NGL - Posponed. Will it fail like all the others?

This is the first season of the break away competition and has many players from USA universities and the opening double header is at Suncorp stadium in Brisbane.

Suncorp is a perfect stadium for Gridiron and am looking forward to this event.

https://aussiefaithful.com/national-gridiron-league-season-1-of-the-ngl/

KINGS SIGN JAPANESE WR TAKASHI KURIHARA
Written by Jarrod Partridge Published in Headlines, Player News

Gold Coast Kings have confirmed the signing of Japanese wide receiver Takashi Kurihara.

Most recently the wide receiver led Japanese team IBM BigBlue to the 2015 Japanese X Bowl with 614 yards and six touchdowns in eight games throughout the season, also making All XLeague first team selection as both a wide receiver and kick returner.

At college level, Kurihara represented the Hosei University Tomahawks, where he played 52 games over four years, winning a national championship in 2006. Kurihara was named MVP of the Kanto collegiate league in 2009, and also picked up the best wide receiver award in 2007 and 2008.

Kurihara, who attended the NFL Veteran Combine in 2015, is an explosive athlete who sports a 4.48 second 40-yard dash and 35 inch vertical leap, and has previously been invited to the Baltimore Ravens camps in 2013 and 2014.

According to the Japan Times, Kurihara is the closest any Japanese player has come to making an NFL roster.

League goals

The aim of the NGL is simple. To be the best football outside of North America. Currently, after the NFL, the CFL is considered the best quality league. From there players are spread through various Arena leagues, such as the Indoor Football League and Arena league and other smaller leagues.

These leagues tend to be volatile in player salaries and team sustainability, and with games in Arena leagues being played on half sized fields with differing rules, the NGL aims to bring a quality and a salary comparable to the CFL with only minor variations from NFL rules.

Longer term, the NGL is aiming to be a true second tier to the NFL, surpassing the CFL in player quality, and providing a pathway back to NFL camps.

Cool stuff
In time it could become a kind of nursery for the big time NFL perhaps
May provide a pathway
for Aussies and other nationalitys and even young players from different codes to get a start

Originally posted by JoNeo:
Cool stuff
In time it could become a kind of nursery for the big time NFL perhaps
May provide a pathway
for Aussies and other nationalitys and even young players from different codes to get a start

Yep. Fo sure and it's already happening.

https://aussiefaithful.com/national-gridiron-league-start-signing-local-players/

Just been talking to an old friend who had a young work colleague who was playing Grid Iron on the Sunny Coast
This guy may be in the new comp
Will keep you posted as news comes in

Ok
This guy is training with the Sunshine Coast Spartans
Are they one of the four in QLD?

Originally posted by JoNeo:

Ok
This guy is training with the Sunshine Coast Spartans
Are they one of the four in QLD?

https://aussiefaithful.com/north-coast-heat-sign-mitch-pleysier/

This guy was from Sunshine Coast Spartan. Spartans are part of the amateur league.

North Coast Heat takes in that area. Sunshine Coast based.

This article is good for a laugh.

http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/north-coast-heat-latest-national-gridiron-league-t/2782951/

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Originally posted by JoNeo:
Ok
This guy is training with the Sunshine Coast Spartans
Are they one of the four in QLD?

Good
His name is Ollie, lets see how he goes

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
https://aussiefaithful.com/north-coast-heat-sign-mitch-pleysier/

This guy was from Sunshine Coast Spartan. Spartans are part of the amateur league.

North Coast Heat takes in that area. Sunshine Coast based.

This article is good for a laugh.

http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/north-coast-heat-latest-national-gridiron-league-t/2782951/

Gotcha mate
Spartans amateur club which can feed into Heat which is the mainstream

Originally posted by JoNeo:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

https://aussiefaithful.com/north-coast-heat-sign-mitch-pleysier/

This guy was from Sunshine Coast Spartan. Spartans are part of the amateur league.

North Coast Heat takes in that area. Sunshine Coast based.

This article is good for a laugh.

http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/north-coast-heat-latest-national-gridiron-league-t/2782951/

Gotcha mate
Spartans amateur club which can feed into Heat which is the mainstream

Yeah the NGL is a pro league where 60% are from the US college system or CFL or NFL free agents.

It will be good for the Aussies that get in to learn from guys that have been born with a helmet and pads on.

Some more experienced but non-starters in the NFL have made the NGL their new home.

Once the word gets out that this league is any good, more will come.

https://aussiefaithful.com/gold-coast-kings-pick-former-49ers-tight-end-joe-sawyer/?utm_content=buffera2977&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
Some more experienced but non-starters in the NFL have made the NGL their new home.

Once the word gets out that this league is any good, more will come.

https://aussiefaithful.com/gold-coast-kings-pick-former-49ers-tight-end-joe-sawyer/?utm_content=buffera2977&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Guy looks like a football machine