11. 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.
Reggie Battle has spent most of his career on the field hearing the same word over and over, potential. In high school, he was always the best player on the field. Whether it be at quarterback, runningback, or anywhere on the defense, he'd crush the opposition. When he arrived at Mizzou and took up his calling at wide receiver, he failed to quite live up to those expectations. So much potential, and yet Battle failed to make the starting lineup as a freshman and caught barely over two dozen balls as a sophomore. In his junior year, Battle finally decided to use that potential. He exploded, tearing apart defenses week after week and rising to the top of every analysts big boards. He broke the single game receiving record at Mizzou, catching for 242 yards in a mesmerizing performance...only for an ACL tear midway through the season to cut his breakout year short. Pundits were quoted to say "If it weren't for that ACL, he'd have been a first round pick". Battle came back the next season wanting to prove he could still play, but small injuries kept stopping him. Turf toe, a sprained ankle, or a random muscle strain... Battle would showcase week after week that he could still play like his old self, only for a random injury to take him out in the 3rd or 4th quarter. Too many scouts dismissed him, what was the point of taking a player who couldn't stay on the field? It all amounted to a season where Battle played 3 more games than his junior year, and had half of the stats in every category. Many thought his career was over...but he decided to give football everything he had in one last try. His only salvation was the ISFL, and thankfully the Norfolk Seawolves gave him a shot. Despite not popping off, he managed to finish the season without missing a game and was drafted to Honolulu late in the 3rd. If Reggie Battle can stay on the field, who knows what he's capable of.
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14. 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.
So first of all, I want to preface this with the fact that I don't actually know if the league has room for an expansion. However, if we do I think having teams in San Antonio and St. Louis would be a great place to expand to. I will be 100% honest in admitting that this is personal bias, I live near St. Louis and losing the rams sucked. In spite of that, it could be a really cool thing to have another team to root for in football, as I am not really a fan of the Battlehawks. I don't really know what the branding could be, maybe something like the Stallions or Stingers so you get that double S thing? Anyways, my other suggestion would be San Antonio. It's a great sports market that's needed a football team for a long time and has a ton of branding ideas. They could be either the San Antonio Wranglers or San Antonio Rangers, but the most important part is their stadium. This stadium has the potential to have the most iconic branding in ISFL history: The Alamo. Can you imagine how sick it would be to play in a stadium called The Alamo? There is so much potential in team slogans and whatnot. Its no surprise that San Antonio is one of the most common places for a relocation in Madden, although the branding is usually done as the Dreadnoughts. For legal reasons, I imagine we couldn't do that. The only other places I think that would be good to expand to would be overseas in locations that aren't often done. What I mean is that when teams expand overseas its usually done to somewhere like London, but expanding to Seoul would be super unique. We've already done this in part by expanding to Berlin, something that not a lot of other leagues would/have done I imagine.
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Reggie Battle has spent most of his career on the field hearing the same word over and over, potential. In high school, he was always the best player on the field. Whether it be at quarterback, runningback, or anywhere on the defense, he'd crush the opposition. When he arrived at Mizzou and took up his calling at wide receiver, he failed to quite live up to those expectations. So much potential, and yet Battle failed to make the starting lineup as a freshman and caught barely over two dozen balls as a sophomore. In his junior year, Battle finally decided to use that potential. He exploded, tearing apart defenses week after week and rising to the top of every analysts big boards. He broke the single game receiving record at Mizzou, catching for 242 yards in a mesmerizing performance...only for an ACL tear midway through the season to cut his breakout year short. Pundits were quoted to say "If it weren't for that ACL, he'd have been a first round pick". Battle came back the next season wanting to prove he could still play, but small injuries kept stopping him. Turf toe, a sprained ankle, or a random muscle strain... Battle would showcase week after week that he could still play like his old self, only for a random injury to take him out in the 3rd or 4th quarter. Too many scouts dismissed him, what was the point of taking a player who couldn't stay on the field? It all amounted to a season where Battle played 3 more games than his junior year, and had half of the stats in every category. Many thought his career was over...but he decided to give football everything he had in one last try. His only salvation was the ISFL, and thankfully the Norfolk Seawolves gave him a shot. Despite not popping off, he managed to finish the season without missing a game and was drafted to Honolulu late in the 3rd. If Reggie Battle can stay on the field, who knows what he's capable of.
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14. 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.
So first of all, I want to preface this with the fact that I don't actually know if the league has room for an expansion. However, if we do I think having teams in San Antonio and St. Louis would be a great place to expand to. I will be 100% honest in admitting that this is personal bias, I live near St. Louis and losing the rams sucked. In spite of that, it could be a really cool thing to have another team to root for in football, as I am not really a fan of the Battlehawks. I don't really know what the branding could be, maybe something like the Stallions or Stingers so you get that double S thing? Anyways, my other suggestion would be San Antonio. It's a great sports market that's needed a football team for a long time and has a ton of branding ideas. They could be either the San Antonio Wranglers or San Antonio Rangers, but the most important part is their stadium. This stadium has the potential to have the most iconic branding in ISFL history: The Alamo. Can you imagine how sick it would be to play in a stadium called The Alamo? There is so much potential in team slogans and whatnot. Its no surprise that San Antonio is one of the most common places for a relocation in Madden, although the branding is usually done as the Dreadnoughts. For legal reasons, I imagine we couldn't do that. The only other places I think that would be good to expand to would be overseas in locations that aren't often done. What I mean is that when teams expand overseas its usually done to somewhere like London, but expanding to Seoul would be super unique. We've already done this in part by expanding to Berlin, something that not a lot of other leagues would/have done I imagine.
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