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Ep 18 | 4 members of the longest-running APBA Football league and its offshoot share decades of drafting, playing and stat-keeping experience

Ep 18 | 4 members of the longest-running APBA Football league and its offshoot share decades of drafting, playing and stat-keeping experience

FromAPBA Football Club Podcast Network


Ep 18 | 4 members of the longest-running APBA Football league and its offshoot share decades of drafting, playing and stat-keeping experience

FromAPBA Football Club Podcast Network

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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Ohio-based, nationwide National Card Football League — and its sister venture the American Card Football League — share details of their methods for drafting, playing,  stat-keeping and more in the inaugural episode of GamePlan with the APBA Football Club.   

The NCFL, founded as a face-to-face league in Columbus, Ohio, in 1981, is now believed to be the longest-running APBA  Football-only league. We caught up with Jerry Zajack, Bobby Porter, Brad Morgan and newest member Greg Barath (APBA Hall of Fame 2016) after some exciting outcomes in the ACFL's Week 3 action.   

The ACFL and NCFL both employ an innovative, easy-to-use Skype method of play created by the NCFL 10 years ago (well before the beginning of pandemic shutdowns in March 2020). Zajack and Steve "bigfut" Meyersburg demonstrated the NCFL method during the 2013 APBA Football Club convention in Canton, and the method went global in November 2014 with a tournament that stretched as far as Australia (with APBA Football innovator Phil Molloy).   

Check in regularly to both league websites for current standings and statistics, as well as historical draft results.  

ACFL website: https://acflapbaleague.wixsite.com/acfl

NCFL website: https://jzajack.wixsite.com/ncfl

Bobby Porter "APBA Life" interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eJu6KByyZ4&list=PL8HmNawuaNcWFUxLKCjW65uZab6j4fw6Q&index=2

Greg Barath "Legends of the Game" interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20j9TpxS62Q&list=PL8HmNawuaNcWxD5rfMLh2gh8Ziedq8vcB
Released:
Aug 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (80)

The APBA Football Club was launched on Jan. 28, 2011. Bringing the game of APBA Football into the social media world, we offered everything from interviews with APBA icons and players, method-of-play tutorials, close study of the game's player cards and results boards, and much more. In August 2013, we held the first full APBA Football-only tournament at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. After an initial run from 2011-16, we're back to assist in further promoting and educating the APBA community. 66s to all! For podcast ideas and feedback, email apbafootballcluboriginal@gmail.com