Now that we are less than two months away from the big tournament in Denver this year, our member cities’ thoughts have turned to practice and getting prepared for the 2012 Gay Bowl.
The NGFFL member cities adopted a host of rule changes that become effective with this tournament. I’m going to attempt to hit the highlights:
For those interested, here is the draft agenda for the September 2011 regular monthly meeting of the NGFFL board.
Below is the text of an email that recently went from Gay Bowl Liaison Thurman Williams (Atlanta) to city leaders on the always-interesting topic of second-team selection for Gay Bowl XI, which will be in Houston on October 7-9. We’re sharing it here to help everyone fully understand how the process works. Enjoy.
by Jim Buzinski (Los Angeles), NGFFL cofounder and former commissioner
Over the past 10 Gay Bowls there have been controversies over players, over rules, over the schedule, over the seeding, over membership, over fields and just about any issue dealing with the event. But there has never been a clock controversy, and that is thanks to the untimed plays at the end of each half. That’s why I think the proposed rule change to get rid of untimed plays at the end of halves is unnecessary and potentially dangerous to the integrity of a game.
by Lance Burage (Atlanta), Gay Bowl Head Refereee
This year, there are quite a few rule change proposals that were submitted by board members and member cities! As the NGFFL board prepares to open up voting, I want to preview a few that would have the most impact on the game.
