BBL is the only team missing that truly should be at NLF. No other team could truly compete or they are all star/ National teams that are not what NLF is about. You can judge that if you want.
Machine got a tougher draw than any of the other favorites and just didn’t perform.Might be time to retire Spallina.
Right .....will be repeated again . Only 6 teams in top 25 there . You had two B teams in your top 8 winners brackets What a joke .
Other than BBL (who I agree should be there), name one non-national team that really could compete.
Plenty to complain about at NLF, but the quality of the teams in the elite division is way down on the list. The grass fields were poor, the officiating was terrible, and the seeding for the championship bracket was a joke. NLF put their preferred members in weak qualifying pools, while Machine, Madlax, Thunder and a Sweetlax National team all beat up on each other in the same pool and all failed to make the winners bracket. Thunder and Madlax would probably not have won the whole thing, but they were certainly far better than Laxachusetts Yellow and LI rage who had the same 2-1 records against far weaker competition. Thunder won the pool with wins over Machine and Madlax, but still got cut out of the championship bracket because they allowed more goals than other 2-1 teams that did not win weaker pools.
The Naptown pool play and seeding formula is far better than what NLF put on.
NLF has brainwashed you. Here's a long list of teams that has competed and can compete against any NLF team. BBL, 3D NE, ADVNC, Texas Nationals, Shore 2 Shore, 3D Georgia, 2WAY, Next Level, Annapolis Hawks. These teams have beat plenty of the top 2027 NLF teams. And would beat all of the filler teams in the tournament by 10. NLF created a great tournament where many of these teams used to go. They helped make it what it is. And now NLF blocked them all and shot themselves in the foot. Don't complain here. Go complain to your NLF club directors. More importantly, step back for a minute. Have you ever heard of blocking in any other sports? And are you really supporting it and NLF? Some NLF clubs are phenomenal. And the NLF can do some great things. This is not one of them and a shocking move and low point. It's totally correctable. Just stop defending it. Own it, correct it, and go back to the old better way. Open invite. Prove it on the field rather than the blog forums. Otherwise, move out of the way and let this event become a shell of its former self and be replaced by something that is better.
That is a pretty fair assessment of the situation. well stated.
