The final game of the FXFL season will not take place this Wednesday as scheduled. Instead the game scheduled to pit the two best teams in the inaugural FXFL season, the Omaha Mammoths and the Brooklyn Bolts, will be rescheduled as the FXFL Championship game at a later date.
While the cancelling, or rescheduling of a game does not appear to be good news for the league, the league is claiming that the move is positive and not negative, as they simply want to attract a bigger audience for it’s inaugural championship game.
FXFL Commissioner Brian Woods told the Omaha World-Herald, that the league was looking at a couple different options for a new date for the game, including the week of Thanksgiving, and that the game would likely be played in the New York market.
“We’re talking to television partners and commercial partners, and looking to really put an exclamation point on this first season,” Woods told The Omaha World-Herald.
This Wednesday was to be the final game of the FXFL regular season, and would have seen the 4-0 Brooklyn Bolts, take on the 3-1 Omaha Mammoths, at TD Ameritrade Park, in Omaha.
With the “post-season” likely to be a one game championship between Brooklyn and Omaha anyhow, the league has decided instead of having the same game two weeks in a row, to have one final championship game.
“We put some thought into it the last few weeks and it just made sense,” Woods told the Omaha World-Herald.
The game could be faced with potential personnel issues however, with such a break occurring between games. With Mammoths players leaving Omaha on Thursday and Friday, Mammoths head coach Sandy Buda said that when a date is set for the game, the team will get back together in whatever city the game takes place to resume practices.
“We do realize there could be some natural attrition, just through the NFL process and some electing not to come back for a last game,” Woods told the Omaha World-Herald. “So we’ll try to make it worth their while, potentially pay them more to play this game.”
The commissioner seemed optimistic about the future of the FXFL and stated that he is “already putting things in place for next year.” Woods said that the league has proved that it’s model works. Brooklyn Bolts head coach John Bock, also seemed optimistic for the future of the league, mentioning in his post game press conference that he has spoken with Commissioner Woods about the possibility of buying a franchise.
The FXFL Championship game, if played, will see the undefeated Brooklyn Bolts, at 4-0 on the season, taking on the 3-1 Omaha Mammoths. The Mammoths single loss, was to the Brooklyn Bolts, in Brooklyn, which was the Mammoths only road game. If the league can hold the teams together while they decide when the game will be, the game should be an exciting one.
“We put some thought into it the last few weeks and it just made sense,” Woods told the Omaha World-Herald.
The game could be faced with potential personnel issues however, with such a break occurring between games. With Mammoths players leaving Omaha on Thursday and Friday, Mammoths head coach Sandy Buda said that when a date is set for the game, the team will get back together in whatever city the game takes place to resume practices.
“We do realize there could be some natural attrition, just through the NFL process and some electing not to come back for a last game,” Woods told the Omaha World-Herald. “So we’ll try to make it worth their while, potentially pay them more to play this game.”
The commissioner seemed optimistic about the future of the FXFL and stated that he is “already putting things in place for next year.” Woods said that the league has proved that it’s model works. Brooklyn Bolts head coach John Bock, also seemed optimistic for the future of the league, mentioning in his post game press conference that he has spoken with Commissioner Woods about the possibility of buying a franchise.
The FXFL Championship game, if played, will see the undefeated Brooklyn Bolts, at 4-0 on the season, taking on the 3-1 Omaha Mammoths. The Mammoths single loss, was to the Brooklyn Bolts, in Brooklyn, which was the Mammoths only road game. If the league can hold the teams together while they decide when the game will be, the game should be an exciting one.
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