flag football. The crown just one national champion ever since.

In 1997, an attempt was made in this direction with the formation of the Professional Flag Football League, Inc.. The directors of the USFTL, AFTFL and the USFFL met in Cleveland, Ohio and agreed in principal to have the top nine man teams in the nation participate in four regional tournaments in the summer of 1998. The events were played in Cleveland, Raleigh, Pittsburgh, and Albany. The winners of these four events would take home $2,500 in cash and play a single elimination "Pro Flag Bowl" on the Hall of Fame field in Canton, Ohio. The Cleveland Gibbs team won three of the events and $7,500 in cash. They met in Canton with the Baltimore Cowboys, the Metro Chiefs from Washington, DC, and New York's LoMonico's. Cleveland played a Baltimore team that featured former Virginia QB Shawn Moore and Maryland QB Brian Cummings in the Championship Game. Cleveland won a hard fought game and added a Pro Championship Ring to their long history of flag football successes.

STYLE OF PLAY:

Professional Leagues or Teams
Can be any style of play.
Pro or Semi-Pro Leagues taht offer cash money.
Game closely resembles regular football rules and play.
Most upper level travel teams that compete in money tournaments are considered Pro.
Leagues and Teams have good sponsorship packages.
Pro Leagues - PFFL Pro Team - Cleveland Gibbs
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9 Man Lineman Ineligible
9 players on offense and defense
Full contact open hand blocking with center and two guards ineligible to receive pass.
5 men on line of scrimmage, motion player allowed.
Game closely resembles regular football rules and play.
Live kickoffs, live punts and field goal attempts.
Played on regulation size fields (53 yards wide by 100 yards with two 10 yard end zones).
9 Man Leagues
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8 Man Contact
8 players on offense and defense,
Full contact open hand blocking with all players eligible to receive pass.
4 men on line of scrimmage with one motion player.
Usually played with live kickoffs, punts and field goal attempts.
Played on regulation field.
Abbreviated ( 45 yards wide by 80 yards with two 10 yard end zones) size fields.
8 Man Contact Leagues
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8 Man Screen or Non-Contact
8 players on offense and defense, limited contact with all players eligible to receive the ball.
Blockers cannot initiate contact,
Rushers must make the effort to go around and not through the blocker.
May or may not be played with live kickoffs.
May kick filed goals and extra points if played on a regulation size field.
Played on regulation or abbreviated size fields.
8 Man Screen Leagues
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8 Man Co-Recreational
8 players on offense and defense with equal number of male and female players.
Non Contact blocking.
Rules similar to 8 man non-contact.
Usually does not have a kicking game beyond punting the ball.
8 Man Co-Rec Leagues
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7 Man Touch
7 players on offense and defense with contact blocking.
4 men on line of scrimmage.
Rules similar to 8 man contact except two hand touch between shoulders and waist.
7 Man Touch Leagues
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7 Man Screen Intramural
7 players on offense and defense with non-contact blocking.
4 men on line of scrimmage.
Rules similar to 8 man non-contact.
This is the college intramural game.
7 Man Screen Leagues
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7 on 7 Women's
7 players on offense and defense with non-contact blocking.
4 men on line of scrimmage.
Rules similar to 8 man non-contact.
This is the college intramural game.
7 Man Screen Leagues
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5 on 5 Play
5 players on offense and defense with non-contact blocking.
3 men on line of scrimmage with one motion player.
Rules similar to 8 man non-contact. Quarterback can run. Rushers are 5 yards off ball.
Quarterback can run. Rushers are 5 yards off ball.
5 on 5 Leagues
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4 on 4 Play
4 players on offense and defense with non-contact blocking.
3 men on line of scrimmage, no motion player.
Rules similar to 8 man non-contact.
Quarterback cannot run. Rushers are 5 yards off ball.

[nseven]

i played flag football last season.. the next season's opening this march18.. our team's vudu.. it's anice and cool sport. and for some of you.. fyi.. its not for SISSY!

Definitely not.....they should try it first hehehe

@filz, I don't know if I'lll be able to get into the final roster for this season...I'm trying out for the new team "The supers" with Kyle and some former Piranha players and chargers. I'm still a rookie at this game....

[filz_33]

@NSEVEN

right on bro! long live flag football! hahaha

THE BEST TEAM EVER! :mrgreen:

[claire]

hoy fil! vudu diay gyapon ka? hehehehe kinsay nahabilin mga kauban nato?

[Big|nimZ]

@nseven - its a intimidating game bro don't let it get into you guys.

Flag football is fun to play but the adrenaline rush while playing tackle football feels so damn good and way better than flag football. Tackle >> Flag

[filz_33]

CLAAAAAIIIRRRREEE!!!

asa nmn tawn ka oi? mingaw njd ko nmu!! d nka mu.balik vudu? wa pa lagi klaro kinsa mangapil next season.. basta ni text ra rica nko.. den c gracey and ching willing pa.. dunno w/ the other players.. duwa paka? duwa pa oi.. lingaw raba au ta lst season.. d best jud! hehe

[nseven]

@nseven - its a intimidating game bro don't let it get into you guys.Â*

you're right big|nimZ...actually they don't run that fast...I should worry more on the smaller and quicker players...

@filz_33, how about we'll have a tune up match some time?... But I need to contact our coach first about that...I'm a rookie and I need plenty of game experience....I love the game though..heehe.. mapagawas man gud ang imong gigil...sa basketball kay limited gamay..heheheh....