The round table

An AFL meeting was held yesterday at Calhouns on the river in Knoxville. The meeting was held to discuss items on the agenda for 2006, and also to vote on the addition of two new potential expansion teams. I am happy to announce that the Loudon County Colts and the Tennessee Rattlers were both voted into the league. I had the pleasure of meeting Bobby Bache' Owner/Defensive Coordinator for the Rattlers as well as Terri and Chris Williams, the owners of the Loudon County Colts. Also attending were, Bill Dudley for the 2005 League Champion Bluefield Barons, Greg Campbell, League President and Owner of the Knoxville Knights, the AFL Secretary Fred Campbell, and Melissa Ferrell, Sidney Mitchell, Bo Wilcox, and Myron Steffey representing the Raptors. Representatives for the Sumner County Express were unable to attend the meeting, but will have another chance to address the league in the coming months. We also received word that the Asheville Bears are submiting an application in the coming days! So without including any additional expansion teams that may apply beyond this week, we have a total of seven teams in the league. Regional interest in the AFL should generate an additional expansion team or two. We hope to have around nine or ten teams in the league by start of the practice season in the spring. The meeting was enjoyed by all. Everyone enjoyed the comradery and respectfully took shots at each other, as a group of off season rivals will always do. Each shared thier own, humble, ahem, predictions for 06, except perhaps Mr. Dudley, who mostly refrained. I suppose he lets his 10-0 record speak for itself... posted by Randy Ferrell on 12/18/05 at 8:30 AM