Indoor football coming back to Enid?
By Dave Ruthenberg, Enid News & Eagle, Okla. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Taulton said initially he was interested in bringing an arena team to
"There is so much competition here (in
With the Enforcers, Taulton would potentially have a team structure in place, not to mention a brand name that people already are familiar with in the area.
"The existing team (the Enforcers) has a number of players that could play," Taulton said. "Plus, they are very active in the community."
Timberlake believes the potential for a successful partnership with Taulton exists and said he believes converting the Enforcers from an outdoor team that plays at
"When we started, we had a plan," Timberlake said. "That first year we had a winning record, then we wanted to win a division. Our semipro team has been nationally ranked five of the last seven years we competed."
He also thinks becoming an indoor team would lend additional credibility to the Enforcers. "Any time you can put the word 'professional' in front of something, a lot of things come into play." Timberlake said the commitment would be even stronger for the players.
Taulton said he already has spoken with the Chisholm Trail Expo Center about using the facility for the prospective team's home games, which could begin in April.
Taulton said he has yet to meet in-person with the Chisholm Trail Expo Center, whose general manager,
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Barnes said the Coliseum has a capacity of around 6,000 for football, but expressed some caution as
"Our last experience with indoor football was not so good," Barnes said. "
Taulton, who has never owned a professional sports franchise, said he recognizes the past experience wasn't the best for
If Taulton -- who attended the
He said the franchise fee would be in the range of
The LSFL consists of six teams, five in
The CPIFL is based in
"I am pretty confident that
Bertz said teams in the league are averaging more than 3,000 fans per game, and said several expansion requests for possible teams have been received.
There has been speculation the two leagues will merge for the 2015 season.
Taulton, who admits he doesn't know much yet about the
"We would seek out sponsorship and business support," he said. "We would want to do it the right way."
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