Excitement makes audiences come to watch sport...good play makes people appreciate the sport and become fans. Fans then equal young players to be created, "I WANT TO PLAY"!
At present, attendance is down, this years German bowl...tickets to high. small venue, terrible marketing no TV! Crap their was a pool tournament on Euro Sport! Thank God for radio!!!!
Bad things
1. NFLE is gone, what do we replace it with? More crap about Olympics, National Team, EuroBowl which cost so much teams hate it!Money can be spent better.
2. Frankfurt ready market for GFL team... fans, sponsor, people who want the sport, what do we get...they must start in lower liga! Why the GFL should be by itself and have its own rules and ability to take market teams at place them in the mix. How many fans go to Marburg and Darmstadt games?You would have 50 X more in Frankfurt!
3. Get rid of GFL 2 and make one new large liga with conferences, yes costs are high, but that is license fee and 10,000 € is what I have heard! What do teams get from License fee? Nothing!If they are in top liga sponsors more willing to pay, so more cash!
4. Expand the game, slowly get rid of Verine system and introduce team ownership, by sponsor, patrons , fans etc... hey Green bay Packers have been built on this system! GFL only, the rest is lower liga... that's fine.
Changes need to be made, very little time left, the talent pool is drying up. Youth system is a shambles, look at GFLJ program in reality not what it once was. 2 out of 10 players that go through youth program are still playing. Talented players are at premium teams . Some GFL 1 teams have 33 players at a game? That shows you what, where are all these new players?
To much Flag for to long, this is hurting the system,,,all these tourneys and national championship...its FLAG!
Getting rid of imports! Why? It takes years to develop talent in skill positions German QBs are not yet there, a few yes but not enough. Receivers are coming along greatly, because they have someone who can get the ball to them! RB´s and O-line too because they have the ability to hone their talents in offenses that work...Defense wise, Corners and Safety's need improvement...please I don´t want to hear this player and that...bullshit, can German Corners that are lock down and play everything, 4.6 speed...you have maybe 6 or 7 that could play in the US. and that's a maybe...time is needed to develop these kind of players. Imports help because they also teach these kids to play. You guys blame imports for everything, except the truth, and that is your youth programs 75% have a shit development system when it come to skill positions. QB´s and CB and FS´s...this is due to bad coaching because they don´t know how its played, not enough time spent at academies and not this License crap...coach academies that teach you hands on, not some west coast offense or that kinda crap but going to High Schools in states during summer sessions to see how they teach and work with kids.(spend the money and send talent to states to qb academies for two weeks, they do wonders)
www.quarterbackacademy.com----www.topgunqbacademy.com 2 of the best...why not take some of the national team money and put it to further talent?
You want football? Then do what is right and cut the BS!
because football will be back to 1976 level in Germany in 3 to 5 years look at Austria for answers forget your pride because its killing the game here.
Make Texican the President of AFVD.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.