The team will play in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League, which includes teams from Wichita; Tulsa, Okla.; Sedalia, Mo.; and Sioux City, Iowa. The new team has taken over physical assets of the former Kansas City Command.
The Renegades will play in Kansas City's Kemper Arena for the 2013 season, competing with as many as 10 teams in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League.
General Manager Reggie Harris said last month that the league is not trying to become a national organization like the AFL.
“What we’re trying to do is create a league that is more accessible for fans and that has a financial situation that works,” Harris said.
He estimated that ticket prices would average $20 but could dip as low as $10.
The formal announcement came in a news conference with Harris, team owner Jeremy Ploeger, Head Coach Richard McCleskey, and players Tod Devoe, Victor Mann, and Carson Coffman.
Ploeger also founded sports management firm J&M Management and is vice chairman of the Jackson County Board of Planning & Zoning Adjustments.
I think I may skip this version of Kansas City indoor football. From what I hear the CPIFL is semi-pro compaired to even the AFL. Plus Kemper was...is...and always will be a dump. 500 people will show up to this thing so why not have it in Independence?
ReplyDeleteThe Independence Events Center's roof is too low to host football. The kicks would hit the ceiling.
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