superdestro posted:Kanga-Kucha posted:DUDES, I COULD SERIOUSLY KISS YOU ALL RIGHT NOW!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TO GET THE LEAGUES HISTORY!!! now if you guys don't mind, I'll take this info, and make a wikpidia page out of it, if that's ok. Not to worry. Already edited it.
Kanga-Kucha posted:DUDES, I COULD SERIOUSLY KISS YOU ALL RIGHT NOW!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TO GET THE LEAGUES HISTORY!!! now if you guys don't mind, I'll take this info, and make a wikpidia page out of it, if that's ok.
Primetime44 posted:1990's 1990 Percival Truman takes over as commissioner of the League. He steamrolls through a drug policy that includes fines and suspensions for offenders that are caught. Mandatory weekly drug testing for all players is implemented. The Players Association responds by declaring a general strike until the policy is overturned. Truman refuses to budge and the players walk. 1994 The League makes its return to football. Hanson sells his controlling interest in the Scrub League. The new three Division system sparks renewed interest in the strike weary fans. The New York Nightmare wins the League Championship. Surviving family members from the perished NY squad present the Championship rings to the players in a moving ceremony. New England becomes the first Scrub team to move up to Division II. Chicago has the dubious distinction of being the first team bumped down to Division III and promptly fires its coach. 1997 Judd Crenshaw of the Carolina Copperheads emerges as a popular player based on some regrettable incidents in his personal life. Crenshaw T-Shirts and Jerseys become top sellers. Late night talk show hosts have a field day. The League Commissioner acts swiftly and implements a no fraternization policy between players and cheerleaders. 1999 When popular New England Regular QB Damien Bell is left in a vegetative state after a blindside hit, the League acts swiftly and makes helmets mandatory.
Primetime44 posted:2000's 2000 Bruno Bataglia joins the Baltimore Bearcats, and a uniquely talented player finds his team. The longest game in League history is played between the Chicago Marauders and the Arizona Outlaws. With the score tied at 14 at the end of regulation, the two teams batter each other for six more quarters in an astonishing saga. Neither team recovers from the epic battle and they both finish near the bottom of Division III that year. 2004 Superstar Quentin Sands propels the New York Nightmare back into Division I, and they're made favorites for this year for the League championship.
Ron_Reel_Faz posted:Primetime44 posted:1990's 1990 Percival Truman takes over as commissioner of the League. He steamrolls through a drug policy that includes fines and suspensions for offenders that are caught. Mandatory weekly drug testing for all players is implemented. The Players Association responds by declaring a general strike until the policy is overturned. Truman refuses to budge and the players walk. 1994 The League makes its return to football. Hanson sells his controlling interest in the Scrub League. The new three Division system sparks renewed interest in the strike weary fans. The New York Nightmare wins the League Championship. Surviving family members from the perished NY squad present the Championship rings to the players in a moving ceremony. New England becomes the first Scrub team to move up to Division II. Chicago has the dubious distinction of being the first team bumped down to Division III and promptly fires its coach. 1997 Judd Crenshaw of the Carolina Copperheads emerges as a popular player based on some regrettable incidents in his personal life. Crenshaw T-Shirts and Jerseys become top sellers. Late night talk show hosts have a field day. The League Commissioner acts swiftly and implements a no fraternization policy between players and cheerleaders. 1999 When popular New England Regular QB Damien Bell is left in a vegetative state after a blindside hit, the League acts swiftly and makes helmets mandatory. 1990 Percival Truman takes over as commissioner of the League. He steamrolls through a drug policy that includes fines and suspensions for offenders that are caught. Mandatory weekly drug testing for all players is implemented. Team owners, coaches, and players are blindsided by the sudden shift. The first round test results shock even those who were aware of the problem. The proposed list of suspensions and fines is said to be so vast as to be crippling to the majority of franchises. The Players Association responds by declaring a general strike until the policy is overturned. Truman refuses to budge and the players walk. 1994 The League makes its return to football. Hanson sells his controlling interest in the Scrub League and makes a mint. The new three Division system sparks renewed interest in the strike weary fans. The New York Nightmare wins the League Championship. Surviving family members from the perished NY squad present the Championship rings to the players in a moving ceremony. New England becomes the first Scrub team to move up to Division II. Perennial whipping boy Chicago has the dubious distinction of being the first team bumped down to Division III and promptly fires its coach yet again. 1997 Judd "The Stud" Crenshaw of the Carolina Copperheads is hit with a class action paternity suit after genetic testing positively identifies him as the father of children by two Copperhead cheerleaders and an additional three cheerleaders on opposing teams. Crenshaw T-Shirts and Jerseys become top sellers. Late night talk show hosts have a field day. Much to the chagrin of the players, the League Commissioner acts implements a no fraternization policy between players and cheerleaders, forcing such liaisons to become more discrete. 1999 When popular New England Regular QB Damien Bell is left in a vegetative state after a blindside hit, the League at last caves to pressure and makes helmets mandatory. A grandfather clause allows players with more than five years in the league the option to go without helmets, but after Bell's injury, only a few diehards and nut jobs take advantage of the clause. [I love that one!] Not much to add on those, but I'm shocked how much was in the guide. If I'd known, I would have posted this stuff sooner. I just remember I was dissappointed with the rosters in it, but it does give the ability meters of all the starters in the league (except O-line mostly).
Ron_Reel_Faz posted:Primetime44 posted:2000's 2000 Bruno Bataglia joins the Baltimore Bearcats, and a uniquely talented player finds his team. The longest game in League history is played between the Chicago Marauders and the Arizona Outlaws. With the score tied at 14 at the end of regulation, the two teams batter each other for six more quarters in an astonishing saga. Neither team recovers from the epic battle and they both finish near the bottom of Division III that year. 2004 Superstar Quentin Sands propels the New York Nightmare back into Division I, and they're made favorites for this year for the League championship. 2000 The longest game in League history is played between the Chicago Marauders and the Arizona Outlaws. With the score tied at 14 at the end of regulation, the two teams batter each other for six more quarters. By the time the game mercifully ends with a Chicago field goal ten minutes into the 10th quarter, neither team is able to field eight men on offense or defense. Neither team recovers from the epic battle and they both finish near the bottom of Division III that year. 2000 Bruno Bataglia is drafted by the Arizona Outlaws as the #2 pick overall, but fails to show up at the podium to greet his team on the nationally televised draft when his name is called because he passed out at the pre-party the night before. Incensed, the Outlaws rescind he pick, but the Baltimore Bearcats, take a chance on the unstable but uniquely talented player. 2001 Charges are levied against Las Vegas Aces owner Mike Marcioni that he pays his players a bounty for each serious injury they cause on the field, with season ending injuries worth double the normal bounty. The charges are never proven and the League commissioner issues a statement both denying and condemning the practice but rumors persist that bounties are common throughout the League. 2003 Bruno "Brutal" Bataglia, Captain of the Baltimore Bearcats "accidentally" severs the ear of Cincinnati Crusader Tight End Xavier Filmore after knocking his helmet off on a sideline hit and plowing him into a metal bench. Four weeks later when the teams meet for their second game of the season in Cincinnati, Bruno walks out of the tunnel and onto the field wearing a bloody severed ear on a chain around his neck. A near riot breaks out in the stadium and Bruno is escorted away by the police for his own safety. Though the ear later turns out to be fake, death threats start rolling in, earning unapologetic Bruno the title of "Most hated player in football." 2004 Superstar Quentin Sands propels the New York Nightmare back into Division I, leaving a trail of battered and bleeding opponents behind him. Oddsmakers favor the Nightmare to surpass the defending champion Dallas Aztecs and win the League championship in their first season back in Division I.
Kanga-Kucha posted:Other than that, the PS2/Xbox/GC take up the story at 2005, where the merged (I'm guessing some time after 95, maybe in 2003?) Orlando H-Heads and Denver Grillies(sp?) become the create-a-time and pull off the upset of a lifetime, winning every division and the The League championship.
Primetime44 posted:Kanga-Kucha posted:Other than that, the PS2/Xbox/GC take up the story at 2005, where the merged (I'm guessing some time after 95, maybe in 2003?) Orlando H-Heads and Denver Grillies(sp?) become the create-a-time and pull off the upset of a lifetime, winning every division and the The League championship.Is that a theory, or is that an actual storyline? I always thought that those teams were relegated when your teams wins the previous division's championship(which I always thought didn't make sense, because then those teams wouldn't get a chance to play that season).
Kanga-Kucha posted:Got it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitlz:_The_League_Timeline
