06-17-2022, 11:11 AM
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13. Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.
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All roads lead to the Emerald City. Seattle’s been a very sport-heavy city since it’s existence with 3 major sports leagues having a share in it, so a team in it would probably be the best scenario. Probably playing in Lumen Field or a field specially constructed for the team (my favorite name for it being the Macklemore Memorial Stadium), there’s only one way to go for the team - up. I chose the hornets because of the big hornet population in the city, but there’s choices for other names, such as the Seattle Bayside or the Seattle Stride (named after the chewing gum company, in reference to the Gum Wall)
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Vegas, baby, VEGAS! The home to the Raiders and the Golden Knights, it knows a thing or two about sports. If we’re pulling an XFL and sharing stadiums again, we either take the Allegiant and share it or build a stadium (hell, get a casino to sponsor it. Admit it, you wouldn’t go to the MGM Grand Metrodome or the Bally’s Big Top?). Buy Las Vegas after this roll - 777. Let's go. It’s pretty obvious why I picked the Gamblers - if that doesn’t work, we could slap Caesar’s branding on the uniforms and call them the Vegas Senators, or MGM Grand branding and have them be the Vegas Lions.
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10. Write a short biography or story about your player. This could include background about how they came to the ISFL and how they’ve done so far, a story about their role in an exciting game, or anything else related to their experience in the league.
Camden, man. It’s tough as shit. People there are tough as shit, which should be expected, seeing as it’s in the top 100 most dangerous cities to live in. Growing up was tough on me, specifically - Dad was the great Eric Prince, the guy who slugged a baseball through the Liberty Bell in Citizens Bank. Jessie St. Paul-Prince, she won a gold medal in LA for Team USA. Man, she could run for days, bro. Then there was me. Not that good at school, straight B student, I was okay. Had to focus on, yknow, actually staying alive first.
Football was my main escape from that. Nobody on that field cared if you were the rich kid with a straight scholarship to UCLA or the kid who worked from day one to make it. Out there, they only cared if you could ball well. And oh MAN, I balled well. Put up some of the best damn stats Woodrow Wilson ever saw. Hell, I broke their records as a junior. All this shit came to a head a couple months after that, when I was chilling at the local diner with my friends and shit, and I get a call. From James Franklin.
“We’re making you a Penn State Lion.”
Seriously? Penn State? Bro, I was living the dream. Fuckin’ Saquon and Franco Harris became legends there. I felt like I needed to add my name on that list. Y’all readers know the story of how it went: the Biletnikoff, the record breaking, the chance at a Heisman, et cetera. What y’all care about is the DSFL.
4th round. 4th round? Really? All that work, all that pain, for a 4th round selection? I was happy with the team, mind you - Bondi Beach had been my home for a couple months. But the 4th. Round. I had to prove myself. I proved myself throughout high school, and Penn State, and I’d be dammed if I didn’t prove myself now.
So, we’re here. Prospect in the ISFL draft, a sponsorship deal with Campbell’s Soup, im just…proud to be here. Y’all better be proud of me too.
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