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Champions Professional Indoor Football League
US indoor football minor league
US indoor football minor league
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Champions Professional Indoor Football League |
| last_season | 2014 Champions Professional Indoor Football League season |
| logo | ChampionsProfessionalIndoorFootballLeague.jpg |
| pixels | 200px |
| sport | Indoor football |
| founded | 2012 |
| inaugural | 2013 |
| teams | 9 |
| country | |
| champion | Wichita Wild (2nd title) |
| most_champs | Wichita Wild (2 titles) |
| folded | 2014; merged with LSFL to make CIF |
| website | www.cpifl.org |
| Director | Bob Scott, Jerry Ploeger, Ethan Henson, John Blazek |
The Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) was an indoor football minor league based along the Midwestern United States region. The league began play in February 2013. In August 2014, the CPIFL and Lone Star Football League (LSFL) completed a merger to form Champions Indoor Football (CIF) and began play in 2015.
Season structure
During the off-season, teams held open tryouts for free-agent players to earn invites to pre-season camps. Free agent tryouts ranged from October to January depending on the individual team. Pre-season typically ran the duration of February and could involve exhibition games with teams inside the league or outside teams in other indoor football leagues. The regular season schedule was a 12-game format typically starting in mid-March and going until mid-June. Each team played six home games and six road games, typically on Friday and Saturday nights, with some exceptions like occasional Sunday afternoon games. The four teams with the best overall record at the end of the season qualified for post-season play. The teams with the best records hosted the first round of the playoffs, with the first-place team hosting the fourth-place team and the second-place team hosting the third-place team. The league did not have a divisional split. The second round of the playoffs was considered the CPIFL Championship game to crown the league champion each year.
League history
In August 2012, Sioux City Bandits' managing partner, Bob Scott, generated the idea of a league that would be run by team owners, and not by a president. The idea came after the Bandits had spent two years in the American Professional Football League. The focus was to build the highest level of indoor football in the Midwest by adding teams to the league, linking "well-established teams currently coming from Iowa, Missouri and Kansas." The CPIFL brought together the top indoor football teams in the Midwest from existing leagues such as the Arena Football League, Indoor Football League, and the American Professional Football League to fill the new league. The CPIFL is bringing back rivalries from the past. Tulsa (Oklahoma Defenders) vs. Wichita (Wild), Lincoln (Haymakers) vs. Omaha (Beef), Lincoln vs. Sioux City (Bandits) and Omaha vs. Sioux City are a few examples. The league gained its first member on August 11, 2012, when the Bandits officially announced their intentions to join the CPIFL. Also on August 11, the league voted that James Bain would be the league's first Commissioner.
On August 14, 2014, it was announced on the league website that they had merged with the Lone Star Football League to create what they claimed to be the largest indoor football league in the country.
Teams
| Team | Location | Arena (Capacity) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=http://cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=20 | title=Blaze Owner To Buy Edge, Team To Play In New League | publisher=Champions Professional Indoor Football League | work=CPIFL.org | date=October 12, 2012 | access-date=October 12, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017010346/http://www.cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=20 | archive-date=October 17, 2012 }} | Bloomington, Illinois | U.S. Cellular Coliseum (7,000) |
| url=http://cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=206 | title=Professional Football Makes Its Debut In Dodge City | publisher=Champions Professional Indoor Football League | date=September 26, 2013 | access-date=September 26, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003052914/http://cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=206 | archive-date=October 3, 2013 }} | Dodge City, Kansas | United Wireless Arena (4,200) | |
| url=http://cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=17 | title=Kansas Koyotes Join Champions Professional Indoor Football League | publisher=Champions Professional Indoor Football League | date=October 8, 2012 | access-date=October 8, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017010331/http://www.cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=17 | archive-date=October 17, 2012 }} | Topeka, Kansas | Landon Arena (7,777) | |
| url=http://journalstar.com/sports/local/football/indoor-football-team-coming-to-lincoln/article_79211801-72e6-5787-987b-293cd401bf26.html | title=Indoor football team coming to Lincoln | publisher=Lincoln Journal Star | work=JournalStar.com | date=September 11, 2012 | access-date=September 12, 2012 | author=Hambleton, Ken}} | Lincoln, Nebraska | Pershing Center (4,526) | ||
| url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/football/amateur/bandits-join-cpifl-new-franchise-possible-in-lincoln/article_fed7782a-389b-5d0c-a5e2-5df446b0b6a8.html | title=Bandits join CPIFL; new franchise possible in Lincoln | date=August 11, 2012 | author=Michael Brauer | newspaper=Sioux City Journal | access-date=August 22, 2012}} | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Tulsa Convention Center (8,900) | |||
| url=http://cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=25 | title=Inaugural CPIFL Season to Kick-Off on March 9 | publisher=Champions Professional Indoor Football League | date=November 14, 2012 | access-date=November 14, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414143017/http://cpifl.org/newsDetail.cfm?id=25 | archive-date=April 14, 2013 }} | Ralston, Nebraska | Ralston Arena (4,020) | |
| url=http://www.salina.com/news/story/Salina-bombers-1-11-12 | title=Salina Bombers name of new indoor football team | publisher=Salina Journal | date=November 1, 2012 | access-date=November 1, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224000316/http://www.salina.com/news/story/Salina-bombers-1-11-12 | archive-date=February 24, 2013 }} | Salina, Kansas | Bicentennial Center (7,583) | |
| Sioux City Bandits | Sioux City, Iowa | Tyson Events Center (7,500) | ||||||||
| Wichita Wild | Park City, Kansas | Hartman Arena (5,000) |
Former teams
- Mid-Missouri Outlaws – played 2013 season in CPIFL before leaving to join outdoor semi-pro Central Plains Football League.
- Kansas City Renegades – played 2013 season in CPIFL, then abruptly folded.
CPIFL Champions Bowl results
| Year | Winner | Loser | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | |||||||
| 2014 |
References
https://www.covers.com/sport/football/ncaaf/players/73991/antonio-clay/2007-2008
References
- (2017-09-18). "Minor League Markets:Methodology".
- Michael Brauer. (August 2, 2012). "Bandits bolt APFL, hope to form new league". Sioux City Journal.
- Nick Filipowski. (August 11, 2012). "Bandits to join Champions Professional Indoor Football League". NBC.
- Nick Filipowski. (August 16, 2012). "James Bain Named Commissioner of CPIFL". NBC.
- (August 21, 2012). "Wild to join new indoor football league". The Wichita Eagle.
- link. (2014-08-14 , CPIFL website, August 14, 2014)
- (October 12, 2012). "Blaze Owner To Buy Edge, Team To Play In New League". Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
- Deacon, Joe. (October 12, 2012). "Bloomington Edge sold to Blaze owner, changing to new league". [[The Pantagraph]].
- (September 26, 2013). "Professional Football Makes Its Debut In Dodge City". Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
- (October 8, 2012). "Kansas Koyotes Join Champions Professional Indoor Football League". Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
- Hambleton, Ken. (September 11, 2012). "Indoor football team coming to Lincoln". Lincoln Journal Star.
- Michael Brauer. (August 11, 2012). "Bandits join CPIFL; new franchise possible in Lincoln". Sioux City Journal.
- (November 14, 2012). "Inaugural CPIFL Season to Kick-Off on March 9". Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
- (November 1, 2012). "Salina Bombers name of new indoor football team". Salina Journal.
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