Continental Indoor Football League
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The Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) was an indoor football league based along the Midwestern United States region that played nine seasons from 2006 to 2014. It began play in April 2006 as the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL). It was formed by Jeff Spitaleri, his brother Eric, and a third member, Cory Trapp, all from the Canton, Ohio, area.
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La Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) è stata una lega nordamericana di indoor football con sede negli USA nordorientali. La sua attività è iniziata nell'aprile 2006 come Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL). Fu creata da , suo fratello Eric e Cory Trapp, tutti di Canton, Ohio. La lega ha sospeso le attività al termine della stagione 2014.
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The Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) was an indoor football league based along the Midwestern United States region that played nine seasons from 2006 to 2014. It began play in April 2006 as the Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL). It was formed by Jeff Spitaleri, his brother Eric, and a third member, Cory Trapp, all from the Canton, Ohio, area. The league was originally called the Ohio-Penn Indoor Football League, but then executives decided to increase the league's appeal to the entire Great Lakes region. Initially, the league was relatively successful, having a cumulative attendance over 75,000 in the inaugural regular season. However, the league, like other indoor football associations, was plagued by folding franchises and unenforceable policies throughout its existence. For example, the 2006 champion Port Huron Pirates were found to have been paying some of their players over the league salary cap. In 2007, several teams folded during the season, and during the 2008 season, the league's most successful team, the Rochester Raiders, moved to another league due to frustration over the failure of the league to provide notice of an opponent's forfeiture, resulting in lost ticket and advertising revenue. The league also failed to return the Raiders' owners' emergency fund deposit, which was collected specifically to protect against such occurrences. The CIFL is among several indoor football leagues that maintained a mostly regional operation, with most of its teams clustered in the Midwestern United States. Teams went back and forth between the CIFL and the other regional leagues, as well as the Indoor Football League (a national league of similar caliber), over the course of the league's history. Prior to its disbanding, the CIFL claimed itself to be the longest continually operating current indoor football league in the United States, noting that older leagues such as the Arena Football League and American Indoor Football had suspended operations at least once since the CIFL's founding. In July 2012, the CIFL changed ownership for the first time in its history, when Jeff Spitaleri sold the CIFL to Indoor Football Incorporated, which included Rob Licht, Jim O'Brien, and Stuart Schweigert. The group also owned the Saginaw Sting. The new ownership of the league sought to help current teams brand their product better, as well as look to expand the league, but its primary goal was to have competitive franchises.
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La Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) è stata una lega nordamericana di indoor football con sede negli USA nordorientali. La sua attività è iniziata nell'aprile 2006 come Great Lakes Indoor Football League (GLIFL). Fu creata da , suo fratello Eric e Cory Trapp, tutti di Canton, Ohio. La lega inizialmente era nota con il nome di OPIFL (Ohio-Penn Indoor Football League), ma poi i proprietari cercarono di aumentarne l'appeal espandendone l'attività a tutta la regione dei Grandi Laghi. Nel 2007 la lega si espanse, salendo a 14 squadre, e cambiando nome in Continental Indoor Football League. Nella stagione successiva il numero di squadre crebbe a 15, ma dal 2009 il numero cominciò a calare. La lega ha sospeso le attività al termine della stagione 2014.
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