Announcement
LSMLFNEWS TOURNEY UPDATE
*****UPDATE *****
JUNE 29, 2017 OVERNIGHT DEVELOPMENTS…..WHAT A SHOW LAST NIGHT AS LSMLFNEWS REACHED OUT TO TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE LSMLFNEWS TOURNEY OF CHAMPIONS FOR A TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WE HEARD FROM THE LUBBOCK LIBERTY EAGLES, THE DESOTO TARANTULAS, THE VICTORIA HURRICANES AND ALSO THE HOUSTON DUCKS. THE EAGLES AND THE TARANTULAS WENT LIVE AND CONFIRMED THEY ARE IN AND PLAY JULY 8, 2017 AT DUNBAR STADIUM IN FORT WORTH. THE VICTORIA HURRICANES CONFIRMED THEY WERE IN AND EXPECTED CONFIRMATION FROM THE HOUSTON DUCKS WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN. LSMLFNEWS REACHED OUT TO THE HOUSTON DUCKS AND SAID THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER BUSINESS MATTER AND WOULD CONTACT US LATER IN THE EVENING. THEY STAYED TRUE TO THEIR WORD AND CONTACTED LSMLFNEWS.
CONVERSATION WAS TO INFORM LSMLFNEWS AND THE HURRICANES THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO FIELD A TEAM AND PARTICIPATE COMPETITIVELY DUE TO VACATION SCHEDULES AND SEPARATE ACTIVITIES PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL PLAYER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY AT ANOTHER LEVEL. BOTTOM LINE IS SCHEDULING CONFLICT.
TEAMS DO NOT PAY A FEE TO ENTER THE TOURNEY, THEY EARN A PLACE IN THE TOURNEY WHILE PLAYING THEIR REGULAR SEASON GAMES AND WIN THEIR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. WE MUST EXTEND THE RESPECT DESERVING OF A LEAGUE CHAMPION NO MATTER WHAT LEAGUE OR TEAM IT IS. EVEN RESPECTING THE DECISIONS OF THOSE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS OPTING NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNEY. PARTICIPATION IS OPTIONAL, NOT REQUIRED OR MANDATORY.
LSMLFNEWS WAS BEING PRESSURED TO MAKE A DECISION LAST NIGHT LIVE ON THE SHOW BUT CHOSE TO WAIT UNTIL HEARING FROM THE DUCKS. TEAMS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TOURNEY DESERVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE (WITHIN REASON) TO HELP MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN. EVEN AS WE WAITED SO MANY EXPRESSED OPENLY VIA MESSENGER OF SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. WE WAITED ANOTHER HOUR AND A DECISION MADE ON THE PART OF THE DUCKS NOT TO PARTICIPATE WILL ALLOW THE TOURNEY TO CONTINUE. NOW THERE ARE NO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS PROVIDED LSMLFNEWS IS ABLE TO SECURE A VENUE IN A NEUTRAL LOCATION AND IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO BE HELD JULY 22, 2017. STAY TUNED AS LSMLFNEWS BEGINS THE PROCESS IN SECURING A VENUE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. SEE THE BRACKET BELOW.
