Fan Controlled Football League
| File:Electronic Football League Logo.png | |
| Sport | Indoor football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Sohrob Farudi Project FANchise |
| Inaugural season | 2018 |
| No. of teams | 8 (proposed) |
| Country | United States |
| Official website | FCFL.io |
The Fan Controlled Football League (FCFL) is a proposed professional indoor football league created in 2017 as the first sports league controlled by the fans.[1][2] It was created by FANchise founder and owner Sohrob Farudi, who established FANchise's first-ever fan-controlled professional sports franchise, the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles, and operated the Colorado Crush to play in the Indoor Football League in 2017 before both teams left that league. The FCFL is also backed by the Fan Access Network (FAN) Token & the Bancor Liquidity Protocol.
History[edit]
In April 2016, an ownership group called Project FANchise purchased an indoor football expansion franchise in the Indoor Football League (IFL) based in the Salt Lake City region.[3] The project announced that fans would vote on every aspect of the team including the name of the team, signing players, and calling plays. On June 6, the name of the team was announced as the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles after a fan vote that included the more controversial choices of "Teamy McTeamface," "Sandtroopers,"[4] and "Stormin' Mormons."[5] In October 2016, Project FANchise purchased a second IFL team, the Colorado Crush, but did not immediately implement the fan vote system due to the lateness in acquiring the team before the start of the 2017 IFL season.[6]
On April 20, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that Project FANchise was planning on launching a new league called the "Interactive Football League". Project FANchise CEO Sohrob Farudi confirmed that the Screaming Eagles and Crush would finish the 2017 season[7] and would be leaving the league afterwards.[8] The new league planned to play all of its games in only one city with eight new teams. The league was later re-branded as the "Electronic Football League" (eFL) in October 2017[9] and then again one month later to the "Fan Controlled Football League" (FCFL).
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rule Book". Attach.io. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ↑ "eFL Official Website". eFL. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Project FANchise Launches First-Ever Fan-Run Pro Sports Team". OurSports Central. April 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Teamy McTeamfaces losing ground in naming contest for Utah's Indoor Football team". KSTU. June 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Stormin' Mormons and Teamy McTeamFace lead fan vote to name Utah pro football franchise". Salt Lake Tribune. May 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Colorado Crush Acquires New Ownership". www.goifl.com. OurSports Central. October 17, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ↑ "How Can Football Video Games Get More Realistic? Real Humans". The Wall Street Journal. April 20, 2017.
- ↑ "WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. April 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Hello World – Introducing the eFL and the FAN Token". Electronic Football League. October 11, 2017.
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