[sweetka]

There are a great many rulesets. None will be fully represented. Everyone wants to either TTQB, turn and burn, one stop, use sticks, use simulation, play anytouch or front of base, use a box, dice, cards, Ouija Boards, coin flips, 20 second, six second, make your call, etc. I can go on forever.

Our goal will not be to please everybody because if there is one thing I have learned since trying to institute a national ruleset with Vance Warren, Myron Evans, Frank Johnson, Steve Graham, and someone else I can't remember, we never really got past the Strategy Divider. Remember that?

We shall be presenting a ruleset that has the follwing:

Pace-Setting up quickly but not sweating like a stuffed pig because it's the only edge you can get. I really like the 15 seconds after the offense says set. You are alert throughout but in control

Passing-Sticks and TTQB, no boxes. Tweaking or having your men tweaked to run correctly is actual football and sticks provide for route running. The box, trust this first hand, can be compromised and by eliminating that aspect in passing you will have less tension.

Penalties-streamlined dice possibly. Whatever it is must always be in plain view. Keep in mind tournaments are time based. Doing too much makes it a job, not a hobby. Shake, set down, opponent confirms.

Play Simulations-Has to be reviewed further but I never see the quaterback receive the snap, everyone freezes, then you play chess for a minute. Besides, you can get all the deception you want with ITZ's.

Whatever the style it's not going to need a referee, just a set of eyes. In my dealings in this hobby the referees can be worst part of your gaming experience. Plus, you are there to play, not Marshall games. At Miggle, you don't see a referee until the final eight. You also didn't see it at Buzzball.

Now, I am not putting this out there so you can say why not this that I like or that I don't like. I am merely stating that everyone cannot be pleased and that is tried tested and true. So if you play tournaments and decide well I am true Shoot-out, or I am true simulation, or I am front of base and if you don't do that you're a sissy or whatever hold a tournament in that style and the MFCA will show support in my opinion. A good example is that board members are going out to the Open Run and I honestly think for Shoot-Out that would be the BEST way to show support for our Western Brothers. That, to me, should be the staple event for that style. Same with simulation. Build your specialty, tournament it up, and let's support.

But for the entire entity of the MFCA, it's simplicity over complexities.

Just my thoughts.