No, it is fortunately not controlled or managed by the NFL.
The commissioner of the league is Patrick Esume.

Currently, he mainly comments on NFL games for German television, but he has already gained a lot of experience as a player and as a coach (also in the NFL).

I think that for the beginning I will just post all news regarding the ELF here.
If then it is not responded to or me to the topic will talk here alone, I will then just look whether it is due to lack of interest or that the posts here simply sink.

While we are talking about EFL and XFL, did anyone watch the opening week of FCF (Fan Controlled Football) yesterday?

Not sure if this qualifies as football but apparently it's a thing, some sort of backyard football with weird rules and stuff.

They play 7 vs 7 on a 50-yard field, there's draft every week and only 4 teams, fans can vote on plays being called, there are bodycams, etc.

Here's FCF explained, their official website, and highlights from the Beasts vs. Zappers game (check out the opening drive). 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/fan-controlled-football-teams-schedule-players/g9gj6s5j1ume1gv0pp4ayusyd
https://www.fcf.io/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TNgNxUovwc

Week 2 is next Saturday, not sure how and where you can watch the games though...probably worth checking if you are super drunk and need something to watch while you pass out.

Can't wait for the start of the new season of NFL. I have an empty feeling inside me when I can't watch these guys playing every week. I spent my christmas night watching football as well this year 

QB has a time limit to throw - 3 seconds for a 2 point conversion (from the 5 yard line) and 5 seconds for 1 point (from 10 yards). I feel like I know too much about this already, not a good sign.


I think it's on twitch, which is a...


for me too LOL

That sounds a bit cheap, doesn't it? Although I haven't really followed Wentz lately, must have deteriorated since 2017. But then why would Colts take on his massive (IIRC) contract.

Also who's gonna be Eagles QB now? Hurts, whom they benched during the WFT game for some inexplicable reason... or the guy they replaced him with, whose name I can't even recall or be bothered to look up. Hard to believe Eagles won the Super Bowl just 3 years ago.

It was cheap but there are many circumstances that damaged what the Eagles could get out of Wentz.

Injuries
Drop on his performance.
Nick Foles won the SB and not him.
The locker room does not seem to like him.
Big contract.
Was benched for the last 4 games of the past season.

So when we take this into account the Eagles got a third and most likely a first for a backup, which is not that bad at all.


The Colts have the cap space to take Wentz and they desperately need a QB, Frank Reich the Colts HC was his OC in the Eagles when he was playing his best football so it seems he thinks he can get Wentz back to his previous form, if he is right then paying a third and a low first for a franchise QB is a great deal so it seems they thought it was worth the risk.


So far it seems Hurts is the starting QB for the Eagles but they have the sixth pick on the draft, unfortunately for them I think the Jaguars, Jets and Falcons will pick a QB which means they will have to overreach and either pick Lance or Jones or simply try to make the best they can with Hurts and if does not work then tank, after all it is not as if they are afraid to openly tank as the last game of the regular season exemplified when they benched Hurts.

Eagles did him wrong but I think he is in a better situation in indy.  Philly is a mess on the offensive line so hurts is better suited to play behind them.  And with indys running game he will not have to be the only option.  Either way I'm rooting for the guy even as a Giant fan.

I intended this thread as a spammegathread an ongoing discussion of the game football, not necessarily tied to the NFL or it's seasons.  If someone wants to start a new thread specific to the new NFL season that would be great, but I don't see a need to close this thread.

You flatter me, but the reason I asked the question was because this thread was created hours after the last thread ran its course and while many found the thread immediately it took some users months to find it back, now some of that delay can be attributed to a lesser interest in the off-season but I think the majority of that delay can be attributed to the fact some users did not knew a new thread was created.

So the activity will once again go down if a new thread were to be created and this one was closed, but since this thread is going to continue then it does not seem to make a lot of sense to open a new one when the number of football fans is so low at the forum.