fyi, This blog will no longer be in use.
We have made the full transition to the new software so to keep up with the latest breaking news about the Barnstormers and AF1, you just have to type StormerNation.com into your search bar and BAM!
Oh yea, you guys should probably set ‘Stormer Nation as your home page as well. 
As most of you may know, ‘Stormer Nation will be getting an overhaul to represent the team during it’s time in Arena Football 1 much better.
The new site will be a website, blog, chat room, and forums all put together in one place so the website is the complete same no matter which feature you may be using.
Some features of the new site:
- Once registered, you can use your account for everything on the site (Examples: forums, chat room)
- Registered users can submit their own articles and links to be posted on StormerNation.com!
- The forums allow you to have an avatar, signature, etc. Pretty much everything you could ask for in a forum. The forum software that we’re going to use resembles forums along the likes of phpBB and InvisionFree.
Courtesy of GreenBayPressGazette.com:
The Green Bay Blizzard indoor football team has until Oct. 10 to find new investors or the 6-year-old franchise likely will fold, according to Blizzard head coach and part owner Bob Landsee, who made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday at the Resch Center.
Questions began to surround the team after Green Bay was not named as part of the new Arena Football 1 league, which was unveiled on Monday and contains a number of teams from the Blizzard’s former league, arenafootball2.
The Blizzard hasn’t submitted an application for inclusion into the AF1 because of questions surrounding the team’s investors.
“The fact of the matter is, Green Bay, we’re in search of investors right now,” Landsee said. “Financially, this company has struggled. From when we bought this team to where it is now, we’re in a much better situation, but the partnerships that own this team have decided they no longer want to put money into it in the sense of risking any more capital.”
Landsee wouldn’t go into specifics about which investors want to pull out, but said he is in talks with two new potential investors.
The ownership of the Blizzard currently is spread across three parties with an investment group from Wausau, a group from Green Bay (including former Green Bay Packers player and Blizzard coach Brian Noble and Landsee), and also former NFL quarterback Dave Krieg. Landsee said the groups from Wausau and Green Bay each own 45 percent of the franchise, while Krieg owns the last 10 percent.
If the team finds financial backing, Landsee said the Blizzard would become members of the new Arena Football 1 next season. The new league will be divided into large market and small market teams.
The deadline to join the new league is Oct. 9, but Landsee said if financial progress is made that date is flexible. If a resolution is not reached, the Blizzard will not join any other indoor football leagues, such as the Indoor Football League or the Continental Indoor Football League.
If things work out and the Blizzard joins Arena Football 1, Landsee said the team would be a member of the second, smaller tier and would serve as a development team to one of the top tier teams, possibly Chicago or Milwaukee.
Regardless of Green Bay’s future, Landsee expressed interest in coaching at the top-tier level of AF1.
The Blizzard has played in the af2 since the team’s inception in 2003 and has been among the league’s top teams in attendance since 2006, averaging around 6,000 fans per game.
Since Landsee took over the team in 2005, Green Bay has made five straight playoff appearances, including a runner-up finish in the ArenaCup championship game in 2006.
Team officials said if the team folds, money has been set aside to refund individuals who have purchased season tickets for next year.
The majority of the teams joining the AF1 are already in existence. This is what I have gathered from numerous sources at what the exact team names are going to be:
Arizona Rattlers
Arkansas Twisters
Bossier City Battlewings
Central Valley Coyotes
Chicago
Iowa Barnstormers
Jacksonville
Kentucky Horsemen
Milwaukee Iron
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz
Orlando Predators
Spokane Shock
Tennessee Valley Vipers
Tri-Cities FeVer
Tulsa Talons
Utah Valley Thunder
Remember, up to 24 more teams have applied and the final teams will be announced on or about October 9.
Arizona
Arkansas
Bossier-Shreveoirt
Central Valley
Chicago
Iowa
Jacksonville
Kentucky
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Orlando
Spokane
Tennessee Valley/Hunstville
Tri-Cities
Tulsa
UtahSalt Lake City
Additional teams to be announced before October 9. Once all teams are committed, they will split the teams into tiers.
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Well guys, I know that the official statement comes Monday with the teams and what not of the new league but let’s just speculate a bit.
I’ve heard that the new league is going to have anywhere from 10 to 14 teams. This is what I think is going to go down.
The new league will have two tiers (as most of us know). Tier 1 will have two divisions with six teams per division. The divisions will look something like:
East:
- New York Dragons
- Tampa Bay Storm
- Iowa Barnstormers
- Milwaukee Iron
- Orlando Predators
- Grand Rapids Rampage
West:
- Tulsa Talons
- Spokane Shock
- Arizona Rattlers
- Los Angeles Avengers (folded before the AFL did but there is solid evidence that they WILL be coming back for the new league)
- San Jose SaberCats
- Boise Burn
For Tier 2, I think there will be a couple more teams but still two divisions with some sort of feeder/affiliate system worked out. I think it’ll end up like this.
East:
- Tennessee Valley Vipers
- Green Bay Blizzard
- Kentucky Horsemen
- Toledo Bullfrogs
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers (if they have found another owner, if not, they will not be in the new league)
- Canton Legends
- Omaha Beef
West:
- Tri-Cities Fever
- Central Valley Coyotes
- Amarillo/Dallas Dusters
- Stockton Lightning
- Bossier-Shreveport Battlewings
- Arkansas Twisters
- Corpus Christi Sharks
As for Corpus Christi, I’ve heard some rumors about the organization moving to Macon to bring back the Macon Knights who folded before the 2007 season.
If some sort of affiliate system were to exist, we’d most likely be placed with the Omaha Beef or Sioux City Bandits if they were to join the arenafootball1 Second Tier.
Just a brief list of some coaching changes:
- Spokane fires coach Adam Shackleford; Hires coach Rob Keefe to lead the team for the 2010
- Milwaukee does not renew Gary Compton’s contract for next season
- Kentucky hires former Louisville Coach Tommy Johnson to lead the Horsemen during the 2010 season
Please allow this memo to serve as an official notice of a scheduled press conference on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 3:30 pm CST; below, please find the specifics.
We ask that you distribute this memo to all of your local media outlets so they may participate in the press conference either by sending a representative or via the dial-in conference call information.
Commissioner Jerry Kurz will lead the press conference and will formerly unveil a newly formed league of Arena Football Teams as well as the League Office’s location of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Representatives from the League’s Board of Directors, Executives from the city of Tulsa and the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce will also make remarks.
Press Conference Info:
Monday, September 28, 2009
Tulsa South Room (2nd Floor / Main Lobby Level)
Crowne Plaza Tulsa
100 East Second Street
Tulsa, OK 74103
Courtesy of BenJamesBen from af2fanzone.com:
Seems the USPTO (US trademark site) had some possible spoilers registered.
It looks as if “Arena Football One” may be the new league name. Obviously, take it for what its worth, cause multiple trademarks could have been registered.
Trademark registered on Sept. 16, 2009; owner: ARENA FOOTBALL ONE, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LOUISIANA
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4006:49bojg.2.4
and possible logo.
We’ll all see what comes from the Press Conference next week.
Image of a logo can be found at arenafan.com
http://www.arenafan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=256800#256800
Well, nothing has really happened in the past couple of weeks besides the fact that you there is no longer an af2.
I heard from a reliable source that one of tiers is going to have 10 teams while the other will have 13.
Some other things:
- Iowa will be in the top tier
- We may have to change our name being the af2 has some rights to our name and league
More info to come…
