AuctionHelper Extends Relationship

with The National Football League

By Anonymous

Agoura Hills, California, October 25, 2002– AuctionHelper, a software company that creates auction management tools developed to automate the time-consuming components of the online auction process and allows sellers to increase their efficiency and productivity, today announced that its business relationship with the National Football League has been renewed. AuctionHelper software aided in the sale of over 2,500 NFL memorabilia items on eBay during the 2001 football season to raise considerable funds for the NFL and Players Inc. charities. Players Inc. is the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association.



AuctionHelper has worked closely with the NFL to provide unique, custom solutions designed to help increase exposure and sales for NFL Auction items. AuctionHelper has created custom templates and ‘about me’ pages that present a consistent look and feel for all NFL Auction items. The NFL uses AuctionLynxx, a patent pending tool designed to help seller’s increase sales, to send visitors from the NFL website directly to their eBay listings. In addition, the NFL uses AuctionHelper’s PictureLynxx, a patent-pending product that enables sellers to increase visibility and sales by offering potential bidders an easy method to see other items from the same seller.



“AuctionHelper has helped the NFL to increase the visibility of our auctions,” said Seth Rabinowitz, Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development for the National Football League. “AuctionHelper’s software and custom-tailored solutions have helped us maximize our sales,” said Rabinowitz.



AuctionHelper and NFL Auction estimate that during the 2001 football season roughly one third of total NFL Auction page views were delivered via AuctionLynxx. The NFL generated an impressive average of nearly 400 page views per item.



The items sold by NFL Auction included game-worn jerseys, authentic collectibles such as helmets, and fantasy experiences including several unique promotions surrounding Super Bowl XXXVI.



“We are thrilled to produce such solid results for NFL Auction,” said Jerry Lynch, Founder and Chief Architect of AuctionHelper. “By using AuctionLynxx and PictureLynxx, NFL Auction generated a combined 46% click-through rate on all simultaneous running auctions. By showing more items to potential bidders, NFL Auction increases their sales,” said Lynch.



“We are pleased the NFL and AuctionHelper will return for another season of exciting NFL action,” said Jon Fitch, senior category manager for eBay Sports. “This relationship provides eBay football fans with the opportunity to buy unique memorabilia and once-in-a-lifetime fantasy packages and each purchase contributes to a worthy cause.”

About AuctionHelper, Inc.

AuctionHelper, Inc. (www.auctionhelper.com) offers professional services and tools to build and enhance businesses looking to capitalize on the power of online auctions. AuctionHelper was founded by some of eBay's largest sellers, which provides AuctionHelper with the unique ability to understand the online auction marketplace. AuctionHelper offers a unique and compelling value proposition by providing tools that enable buying, selling, and shipping products via online auctions. Several of AuctionHelper's tools, including AuctionLynxx, offer sellers a superior alternative to promoting simultaneous auctions, which results in increased exposure and sales for its clients. AuctionHelper's clients are some of eBay's most active sellers, including: onecentcds@aol.com, Dave and Adam's Card World, CoinsbyHucky.com, TheBlueOx, ChampionsStuff, Mark Murphy “The Baseball Card Kid”, Ravenb99 and CMT Trading.

Football Director Scores

a First in the Field for the Pocket PC

By Anonymous

July 28, 2004 -- Infinite Ventures, Inc., developer and publisher of PDA and mobile phone games announced the release of Football Director for Microsoft Pocket PC compatible devices, the first football management game for mobile devices. Developed by RW Software, Football Director brings football management out of the English football league stadiums and straight to the Pocket PC owner's screen.



"Mobile devices are the right fit for a sports management game like Football Director," said Eugene Evans, president, Infinite Ventures. "Load the game up and play every chance you get. Fans and novices alike can step out of the armchair and into the role of team manager for any number of professional football clubs from the English domestic league," added Evans. "RW Software has developed a game rich in content and depth for a true experience managing everything from front office, to player selection, to game strategies."



Players can make decisions about pre-season, match and cup play, attacking play styles, defensive strategies, formations, and levels of aggression. Create teams with hundreds of real players using 2003-2004 season stats from over 90 real clubs in four divisions.



Developer RW Software brings 15 years of experience creating the Football Director line of management simulation games, starting in the early days of Play By Mail. "We're delighted to bring Football Director to fruition with an experienced Pocket PC publisher like Infinite Ventures," commented Roger Womack, managing director of RW Software. "We look forward to the continued line of new season and league updates for the game."





Players who purchase the game within 30 days of the release will receive a free upgrade to the 2004-2005 season stats to celebrate the start of the exciting season. More information is available at www.portable-games.com or the official Football Director site www.footballdirector.com .



The game is also available for download from Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads. “We’re very pleased to add such a rich, in-depth sports management title like Football Director to our fun-filled games catalog,” said Clint Patterson, vice president of marketing for Handango. “We look forward to feeding the football obsession of Handango’s customers around the world.”



Football Director is available for $29.99 from www.handango.com/





About Infinite Ventures, Inc.

Founded in 1997 Infinite Ventures is an independent production company and interactive entertainment consulting firm. It has developed, licensed and published a line of award-winning games including titles on DVD, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, BREW, Microsoft Pocket PC and Smartphone, and Palm OS devices. In 2004 the company will launch the first large scale multiplayer PDA and wireless game, Lands of Shadowgate (www.landsofshadowgate.com) utilizing its unique Play-By-Sync technology. For more information about the company visit www.infiniteventures.com.



About RW Software



RW Software was founded in 1989 and has focused on football management software. Past projects include EA Sports FA Premier League Manager, Football World Manager published by Ubisoft, and 442 published by SCI. The company also developed and ran a large scale multiplayer Play By Mail football management game also called Football Director for a number of years. For more information visit www.footballdirector.net





Copyright ฉ 2004 RW Software, Ltd. & Infinite Ventures, Inc. All rights reserved. Infinite Ventures is a registered trademark and the Infinite Ventures logo and Play-by-Sync and Lands of Shadowgate are trademarks of Infinite Ventures, Inc. Football Director and the RW Software logo are trademarks of RW Software. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.



Contact Information:

Karla Knickerbocker

703-995-0498

karla@infiniteventures.com

INFINITE VENTURES, INC.

AFA HELPS KICK OFF WOMEN

’S FOOTBALL DIVISION BY INDUCTING TWO FORMER FEMALE PLAYERS INTO THE AFA SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL HALL of FAME

By Anonymous

AFA PRESS RELEASE: (April 19, 2002)

Media - contact Dave Burch at AFA National Office (877)624-4485 or (941)388-3510

(e-mail) amerfoot@aol.com (or) usafoot@aol.com

www.americanfootballassn.com



AFA HELPS KICK OFF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL DIVISION BY INDUCTING TWO FORMER FEMALE PLAYERS INTO THE AFA SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL HALL of FAME



Twenty-one teams from the National Women's Football League will kick off it's second season around the country on April 20th. This is full contact football played by top female athletes. The NWFL teams are all ‘registered members’ of

the American Football Association.



The AFA has registered 4 different women’s leagues (with 59 teams) across the country for the 2002 season and recently announced the national association has begun selecting female players for induction into the AFA’s Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame (not associated or affiliated with the Pro Football Hall of Fame

located in Canton, Ohio) starting with the “Class of 2002”.



Women’s football leagues were fairly organized in a few local areas in the mid 70’s but disappeared because of the difficulty in developing national interest among the league organizers. Today's female players want very much to be a part of the football world and are dedicating themselves to the sport much the same way as their male semi-pro football counterparts have been doing for the past century.



Recently the AFA announced that it will be inducting two former female players - who were standouts for their respective teams more than a quarter century ago. Linda Hodge, who played flanker, free safety and was the kicker for the

Pittsburgh (Penn.) Powerkegs and Linda Jefferson, outstanding runningback for the Toledo (Ohio) Troopers, were both selected for induction into the AFA Hall of Fame ‘Class of 2002’ and will be enshrined on June 22nd in *Canton, Ohio

along with their male counterparts. The two ladies will bring the total number people inducted into the AFA/HOF to 399 over the past 22 years.



“Although we have inducted women in the past (in the executive category) for their contributions and dedication to their leagues and teams, Hodge and Jefferson will be the AFA’s first two ‘female players’ to be inducted into our Hall of Fame,” says the AFA President Ron Real from his Sarasota, Florida headquarters. “I think this will be a great incentive for the players, coaches and organizers of the women’s football leagues to realize there’s a possibility they too one day may be nominated and selected to the American Football Association’s Hall of Fame.”



This weekend the NWFL will begin their 2002 season. The teams include the Nashville Dream, The Asheville Assault, The SW Michigan Jaguars, The Atlanta Leopards, The Mass Mutiny, The Philadelphia Liberty Belles, The Chattanooga

Locomotion, The Tennessee Venom, The Pensacola Power, The New Orleans Spice, The Panama City Beach Rumble, The Biloxi Hurricanes, The Alabama Renegades, The Connecticut Crush, The Maine Freeze, The Detroit Danger, The South Bend Golden

Hawks, The Knoxville Summit, The Baltimore Burn, The DC Divas, and The Cleveland Fusion.



The NWFL played an inaugural season in the fall of 2000 with 2 teams, the Nashville Dream and the Alabama Renegades. The league expanded to 10 teams and played again in the spring of 2001. The Philadelphia Liberty Belles beat the Pensacola Power 40-0 in front of 5,000 fans in Pensacola, Florida to win the Championship.



League Owner Catherine Masters added 11 teams and 3 additional divisions for 2002. "The growth of the league is staggering. I have had to turn down potential owners because they wanted to start teams that we weren't ready for. We have been careful where we placed our expansion teams," states Masters.



Each team will play 4 home and 4 away games. The top team from each division will compete in playoffs and the Championship game will played July, 20th. The location of the Championship game has not been determined yet.



Look for some great rivalry this year. The Nashville Dream and the Alabama Renegades are meeting for their third season. The Mass Mutiny and the Philadelphia Liberty Belles meeting will be another game to watch. Last season the Belles and the Mutiny met 3 times and either could have gone to the Championship game. Points determined the advancement of the Belles to the Championship game.



The league website, www.nwflcentral.com, received over a million hits in March 2002 (according to Webtrends). " Our fan base is definitely growing," states Debby Lening, VP Marketing/Media. "The level of play has improved tremendously and we hope to have television coverage of our Championship game. Some teams

games will be aired on local radio. Fox has partnered with our South West Michigan Jaguars team," adds Lening. And, if that wasn't enough, a full length motion picture is being produced about the league.



For more information about the NWFL, please visit the league website, www.nwflcentral.com, or call the league office at (615) 860-4084.



On another note, consistent with our focus to bring more premium services to our membership, the AFA has partnered to provide the following services (visit website for hotlinks):

eteamz Personal & Team websites

Liability Insurance

Legal

Services

Fund Raiser Programs

Sports Equipment Deals

Pay Pal

Dave Burch Elected Commissioner

of the Empire Football League

By Anonymous

February 7 2004--Dave Burch Elected Commissioner of the Empire Football League



The Empire Football League recently elected Dave Burch as League Commissioner for the 2004 season at its Annual Meeting in Albany, NY. Prior to taking the helm, Dave served as the league’s Secretary/Deputy Commissioner since 1987. The Empire Football League, established in 1969 in Upstate New York, celebrates its 35th Anniversary this year as one of the oldest, most competitive leagues in the USA.



Dave Burch began his semipro football career with the Triple Cities (TC) Jets of Binghamton, New York in 1970 and was a five-time All Empire Football League (EFL) player at defensive end and linebacker. Dave subsequently served as coach of the TC Jets, was named EFL Coach of the Year 1987 and was inducted into the Jets Hall of Fame in 2002. Dave, a member of the American Football Association’s Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame, also currently serves as that organization’s Executive Vice President.



Dave Burch, a native of Richmond, VA, is a 1969 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University, in Charlotte, NC where played football as a member of the Golden Bulls. Dave currently resides in Endicott, NY.



For EFL logo merchandise click http://www.cafeshops.com/amerfootball/60006



For additional information visit Empire Football League’s web site at www.empire-football-league.com

EFL PRESS RELEASE:

EFL PRESS RELEASE: (October 23, 2003)
Media - contact Dave Burch at (877) 624-4485
(e-mail) empirefoot@aol.com
website: www.empire-football-league.com

By Anonymous

The Empire Football League is proud to announce the Glens Falls Greenjackets as the 2003 EFL Champions.



The Glens Falls Greenjackets wiped out 26 years of frustration Saturday, October 18th by defeating Watertown 30-6 to win the Empire Football League championship. More than 3,000 fans came to Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds on Saturday hoping to see something that had not happened in Watertown in 23 years. What they saw was the Red and Black throw everything it had against the Glens Falls Greenjackets without much success. Quarterback Kevin Siska threw for 126 yards and seven ball carriers collected 153 yards as the Jackets won their first EFL title since 1976.



The win highlighted a remarkable season in which the Greenjackets cleared a number of hurdles. To get to the championship game, the Jackets had to beat Orange County, which had beaten them last year in the title game. And to win the league crown, they had to win at Alex Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertown, where they hadn't won since 1986.



The EFL is also proud to announce their All Star Selections for 2003 click http://www.eteamz.com/empirefootballleague/files/2003AllStarSelections.doc



EFL Official Bernie Andrews and Tommy Finan were recipients of the Bill Higgins Award for outstanding service officiating, while Jim Willig of Glens Falls received the Gary Shaver Award for outstanding team administration.

Oakland Banshees

are #1 Seed for IWFL (Independent Womens Football League)Playoffs

By Anonymous

June 19, 2004 -- The Banshees (8-0) earned their number 1 seed by posting 6 shutouts and allowing only 25 total points for the entire 8 game season. They scored 384. On the other hand, the Pride (6-2) allowed 81 points while scoring 198. The Pride is going to have to pull out all of their defensive tenacity in order to slow down the offensive minded Banshees.



Should the Banshees win their Divisional Playoff game next Saturday at home, they will play the winner of the matchup between the Tacoma Majestics (8-0) and the IWFL Defending Champion Sacramento Sirens (7-1). The Divisional Semifinal game will be played on July 10 at Burrell Field in San Leandro.



The National Championship game will be played on July 24 in Sacramento at Natomas High School.



For tickets or additional information, please contact

The Oakland Banshees

675 Hegenberger Road #241

Oakland, CA 94621

(510) 205-8329

kisha@oaklandbanshees.com

>New York's Finest

The NYPD Football Team--Champions On and Off the Field

By Anonymous

New York, NY July 1, 2004 -- Thirty two years ago NYPD officer Joe Loughran found himself engaged in a highly spirited discussion with FDNY member Pudgy Walsh at the Mariner’s Inn in Brooklyn. Joe had expressed the opinion that the police officers who played on the Brooklyn Mariner’s semi-professional football team were much better players than the fire department players. Pudgy did not agree. The debate led to the arrangement of a challenge match the following year at Brooklyn’s Midwood Field. The founding 35-member NYPD squad AKA The Finest practiced at Marine Park in Brooklyn. Players paid for their own uniforms and borrowed equipment from local colleges and the Brooklyn Mariners football team. The rest is history: The Finest’s record against the FDNY team is 18 wins, 9 losses.



What started as a bar room challenge in 1972 has evolved into one of the top semi-professional football teams in the country. Currently the New York Police Department football team holds four championship titles, has reigned undefeated for nearly four years, and holds numerous awards. Through the years they have competed in London, Miami, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston and next season Ireland.



Today, the team boasts a lineup of 85 players, 14 coaches, and 25 administrative staff members, and plays 5-6 games per season. The team consists of an ethnically diverse group of beat cops and detectives who, in their off-duty time, attend morning practices before heading out to their respective details. This camaraderie has not gone unnoticed. The Finest have been the subject of much media attention. Team members were featured in a fashion layout for "GQ" magazine, have appeared on Fox’s "Good Day New York", ESPN's "Cold Pizza", WB Morning Show, MTV Sports, interviewed on WFAN, ESPN Radio and COPNET radio and were the subjects of an NFL Films’ documentary entitled "NYPD Black and Blue" that aired on ESPN networks.



Unfortunately, the harsh realities of policing sometimes intrude upon the joy of the game and it is not unusual for the entire team to visit an injured officer in the hospital or face the prospect of losing a team member to violence. The indomitable family spirit that pervades the team buoys them through difficult times. The tragic events of September 11, 2001 found "The Finest" yet again rising to the occasion to serve. Fifteen team members were among the first units on the scene that day. Although many received injuries all team members survived; dug ‘round the clock at Ground Zero and have been working extensively on Homeland Security issues as well as day to day policing. When asked, all team members stated that they would not hesitate to run into harm's way again if lives depended upon them. According to team Assistant GM Detective Chris Stiansen, "Sometimes situations are bigger than one person and you have to respond, to help--it's what we do."



It is this selfless dedication that The Finest applies to help all those who are less fortunate. Through ticket sales from games, The Finest, which holds 501ฉ3 status, has generated $1 million to date for charities such as United Way, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Make A Wish Foundation, and PBA Widows and Children's Fund, to name a few. The team also hosts community youth groups by supplying free tickets to games, providing lunch, autographing photos, and interacting with children. The team also visits local hospital pediatric wards, delivering good cheer and autographed footballs--much to the delight of young patients. October 2001, at the invitation of the Walt Disney Corporation, the team conducted a football/stay-in-school clinic for 120 children-at-risk as part of "Disney's Global Celebration of Children." On June 19, 2002 the team was awarded the "Community Partner of the Year" award by the Walt Disney Corporations’ Disney VoluntEARS Program.



In 1996 The Finest joined the National Public Safety Football League (NPSFL), a public service agency made up of semi- professional teams around the country. The NPSFL aims to jointly promote a positive image of law enforcement to the public by raising funds for charities through competition. The members of the league’s 15 teams are all law enforcement, fire, and emergency service officers. The NPSFL is incorporated in New York State and holds 501ฉ3 status.



B-roll furnished upon request.



"The Finest" Facts

- Established: 1972

- League: National Public Safety Football League (NPSFL)

- Team Roster: 85

- Coaches: 14

- Administrative Staff: 25

- Home Uniform: Blue Jerseys, Gold Pants, Gold Helmet

- Away Uniform: White Jerseys, Gold Pants, Gold Helmet

- Practice Field: Sid Luckman Memorial Field, Brooklyn NY

- Practice Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 AM-12:30 PM

- Home Field: St. John’s University/ Sid Luckman

- Uniform Sponsor: Champion Athletic Wear

- Broadcast Partner: RNN



Website: www.npsfl.com



Contact: Cindy Mercer

    
    
Dark Tower Public Relations

    
    
212-928-2463

    
    
Cindy@darktowerpr.com

Maine Times profiles the New England

Football League in October issue

By Anonymous

The NEFL, founded in 1994, is home to ex-jocks and ex-cons, burger flippers and firefighters, and workout warriors who wear business suits or don blue collars from 9-to-5. Some cling to the dream of playing football professionally, while others play simply to keep at arm’s length the notion that their best days are behind them.



“We’ve got all walks of life,” says league commissioner Tom Torrisi. “There are doctors and lawyers lining up against guys who just got out of prison.”



The players’ dedication to the sport is clear. They aren’t in it for the money, because there’s no money in it for them; intangible rewards are the only form of compensation in the NEFL. There are about 40 men per squad, and practices are held once or twice a week. Many of the players have some college football experience, usually at small schools, and nearly all of them played in high school.



“If there’s one thing in common,” says Jeff Wells, an investment adviser who moonlights as a volunteer football coach, “I guess you’d call it a dedication to the joy of football.”





About Maine Times



Maine Times is a lifestyle magazine serving the entire state of Maine, with over 100,000 readers every month. Our mandate is to deliver a wide-angle view of what's happening in, to, and because of Maine. A beautifully designed, oversized magazine, Maine Times includes the work of Maine’s best writers, photographers, and illustrators. For more information about Maine Times and its content, readers are invited to view the website at www.mainetimes.com.



Contact



Jennifer O’Donnell

Maine Times

jodonnell@mainetimes.com

978-745-4140

New technology solves soccer fan

segregation problem

By Anonymous

London, July 18th, 2003: Seatbooker, a UK technology company, said today, that the problem of separating fans of opposing clubs at football matches is a thing of the past. Using new Internet technology, clubs can decide who, when, and where in the stadium football goers can buy tickets, and then automate the entire sales and checking process.



New software introduced to sell tickets on the Internet, has been specially designed to deal with football hooliganism and ticket touting. Holding a database of customers and their previous ticket purchases, the software can instantly separate regular supporters from the casual ticket buyers, touts or supporters of other clubs. Using Internet technology means this can be faster and more reliable than other methods as well as lowering the clubs costs.



Pat Bernstein, CEO of Seatbooker gave an example. “Already, anyone can buy tickets on our customers’ websites; however, for the high demand fixtures, the club are able to set whole game or certain areas of the venue as available to members only. The software does all the security vetting. Now, we have introduced “loyalty based buying”. What this means is that for the really sensitive games, the club decides how many previous fixtures you must have been to in order to be eligible to buy. Again, the software does all the security vetting for you. This deals with almost all the issues of ticket touts, and segregation of the supporters.”



The software is already in use at Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers and a number of other English and Scottish football clubs. The company is a major provider of online ticketing to Premier Rugby and is currently in discussion with a US based company for the addition of its technology in major US venues.



Pat Bernstein said, “In the US the security issues are less about segregation and more about touting or scalping as they call it. Here, the unique aspects of our technology help venues identify touts, prevent them buying and where appropriate, trace them for subsequent prosecution.”

KANE COUNTY EAGLES WIN AFA

’S 22nd ANNUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

By Anonymous

KANE COUNTY EAGLES WIN AFA’S 22nd ANNUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP



The America Football Association announced today that it has named the Kane County Illinois Eagles as the nation’s number one semi-pro football team in the country for the 2001 season. The strong KC Eagle team held down the American Football News ‘power rating’ #1 position most of the 2001 season and helped their bid for the AFA national title by winning the Mid-Continental Football League regular season and league playoffs in route to winning the AFA’s Illinois State and Mid-West Regional titles.



The KC Eagles flight to their unprecedented third AFA National Championship came on the heels of an undefeated (15-0) season which included impressive wins over highly rated competitors such as the Racine (Wisc.) Raiders, Detroit (Mich.) Seminoles, Minnesota Maulers, Cleveland (Ohio) Lions and the Marlboro (Mass.) Shamrocks. Both Racine and Marlboro are former AFA National Champions.



Kane County is no stranger to the AFA national scene. While winning back to back national titles in 1992 and 1993, the Eagles were then playing in DuPage County Illinois. Prior to winning their two previous titles, the Eagles actually appeared in two other national championship games losing to the Fresno California Bandits and the Brooklyn NY Kings in ‘90 and ‘91 respectively.



As the 2001 AFA National Champions, the KC Eagles players and coaches will have their names engraved on the Arthur S. Arkush Memorial Cup - symbolic of the nations annual ‘number one’ semi-pro football team at seasons end. The Arkush Cup currently stands nearly 4 1/2 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide and has engraved on it the names of every team and player to win the American Football National Championship in the past 22 years. Over 1,000 semi-pro football players and coaches names adorn the AFA National Championship Trophy. A few of today's Eagle players and coaches already have their names engraved on the Arkush Cup as a result of playing on the 1992-93 National Championship teams.



While Eagle head coach Eliseo ‘Sal’ Saldivar becomes the front runner for the AFA’s “Coach of the Year Award”, he surrounded himself this year with an assistant coaching staff with years of national title game experience. Sal’s’ staff included AFA Hall of Famer Ed O’Reilly (offensive coordinator); Keith Hac (defensive coordinator); and assistant coaches Jim Doherty, Scott Lodice and Steve Kardas. Kardas was the Eagles QB during the teams previous national championship titles.



As well as the players preformed ‘on the field’ by carrying out the game plans prepared for them by their experienced coaching staff, the Eagles could not have won their 3rd AFA National Title without the help of an equally experienced front office staff. From their team president, Arney Silvestri, to their General Manager, Pat Sharpe, to their field coordinator, Michelle Perkins and a long list of directors headed up by Sue Berg and Rich Lachowski - to their dance group, cheerleader squad - and their very supportive fans - the Eagles had their sights set on winning the AFA’s 22nd Annual National Championship for semi-pro football in the United States long before the season started - - - and they did!



CONGRATULATIONS to the Kane County Eagles on your undefeated season and your 2001 American Football Association National Championship. You earned it!



The following is a list of previous AFA National Champions:

1980 - TWIN CITIES (Calif.) COUGARS

1981 - RACINE (Wisc.) GLADIATORS

1982 -CHAMBERSBURG (Penn.) CARDS

1983 - RACINE (Wisc.) GLADIATORS

1984 - SCRANTON (Penn.) EAGLES

1985 - SYRACUSE (NY) EXPRESS

1986 - CHICAGO (Ill.) CHARGERS

1987 - SYRACUSE (NY) EXPRESS

1988 - RACINE (Wisc.) RAIDERS

1989 - SCRANTON (Penn.) EAGLES

1990 - BROOKLYN (NY) KINGS

1991 - FRESNO (Calif.) BANDITS

1992 - Du PAGE (Ill.) EAGLES*

1993 - Du PAGE (Ill.) EAGLES*

1994 - FRESNO (Calif.) BANDITS

1995 - CONCORD (NC) STORM

1996 - FREDERICKSBURG (Virg.) GENERALS

1997 - MARLBORO (Mass.) SHAMROCKS

1998 - KALAMAZOO (Mich.) TORNADOES

1999 - MARLBORO (Mass.) SHAMROCKS

2000 - AUSTIN (Texas) RATTLERS

    


*Now the Kane County (Ill.) Eagles

Sweden Allsvenskan

Scotland Premier League

Portugal Liga bwin

Belgium Jupiler League

Netherlands Eredivisie

Spain Liga BBVA

Spain Primera Division

Italy Serie B

Italy Serie A

France Ligue 2

France Ligue 1

Germany 2. Bundesliga

Germany 1. Bundesliga

England League Two

England League One

England Championship League

England Premiership

10 arrested in Malaysian online betting ring

10 arrested in Malaysian online betting ring

By Anonymous

April 26, 2004--Betting on football is big business in Malaysia, but unfortunately, it’s illegal. This makes the Internet a friend of the illicit bookie in Malaysia, where 10 people were arrested this week for illegal gambling. Mustafa Abdullah, the Kuala Lumpur police chief, said it was the third gambling ring arrested broken up since March. The bookies were taking bets valued up to 10 m ringitt ($2.63m).



'Initial investigations revealed that this syndicate has its headquarters in Hong Kong. We do not rule out that it may have links to the other two groups that were busted on April 12 and March 2,' Abdullah said, according to official Bernama news agency.



10 people aged 21 to 29 were arrested, along with a PC displaying a fixture list from an international football tournament. 22 PC monitors, a fax, three TVs and four cellular phones were taken in the raid.



'The syndicate operated its multi-million ringgit business using a website where members could log on and place their bets. Payment was made using credit cards,' Mustafa had said.





For further discussion on this topic, please visit:



http://www.sportsgamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=274

Scoring Soccer Technology

Scoring Soccer Technology Kicks and Scores the Winning Goal for the Sarasota Football Club

By Anonymous

SARASOTA, FL March 24, 2004 –- The Sarasota Football Club was the first Soccer team to sign up and register with ScoringSystem’s Soccer application giving the team world-wide exposure and notoriety on the World Wide Web. Since 1971, the Sarasota Football Club has been a consistent performer in the game of soccer, and is poised for another good year. After 32 years, the club consists of six teams with over 400 members.



ScoringSoccer.com is a unique, "tailor-made" website with secure global access to player, team and scout records. By using this application, soccer teams are able to list pertinent information such as team history, team schedule, team management statistics, team news, events and rosters on their own unique web page.



The ScoringSoccer web-based databank simplifies the process of record keeping and tracking a player’s personal statistics in publicly available player pages and in a privately secured area available only by login. Managing soccer teams in the world has been taken to a new level with the ability to exchange instant messages with the players (with the proper login to the secure databank), use stats to analyze player’s performance and even compare your team's performance to others.



The interactive system is written in Cold Fusion at all processing stages, which provides ease of use with a clean, stable, and secure interface. The system is also being developed to include video of soccer players in action for review by coaches, managers, and scouts.



The growth of Soccer in the United States, and its popularity around the globe prompted the creation of the system. Soccer registered the largest increase in participation of all athletic programs for both boys and girls. Clearly, soccer has reached critical mass and would expect to achieve a growth pattern superior to the general population increase. ScoringSoccer.com is the location where players, teams and scouts connect online, making it the place where soccer talent is found. To find out more about this exciting and innovative databank, visit www.scoringsoccer.com.



COMPANY INFORMATION:

ScoringSoccer.com

A Division of ScoringSystem, Inc.

1800 Second Street, Suite 760

Sarasota, FL 34236 USA

T: (941)-330-1140

F: (561)-330-1255

Website: http://www.scoringsoccer.com

NonBooksPress: Une vie qui vaut la peine

NonBooksPress: Une vie qui vaut la peine tre v้cue: T้moignage une m่re de deux enfants handicap้s by Rosy Muller

By Anonymous

Book Synopsis:

Her destiny - 2 handicapped children. At the time when she had to admit her children's handicap, her first reaction was not to flee but to be strong enough to accept her destiny and to consider her life with two handicapped children as a challenge. A solution to solve this problem had to be found - and while listening to her inner voice - she found the solution: "These are my children, I love them deeply and my greatest wish is that their life will be worthwhile to be lived !" The author rapidly engaged herself in an association in favour of parents having children with an infirmity due to cerebral motor disorder, where she works since 20 years as a secretary and group animator. The secret of her "very rich and fulfilled life" is the positive approach to her destiny, and it is precisely this positive attitude that she would like to transmit by writing her autobiographical book, especially to all those parents who desperate and resign when living the same destiny."



Benefit Statement:

La vie de femme et de m่re de deux enfants handicap้s n’a ้videmment pas ้t้ facile pour Rosy Muller; pourtant 30 ans apr่s, elle est s๛re que ses enfants lui ont donn้ un sens เ sa vie et enrichi sa vie et elle les remercie ! ป D่s la naissance de ses enfants, elle a su qu’elle ferait tout afin qu’ils aient une vie digne d’๊tre v้cue, malgr้ et surtout avec leur handicap. ซJe voulais qu’ils sachent ce qu’est l’Amour, qu’ils soient aim้s – non de moi seulement – et qu’ils sachent aimer eux-m๊mes.ป Ses enfants lui ont montr้ le chemin qui l’a amen้e เ exercer un m้tier qu’elle aime par-dessus tout : aider d’autres personnes qui n’ont pas la force de mener une vie normale avec la pr้sence d’un enfant handicap้. En fin de compte, elle peut dire: ซJ’aime ma vie et mon m้tier. Avec le recul, je m’้tonne encore que je puisse aimer เ ce point deux ๊tres qui sollicitent pareillement ma r้sistance nerveuse.ป Comment cette m่re peut-elle aborder la probl้matique du handicap de cette fa็on? En g้n้ral nous ne voyons pas que la nature sensible d’un ๊tre handicap้ est beaucoup plus profonde que son handicap. L’โme est d’essence divine et c’est une aventure que de d้couvrir comment elle s’exprime en d้pit de moyens limit้s. Les ้lans du cœur sont plus spontan้s et les r้actions ้motives plus fr้quentes chez les personnes handicap้es que chez le commun des individus.



About the Author:

L’auteur, n้e en 1940 en Allemagne, vit mari้e depuis 42 ans en Suisse. Son destin sont deux enfants handicap้s. Lorsqu’elle a d๛ reconna๎tre le handicap de ses enfants, elle ne prend pas la fuite, elle accepte son destin et le consid่re comme un d้fi. – Il doit y avoir une solution et elle l’a trouv้e! ซ Ce sont mes enfants, je les aiment et je veux que leur vie vaille la peine d’๊tre v้cue! L’auteur s’est engag้e tr่s rapidement dans une association en faveur de parents d’enfants IMC et depuis 20 ans elle y travaille comme secr้taire et animatrice de groupes. Le secret de ซ sa vie tr่s riche ป, est l’approche positive de ce destin – et c’est justement cela qu’elle souhaite transmettre เ travers son livre autobiographique, เ tous ceux et celles qui d้sesp่rent et se r้signent dans le m๊me destin.



Book Detail:

Une vie qui vaut la peine d’๊tre v้cue: T้moignage d’une m่re de deux enfants handicap้s

by Rosy Muller

Publisher: NonBooksPress

ISBN: 1-59457-457-X

Binding: Trade Paper

216 pages

USD 13.99



For galley copies of the work, please feel free to contact us.

California Quake Join Independent Women

California Quake Join Independent Women Football League

By Anonymous

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- The Independent Women's Football League is proud to announce the California Quake have been awarded a team license and will join the league's growing roster of teams for the 2003 season.



The California Quake is known for top-notch football, having won the Women’s World Bowl in 2002. The Quake will join the Pacific Southwest Division of the IWFL’s Western conference. Other IWFL teams in the Pacific Southwest Division include the Oakland Banshees, Sacramento Sirens, and the Santa Rosa Scorchers.



New teams undergo extensive background checks and interviews before being admitted to the league. This process ensures the level of play remains high for the fans and enables the IWFL to continue to set the standard as America’s number one women’s football league.



For more information check out www.iwflsports.com or www.californiaquakefootball.com.



To contact the California Quake call the team hotline at (562) 637-2333

Columbus Xtreme begin football play this summer.

Columbus Xtreme begin football play this summer.

By Anonymous

The Columbus Xtreme proudly announces the arrival of Ohio’s premiere professional minor league football franchise to Columbus. The Xtreme will showcase the best in developing local and regional football talent, preparing for major league professional opportunities with the NFL (National Football League), NFLE (National Football League Europe), AFL (Arena Football League), and CFL (Canadian Football League).



All home games will be played on Saturdays, in Xtreme Stadium at Dublin Scioto High School. Core sponsors, Apparel Pro, May I take your order.com, and Hooters Sports proudly announce the following home game schedule:

June 21st    
   
Apparel-Pro Kickoff Classic at Xtreme Stadium

June 28th   
Hooter’s Sports presents the Louisville Bulls at Columbus Xtreme

July 19th   
   
Freemont Tigers at Columbus Xtreme

August 2nd   
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Inner-City Games Day

Miami Predators at Columbus Xtreme

August 16th    
   
Lansing Lightning at Columbus Xtreme

September 13th    
Toledo Grizzlies at Columbus Xtreme

September 20th   
Thunder at Columbus Xtreme



The Xtreme look forward to building strong community partnership through support of local charitable and fraternal organizations. In addition to presenting professional sports entertainment, the team’s mission is to enhance the opportunities, and sportsmanship of underprivileged local youth athletes. The team is committed to building a winning tradition while establishing a reputation of integrity and professionalism.



For further team information, or to purchase tickets, please visit www.columbusxtreme.com

Bettinghouses.com

Bettinghouses.com brings the first ever REAL TIME ODDS viewing to the online bookmaking industry.

By Anonymous

Bangkok, Thailand, 23rd July — Bettinghouses.com is proud to present the first ever real time odds viewing system!



Bettinghouses.com is revolutionary in that it utilizes Microsoft.NET technology in providing the real time odds viewing feature. Now, punters can view the latest odds change on the web site without physically refreshing the browser. No more disputes on the odds view complain! Due to reasons such as line bandwidth, browser version or PC specification, this has created much dissatisfaction among punters.



In order to enable their clients to be fully prepared for the up coming seasons and Euro2004, they have strived daily in order to build a reliable and scalable system. Through rigorous testing, Bettinghouses.com betting platform has proven to be able to support 20,000 concurrent users in 1 macro second. And with their mirror technology for back up, it ensures their clients’ web sites are 99.99% access available.



Also, for the first time in the gaming industry, a software development house is not charging on royalty fee – Too many software companies are imposing high setup fee and high percentage on loyalty fee based on turnover. “We want to provide a reasonable and advance betting platform, many out there are so highly priced, hence this has not only NOT helping the bookmakers, but also adding extra burden for them”, commented Managing Director, Ray Lim. Software renting service is also available for those who do not wish to purchase the entire package.



Bettinghouses.com license its sportsbetting platform to clients to run on their own servers in their own jurisdiction. Bettinghouses does not own or operate any gaming sites.



Find out more about www.bettinghouses.com by visiting them online, or email them at info@bettinghouses.com

Jackpots.com.sg launches Football Prediction League

By Anonymous

Jackpots.com.sg is glad to the launch of it's long awaited Football Prediction League. This prediction league is available free of charge to all players to predict the results of football matches played in the English Premiership League 2002/2003, Euro 2004 competition , UEFA Champions League 2002/2003 , the Asian Tiger Cup Competition and many other leagues. Players can access the games at : http://www.jackpots.com.sg/football



To be able to participate in the Prediction League players need to create a user profile. Select a User ID to identify yourself in the prediction league. This can be anything you like as long as it is not already taken by another user. Players must enter a valid email address to join the prediction league. This is used to have your password mailed to should you forget it. Jackpots.com.sg have in place strict privacy policy and our management do not sell or send any unsolicited email or newsletter to our players.



"At this present moment we are looking for sponsors for prizes and our intention is to award top winners weekly, players who have score the highest number of points in a week." said Mr. Timothy Chan , Founder of Jackpots.com.sg "Points can be awarded for correct prediction of match winners, goals scored, and correct score etc. So the more matches a player predict the higher the chances he will win. The best part of this Prediction League is that players get to play and win prizes without loosing any thing. It's completely free and it provides pure fun without having to lose a single cent."



The rules of the Prediction League is pretty simple.

Points are awarded as follows:

- 3 Points for a correct score. i.e. you predict 3-1 and the result is 3-1.

- 1 Point for a correct result. You predict 1-1, the score is 2-2.



Goal Difference :

- For each correct teams number of goals you score, you receive that number of +goals. e.g. you predict 2 and the team scores 2, you get +2 goals.



- For each incorrect number of goals you predict per team, you lose the difference in goals. e.g. you predict 3 and the team scores 2, you get -1 goals.



Log-on to the Football Prediction League Now:

http://www.jackpots.com.sg/football





About Us:

Jackpots.com.sg is part of the ShowHand network of e-zines focusing on the online gambling industry in the Asia Pacific region since 1998.



Jackpots.com.sg is recognized as Asia First Gambling Portal. Jackpots.com.sg provides information on news, articles an issues relating to the online gambling industry, including gambling laws, licensing issues, safe casinos gambling an sports betting .





For more information :

Visit www.JACKPOTS.com.sg

Timothy Chan

Founder

webmaster@jackpots.com.sg

BRITISH PREMIER SOCCER

BRITISH PREMIER SOCCER

By Anonymous

A new look to the original site that provided the soccer fan an end to frustrating link culling on the vast World Wide Web for their favourite English and Scottish football team.



As always, content and convenience are the driving forces behind the website, focused on nothing more and nothing less than facilitating news access by providing an individually tailored, one-stop medium to all the top soccer related sites for each and every FA Barclaycard Premiership, Nationwide First Division and Scottish Premier League football club.



The monthly exponential growth in both unique users and page views is proof positive that simple, easy to navigate, advertisement free sites still fill a very popular niche in this world of the annoying pop-up/pop-under.



British Premier Soccer - ALL the news, ALL the time!!



http://www.britishpremiersoccer.com



Please send any comments or information requests to:



Email: info@britishpremiersoccer.com

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

CLONAID ANNOUNCEMENT SPURS ONLINE BETTING

CLONAID ANNOUNCEMENT SPURS ONLINE BETTING

By Anonymous

San Jose, Costa Rica, December 28, 2002—The riveting announcement yesterday made at a televised press conference that Clonaid has successfully cloned a human being has prompted Internet bookmaker betmaker.com to offer odds on whether or not the announcement will be deemed a hoax.



At betmaker.com’s Web site (http://www.betmaker.com), interested bettors can bet on whether or not “an independent scientist will confirm that Clonaid has successfully cloned a baby before January 8, 2003.”



The “No” is currently the favorite and is priced at -160 (a $16 bet would return $10 in winnings). The “Yes” is the underdog and is priced at +130 (a $10 bet would return $13 in winnings).



According to betmaker.com spokesperson, Mike Foreman, there have been very few bets on the “yes”, but many have been made on the “no”.



“It seems like no one seems to believe the announcement made by Clonaid,” he said. “The media coverage has seemed to be heavily leaning towards some sort of publicity stunt. Our customers are definitely showing us that they agree with the media.”



He continued, “This is one of our busiest periods of the year with all of the College Bowl games taking place and the NFL Playoffs just about to start. It’s amazing though… it seems like we’re getting more calls about the cloning than about the bowl games.”



According to Foreman, betmaker offers specialty bets on current events, entertainment and politics regularly. “It’s part of our product… we are in business to give customers a safe and secure place to bet recreationally. This just makes it more fun for them… and us,” he added.



About betmaker.com

betmaker.com is an Internet sportsbook and casino based in San Jose, Costa Rica and has been in operation since 1996. betmaker.com offers bets on all major U.S. and European sporting events, more than 40 racetracks and a wide variety of Vegas-style casino games.

Announcing a new handicap

Announcing a new handicap scooter design that will revolutionize the present handicap scooter industry.

By Anonymous

March 13, 2004--This new scooter was designed by Walter Elfelt, a survivor of 2 hemorragic strokes, leaving him paralyzed on the right side with loss of speech. With no insurance at the time he had no way of being mobile, so he designed and made one for himself,working with only his left arm and the help of his friend Ed Samuels.



Many people are in the same circumstance.



Mr. Elfelts' goal is to enable people to lead a more productive life. Another goal is to be able to eventually produce when monies are procured to sell these scooters and to donate them to people who still cannot afford them. No one can imagine how it feels to be immobile permanently.



Further information can be obtained by mail to, 101 Pimlico St. Suite 14, Long Beach,MS 39560