Re: NFL Europe and EFL -- Discussion of the 'Helmet Project' web site

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Date Posted: 18:15:59 01/28/22 Fri
Author: charles arey
Author Host/IP: 98.20.161.177
Subject: Re: NFL Europe and EFL
In reply to: Rick Layman 's message, "NFL Europe and EFL" on 14:27:01 01/10/22 Mon

>According to their official websites, both the Rhein
>Fire and the Barcelona Dragons state that they are a
>continuation of the original NFL Europe teams.
>
>Shouldn't that be reflected on this site for the NFL
>Europe section or have the EFL as its own section?

For the purposes of this website I think I'd have to say no. Several of the old Arena Football League franchises are apparently still in operation in various other leagues, but I haven't covered those, either.

The college teams have always been the primary focus of this website, and I have wanted to restrict coverage of professional leagues to major ones, rather than middling or semi-pro ones. Even so, the last two professional leagues that I added to the website folded before completing even a single season (XFL of course claims that it will eventually return). In my opinion player salary is probably the best analogue for determining whether a league is "major", though I don't have any specific figure in mind - things like TV coverage and attendance are also considered.

The wikipedia entry for European League of Football indicates that "American import" players are paid between $700 and $3500 per month - for a ten-week season that implies a maximum pay of about $8750 - not really a "major" league, in my opinion.

Of course if the league bucks the recent trend and survives and grows, I'll consider adding it to the website - if the number of college teams using ten new helmet designs in a single year (like Kansas in 2021) doesn't become even more unmanageable than it already is.

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>>According to their official websites, both the Rhein >>Fire and the Barcelona Dragons state that they are a >>continuation of the original NFL Europe teams. >> >>Shouldn't that be reflected on this site for the NFL >>Europe section or have the EFL as its own section? > >For the purposes of this website I think I'd have to >say no. Several of the old Arena Football League >franchises are apparently still in operation in >various other leagues, but I haven't covered those, >either. > >The college teams have always been the primary focus >of this website, and I have wanted to restrict >coverage of professional leagues to major ones, rather >than middling or semi-pro ones. Even so, the last two >professional leagues that I added to the website >folded before completing even a single season (XFL of >course claims that it will eventually return). In my >opinion player salary is probably the best analogue >for determining whether a league is "major", though I >don't have any specific figure in mind - things like >TV coverage and attendance are also considered. > >The wikipedia entry for European League of Football >indicates that "American import" players are paid >between $700 and $3500 per month - for a ten-week >season that implies a maximum pay of about $8750 - not >really a "major" league, in my opinion. > >Of course if the league bucks the recent trend and >survives and grows, I'll consider adding it to the >website - if the number of college teams using ten new >helmet designs in a single year (like Kansas in 2021) >doesn't become even more unmanageable than it already >is.
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