Youth Football League of Tennessee A new, exciting league being formed with all member communities affiliated with USA Football. WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN? ˍ
Other Leagues are Full of Fees TYFA $40.00 per Football Player $10.00 per Cheerleader $50.00 Protest Fee Gate Collection Estimated And Paid To League In Advance, Even if Lower Amount Collected $100 Fine For Late Score Reporting FINES ʸ MID-STATE $300.00 Per Team $300.00 Organizational Fee Due In April $6.00 Per Player PLUS Insurance Cost Interest On Late Payments Gate Collection Surrendered to League FINES YFL has NO FEES 3
YOU CONTROL YOUR MONEY! ˍ ㅆ YFL of TN Fee Structure $0 (No cost or fees paid to YFL EVER) $5 per Player and Coach to USA Football Refs Paid On Game Day By Hosting Community Keep Your Gate Collections at Regular Season and Playoffs home Games Save By Buying Your Own Insurance. Special Rates for USA football affiliates.
Rule Book issued and maintained by USA football, so no need to discuss and vote playing rule changes at league meetings, only administrative procedures and rules. Quarterly In Person Meetings ʸ 㑆 No rules being added to assist / favor controlling communities. Every Community has an EQUAL Voice and Vote. Discussion of agenda items via technology, so votes are ready to be cast once in person meetings are called to order. No lengthy discussions during in person meetings, while allowing every community to voice their concern and ask questions. 5
Lower Your Registration Fees Attract More Players with Lower Up Front Cost Keep Your Money in Your Community. Pay Officials at home games, instead of giving your money to the league up front before games are played. NO fee will ever be paid by any community to YFL of TN Buy and control your own insurance at a reduced rate than charged by the leagues. No mark-up or so called administrative fees. ˍ 㵆 Increase your Revenue Collect and Keep YOUR gate collections at every home game. 6
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION USA Football Rule Book USA Football Governing Body USA Football Coaches Age Based Development and Certification USA Football Back Ground ʸ 䁆 Checks USA Football Safety Program Development TONS OF FREE STUFF! WWW.USAFOOTBALL.COM 7
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION Be part of the national network of youth football Provide Standardized education, resources, online tools for a better and safer game Save money! Affiliation provides loads of cost saving ꀀ features, background checks and insurance Partner with NFL and its 32 teams. Take politics out of football and bring back Saturday Football. Let's create a better game together by ensuring a positive experience for all youth football participants!
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION ʸ 但 Certification and Insurance for as low as $5.00 per year. Practice and Drill Help - Free Coaches Clinics 9
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION ˍ 商 FREE Captain Packs 4 "C" Captain Patches for player's uniform like the pros wear. 160 USA Football Stickers to award when a player exhibits a "Captain's Character 160 All-Fundamentals Team Stickers to award when a player uses sound fundamentals 10
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION Film Room Free ʸ 孆 Practice Planner 11
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION Interactive Playbooks on the USA Football website ˍ 慆 12
BENEFITS OF USA FOOTBALL AFFILIATION Game Day Print Center QB Wristbands Rosters ʸ 杆 Depth Charts 13
YFL Digital ID Program Each player will have their photo taken and posted by team on a league site giving community administrators the ability to print. Before your next game, you can print your opponents photos for weigh-in. ˍ 浆 With Rosters and ID available directly from the league there is no worry of document tampering. 14
Age Brackets & Skill Player Weight Limits Unlimited Weights In All Divisions For Lineman Age 14 & Under 12 & Under 10 & Under 8 & Under 6 & Under ʸ 獆 Competitive Levels Varsity Unlimited AAA 140 BBB 115 CCC 90 Pee Wee 65 Developmental Levels N/A AA, A 15 125 BB, B 105 CC, C 80 Jr Pee Wee 60
Q&A 1Q. What other leagues are joining? 1A. We are honoring a non-disclosure agreement with many of the committed programs. Because of fear of retaliation from TYFA and MSYFL, most programs have asked to remain silent about their intent. We have numerous programs interested and others who have already committed. Our deadline for communities to file a letter of intent is March 30, 2012 to be considered a charter member. After this deadline these charter communities will be listed on the YFL website. Communities that show interest, but fail to join will remain anonymous. ˍ 祆 3Q. What is your league name and website? 3A. Our league is called Youth Football League of Tennesse. Our website is in the construction process at www.yfltn.com and our governing body of USA Football is located at usafootball.com. 16
Q&A 4Q. Who is in charge of your scheduling and official scheduling? 4A. Annually community presidents will review bids by referee providers, and vote to select the leagues provider for the season. Included in this bid will be the scheduling services to cover our schedule. 5Q. What makes your league better than TYFA/MSYFL? 5A. Wow there is simply too many great changes that ʸ 罆 give you the power and control, to make Saturday Football fun again. Give me 30 minutes to show you all the benefits of USA football and YFL of Tennessee. Simply put if this isn't the best league in Tennessee we will refund your league fees to us. LOL 6Q. Will there be a Varisty Program? 6A. Our rules and structure allow Varsity play, however there will need to be enough interest each year to justify a season. 17
Q&A 7Q. Who is policing policies and ethic violations? 7A. Policies violations and ethics problems will be outlined in the bylaws that are determined by charter members, however no fines only suspensions will issued among communities. 8Q. Is there cheerleading? 8A. Yes! Cheerleading is optional however Cheer directors will meet and ratify their rules and competition dates. ˍ 蕆 ධօ 9Q. How do we pay for Officials at the league level 9A. Officials are paid by the home league directly following their scheduled games. The Officials are not picked by the home league or by the scheduler, there will be no "Home Cookin". The Officials are randomly scheduled. The league will ratify what the going rate for Officials will be by yearly bids. No Officials will by paid by the same community more than $600 yearly so no tax forms need to be filled out and filed with your early tax schedule. 18
Q&A 10Q. What certification are the Officials? 10A. TSSAA and USA Football 11Q. Where will we play our championships? 11A. We are working on special locations or a large venue. MTSU? Vanderbilt? TSU? etc... ʸ 豆 A minimum of an active high school field is required. Do you have another question? Email me: YFLOFTN@gmail.com Call me: 615-473-6577 19
INTERESTED? STEP 1 BE A LEADER! WE NEED LEADERS NOT FOLLOWERS! STEP 2 COME TO OUR MEETING! Or invite me to your meeting. آل酆 ˍ STEP 3 SPEAK UP! ASK QUESTIONS-HAVE ANSWERES STEP 4 COMMIT! We need commitment before the end of March! STEP 5 Insurance All new communities will need to purchase your league insurance by May 15 20
Contact info We are setting up our new website, email, facebook and more. Until then email me at YFLOFTN@Gmail.com or call me at 615-473-6577 League office 615-274-9448 www.yfltn.com 21