News: Indoor Professional League ( IPL )

I heard if they can get the New York Knicks to join, the LA Lakers and Denver Broncos will want to join, too.

 

That will only happen if the Manchester United joins.

 

Any further word on teams or upcoming announcements? We are quickly approaching July, which seemed to be people's unofficial "time to get worried" deadline from earlier in the thread.

If they really did have people try and form teams in late July/August do you think they'd adjust the schedule to maybe Jan-May? Or does that start conflicting with some arena dates I'm not thinking of?

 

Here's the latest from the IPL. {chirp-chirp...............chirp-chirp.............chirp-chirp}

Seriously, I really didn't care if Hale wanted to start his own league. If it became the standard-bearer for all other leagues, the owners make money and the fans are happy, great, more power to him. Unfortunately, it appears to be the same old, same old with Ed promising more than he can produce.

If the Blast end up in a 4-6 team league, I'll be watching most of my matches via the Tacoma Stars.

 

Protip: Any time there is, someone posts it here.

No one waits for someone to ask before they do.

 

Be very careful before making these kinds of dismissive comments. For all we know, the IPL could announce the names of the other member clubs soon. Buffalo, Atlanta, Syracuse, Jacksonville etc. NOT saying that the mentioned cities are in, just that it could happen. Trust me, this WILL NOT be a 4 to 6 team league. You never know if TV is part of what's going on behind the scenes. I don't know, CBSSN, NBCSN, FS1, or FS2 may come calling. I said the above to say this, no one but Mr. Hale and those putting this dream league together knows for sure what's going on. But I will say, if I was a betting man, I would put my money on Ed Hale. Just a hunch.

 

Wow, even SoccerMan, the king of delusional hyperbole, is hedging his bets now.

 

I can make any dismissive comments I want. If the IPL announces expansion teams with only four months until the start of the season, they are in worse shape than I had originally believed.

 

Most likely to say, "Please stop calling us."

 

Or, your rink dink league is going to need to cut us a much bigger check to get ahead of the Arena Football League.

 

At this point, there are more questions about the IPL than answers. Of course, there might be clubs joining from every corner of the country, and many TV contracts to back up the sport, but as of now there is none of that. We just have four clubs owned by 2/3 people. The IPL is nothing more than a website and alot of promises.

My question is what will happen to the IPL clubs if they don't launch in November? Because if the IPL doesn't start moving forward and filling in the blanks soon then this will be a "dream league" of Mr Hale.

 

Facebook page there are posters claiming that at least 4 more are guaranteed to join and announcements are coming soon.

 

"I believe, I believe, its silly but I believe"
(Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street)

 

Never in a million years would I trust you.

Your track record sucks, quite frankly.

Hale's going to need more teams, so it's very likely there will be more coming on board, but:

( a ) Today is June 29. The end of September, when a schedule is supposed to be announced, is just over 90 days away.
( b ) Any team starting today that isn't poached from the MASL is going to be way behind the eight ball.

Also, here is a lovely little story from the Lakeland paper about one of the two or three or four league owners:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20160624/NEWS/160629685/0/search

 

Nothing is guaranteed. The commissioner himself only said they are TALKING to 2-4 more teams.

 

[cough] Pennsylvania [cough, choke, cough] Roar.

 

Flying in the face of 38 years of indoor soccer history.

The thing is, there has been, especially in recent years, this tension between proper vetting and needing to have a minimum number of teams. The IPL is up against it, time-wise, regardless of their intentions.

But I would feel very confident in saying that at least one of the teams either currently in existence or soon to be announced will not exist 16 months from now. Because of that tension and history.

I do not believe for a second that they will only give franchises to sustainable owners.

 

To be fair, the commissioner IS batshit crazy.

 

What about hiring refs? Does anyone know if the IPL has poached any MASL refs?

And on the MASL league meetings, who is going to be the president (don't say Trump or Clinton) and will this be the same as comissioner?

 

Which is why the guy claiming to be involved with 30+ teams in the last 15 years is a founding member! Of course! He has that stable track record they've been looking for.

 

Refs are independent contractors and free to work for any league that will hire them. The current plan is for Ryan Cigich to be director of officials for both leagues, and refs will be allowed to work in both

 

Thing is you don't need teams that can last 2 years. You need teams that you can count on to be there for 5 years, 10 years, or more. and of all the indoor teams currently in existence, there are precisely TWO that were around in 2006 that are still around today- the Blast and the Wave. Thats it. right now, the IPL is Baltimore and the 3 Dwarves, in order for the league not to be another short lived league like the XSL, we need announcement of several other teams, and NOW, not at the last minute (see several Chicago teams, PA Roar , etc). If the league starts with only 4 I doubt the league will even have playoffs, as there would be no point. I'm very pessimistic of the IPL and its future , we've had several indoor leagues operating at the same time before, and that didnt benefit anybody who is a fan of indoor soccer and wants to see it be stable.