AFA Newsletter August 09, 2011

AFA Newsletter August 08, 2011 In This Issue: •   AFA Enhances Membership Insurance Offerings •   AFA Smartphone Resources •   Professional Football Researchers Association •   AFA Membership Programs •   AFA News Clips •   Join Us On Facebook & Twitter AFA Enhances Membership Insurance Offerings AFA Accident Insurance It's official, the AFA has just entered into an agreement that will make Accident Insurance available to all AFA members. The accident insurance carrier is Colonial-Paul Revere and the insurance premium is estimated to be less than $5 per week with the following features: • Family coverage is available for your spouse and children • Your benefits are paid directly to you, unless otherwise specified • You're covered worldwide • You are paid benefits regardless of any other insurance you may have Signup links will be integrated into the website shortly…….. Sadler Insurance Newsletter - New State Laws On Sports Concussions Protect and Increase Liability http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=y6iqeqcab&v=001wqUa7FwuvM44g-poXm_lYZJxSgbz0nD-tPVMDnxyVO1MdopQd0Nh_NHdVuKCQ1kmEE4KfWHCneEhnZFOuLEcJZtG22kHCEknNbbT-Ub4Wr54zqnEckl-ox0f7xE14l73UU_cQjq3vKwj5U-6mOpIWSyMsPK1jv_mqBxeyQMEMOg%3D AFA Lease Loan Reimbursement Program The AFA is proud to announce its partnership with the Lease Loan Reimbursement Program (LLRP). LLRP is a membership program designed for all consumers leasing or purchasing a car, or truck, and has a financial obligation to pay over an agreed term. LLRP was developed to help automobile owners cope with some of the practical problems that follow when involved in an automobile accident, or for a number of other reasons mentioned on our website. For more info, just click: http://www.llrp.com/AFAMembers.aspx Stay tuned for more announcements regarding additional insurance offerings……………via Facebook, Website, Smartphone, Media Releases. http://content.oddcast.com/vhss/vhss_v5.swf?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhss-d.oddcast.com%2Fphp%2FplayScene%2Facc%3D36976%2Fss%3D690862%2Fsl%3D0&acc=36976&bgcolor=0x&embedid=f1e42cb610833d7e85790c0710f17bd2 American Football Association Professional Football Researchers Association The Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the history of professional football. Formed in 1979, PFRA members include many of the game's foremost historians and writers. The PFRA is also for any fan interested in the history of professional football. The PFRA is incorporated in the state of Connecticut and has 501(c)(3) status as an educational organization with the Internal Revenue Service. WHAT'S IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE COFFIN CORNER (Volume 33, Number 4): (Due to the membership by August 30, 2011) Available for Immediate Download in the Members Only section It's Good to be the King by George Bozeka. A biographical article on James Sean Patrick "King" Corcoran (AFA Hall of Fame Class of '82) By George Bozeka The life and times of minor league quarterback James Sean Patrick "King" Corcoran are an outrageous mix of eccentric facts and fanciful tales. In the last of three NFL Films productions concerning Corcoran, Steve Sabol stated that in over forty years of making football films Corcoran was the most flamboyant player he ever met, a minor league superstar with a major league personality. With the King, it is often difficult to tell where the legend ends and the truth begins, but his story is always compelling, and ultimately rather tragic. Professional Football Researchers Association AFA News Clips AFA Promotes School of the Legends (STOL) AFA Family I would like to request that all of you support Beau Jarrell, AFA Hall of Fame Class of 2011 by signing up and joining as his friend at the NFLPA sponsored http://www.schoolofthelegends.com/user/4397/view. Let's get behind this social network initiative which is one of many that the AFA will be promoting..http://www.americanfootballassn.com/news/36-afa-promotes-school-of-the-legends-stol.html Semi-Pro Silverbacks off to Strong Start - NBC29 WVIR ... The Virginia Silverbacks are Charlottesville's Brand new semi-pro football team. They're off to a 3-1 start in the Mason Dixon Football League. http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nbc29.com/story/15190333/semi-pro-silverbacks-off-to-strong-start%3Fclienttype%3Dprintable&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoATAAOABAkaDj8QRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=xhTPCvi-jJs&usg=AFQjCNF5bnRxNs5j3IrNUmscHEVd-sCHpw WSFL: Bulldogs getting ready to open season - Wiscnews Eighteen players from the new Wisconsin State Football League franchise went to Green Bay for the Bulldogs' first and only pre-season game, ... http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.wiscnews.com/reedsburgtimespress/sports/football/article_0828e0fe-babc-11e0-b7ea-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoATAGOABAtKDj8QRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=10rlvPkBus0&usg=AFQjCNFSeRKnkg0IXXSRfEQpAm6n-CdQWQ Semi-pro football on the Legion turf as Tigers take field StarNewsOnline.com ... off as he brings down Arbutus Big Red running back Travis Spencer in last season's Mason Dixon Football League Championship game at Legion Stadium. ... http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110805/ARTICLES/110809766/-1/news38%3FTitle%3DSemi-pro-football-on-the-Legion-turf-as-Tigers-take-field&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAl4nz8QRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=SkVyjK2t9Jw&usg=AFQjCNG5KPM5QKhFY6CxFORyvLSn-zjwQQ Muskego Sports Notebook Patch.com The Hitmen are in second place in the National Conference of the Ironman Football League with a 6-1 record. The first-place Madison Mustangs are 7-0. ... http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://muskego.patch.com/articles/muskego-sports-notebook&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA_cHo8QRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=B5CKEpnj7kI&usg=AFQjCNEN0Ea3-lnmFXPBKC4F3pAS9EXfgA No title game this year for Fox Valley Force after losing to ... ... Valley Force has played in its league's championship game, twice in the Northern Elite Football League and twice in the Wisconsin State Football League. http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110731/APC02/107310551/No-title-game-year-Fox-Valley-Force-after-losing-Chippewa-Valley-Predators&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoATAHOABAsaz48QRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=7gwfLo2KYIA&usg=AFQjCNGnBLXT_D_ODWpfLeq1_wTB4FBX2A American Football Association Hall of Fame Jackets - Now Available !!!....we are pleased to announce that AFA Hall of Fame jackets are now available for purchase directly from Chicago Knitting Mills.....and yes, they do have the plus sizes 2X -- 5X! Just send an email to amerfoot@aol.com to obtain an order form. AFA Alumni Jackets are now available …………the only difference between this jacket and the Hall of Fame Jacket above is the AFA Alumni logo on the back. If interested in placing an order, just click http://www.americanfootballassn.com/forms/jacket-flyer.pdf. AFA Hall of Fame Blazers....because of the positive feedback from the Hall of Fame banquet, we are now making Hall of Fame Blazers available to all current hall of fame members. Please email amerfoot@aol.com if you are interested. To see actual blazers being worn, just click any of the media links below: http://www.steveweedproductions.com/AFA.htm http://www.adcomphoto.phanfare.com/5177442 Wilson NFL Footballs...We have just been informed by Wilson that they will no longer sell "blem" footballs.............The good news is that we now stock new Wilson Footballs for $15 more per ball. So instead of $50/ball or $300 per case for blems, the price is now $65/ball or $390 per case for new balls. Shipping and handling remains the same at $20............ http://content.oddcast.com/vhss/vhss_v5.swf?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhss-d.oddcast.com%2Fphp%2FplayScene%2Facc%3D36976%2Fss%3D690866%2Fsl%3D0&acc=36976&bgcolor=0x&embedid=d42a5dea8a2e9eb03c5f06fc200b1e3f ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Semi-pro Football HQ Scoreboard + http://www.semiprofootball.org/ + http://www.adultamateurfootball.org/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New features at http://www.semiprofootball.org/ . In the upper right hand corner of our home page is a "Search this Site" button with which you can search 12.5 years of information accumulated for player names, coaches, teams, leagues, etc. Additionally, you can now view 2010 league champions from the 79 semi-pro football leagues across the USA. Copyright (c) 1998-2011, Joe Hulsebus +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Semi Pro Football Newsfeed AFA Smartphone Resources AFA Smartphone Application (App) The AFA Smartphone App is now available for download frm the Android Marketplace along with thousands of other apps. Our App provides links to member teams/leagues, application doucments and major announcements. We have also included links to other neat apps like "Where is my Car" to solve those parking lot issues when we can't remember where we parked :) More to come.............. To download the AFA's App just click the following....... http://market.android.com/details?id=com.appsbar.AFA23592 Smartphone QR Codes QR codes have been around for a while, and many big corporations use them. In the past six months, though, small companies in the U.S. have flocked to the technology, thanks to services that let them easily create codes. Meanwhile, numerous phones, including many Androids and BlackBerrys, come with an app that reads QR codes. (Others, like the iPhone, must download the software.) Scanbuy Inc., a New York company that develops and manages QR codes, estimates that 30 million people in the U.S. have a code-reader app on their phone. Stay tuned for more QR codes from the AFA as we rollout raffles, lottery drawings, videos and other interesting info via these codes. By the way, we already have ads with our code in the NY Jets & Giants Gameday Yearbook Programs. To test our code, just scan the QR code to the right with your Smartphone. American Football Association (click here) AFA Membership Programs 2011 AFA Alumni Club Membership - Are You A Card Carrying Member? AFA Membership is open to anyone and everyone that, at one time or another, had been (or still is) involved with a semi-pro team and/or league. Semi-Pro Football Alumni Club is co-sponsored by the AFA National Association and the Members of the AFA Hall of Fame Alumni. If you are interested in a 2011 membership application, just click: http://www.americanfootballassn.com/resources/afa-alumni-application.html or http://content.oddcast.com/vhss/vhss_v5.swf?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhss-d.oddcast.com%2Fphp%2FplayScene%2Facc%3D36976%2Fss%3D690865%2Fsl%3D0&acc=36976&bgcolor=0x&embedid=fcc1867d39b467b0185dee3844fefc11 2011 AFA Team & League Membership Membership applications are now being accepted for the 2011 season. The annual membership fee to join the AFA is $100 "per team" which provides a benefit package that is easily 10x this fee. 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