The NMLF announces the 12 members of the league's Capital Conference

The Capital Conference:

North Texas Falcons
Plano Venom
Grand Prairie Titans
DFW Xpress
North Texas Seminoles
East Texas Storm
West Texas Drillers
West Texas Outlaws
San Angelo Spartans
ATX Tigers
Texas Mavericks
Lone Star Pit Bulls

Divisions and schedules TBA.

The NMLF continues to expand

National Minor League Football is like a family, and families can grow. Quickly. Monday, the NMLF added two more Texas teams, to grow that contingent to 12. With the arrival of 6 more in Arkansas and Tennessee in January, this takes us to 18 teams in 3 states. That's not all. Within two weeks, the league will dispatch an envoy led by the Chaiman of our Ways and Means Committee, Truman Vernon of the DFW Xpress, to Louisiana to negotiate the addition of 7 more teams in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. That would bring the total to 25 teams in 6 states. As stated here, our initial goals were modest, 16 teams would be good, but we could play with as few as 7, if necessary. After all, that number (16) would eclipse the number that other leagues like the TUFL started with, and we'd be in more states than them as well. However, the NMLF is about quality, not quantity, so numbers don't tell the true tale of how we do things around here. Although I must say, with all of the doubters and members of a certain league taking shots at us, mainly saying that we wouldn't have enough teams, it feels good to have exceeded our goals. Also, unlike that certain league I spoke of, we won't be scared to put them up on our website for all to see. The only thing stopping us is that we keep adding news teams every week, but I promise you, within the week we'll have at least the 18 we talked about up and ready to go. As for the others, stay tuned. The NMLF: Like a big family, growing all the time.

Making the media rounds

As Commissioner of the NMLF, I get a chance to make live appearances on behalf of the league, as well as appearances on various media outlets. On Monday, one such opportunity presented itself, as I was a guest on the new radio show Saturday Night Lights, an exciting new show which profiles semi pro and minor league football across the nation. Hosted by D.G. and J.Nix, the show reviews and previews all of the action, takes phone calls from around the country, has guests and does so in a laid back, urban style format. We focused on player development, as well as the NMLF's commitment to providing an exciting product. I enjoyed the time, and I'll be listening to the show on a regular basis. In the coming weeks, I'll be attending a news conference in Arkansas, as well as other mandated league appearances. Being Commissioner is hard, busy work sometimes, but I'm enjoying talking about something I believe in. I'll keep you posted as new developments occur.