Ladies Gridiron League

Ladies Gridiron League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2014–15 LGL season
Sport American football
Founded 2012
CEO TBD (as of 2014)
Inaugural season 2014
No. of teams 8
Countries Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand
United States USA

Ladies Gridiron League was made In anticipation of LFL Australia, the LFL established an official minor league to be known as Ladies Gridiron League (LGL). The league is based out of Sydney, Australia. The Ladies Gridiron League was modeled off the success of the LFL and attempted to bring awareness of American football to Australian culture.[1] However, because the league has been unable to secure financial commitments, an official season is yet to take place. Five teams were formed to take part in the league: Berwick Diamonds, Sutherland Sirens, Western Furries, Newcastle Vipers and Bondi Rage.[2]

In October 2014, for the second time in the short history of the Legends Football League, Mitchell S Mortaza announced the cancellation of an entire season less than two weeks before the kick-off of the LFL Australian season. This announcement was followed by every player and coach signing over to the Australian owned league, the Ladies Gridiron League in Australia. LGL is now setup to be the major league, All of the new 2014 LGL team names are registered under Ladies Gridiron League (LGL) Australia.

In February 2015, it was revealed that the players and coaches had actually left the Legends Football League after disputes and issues with LFL management, namely Commissioner Mortaza. Players and coaches left and joined the Ladies Gridiron League, originally a subsidiary of the LFL now operating ad its own league.[3]

The Tri Nations series and 2013–14 LGL season of Ladies Gridiron League will air on Aurora Community Channel[4] and Web series called Gridiron Girl is available on Vimeo.[5]

Current Teams

Current Ladies Gridiron League teams

Tri Nations series

The Ladies Gridiron League will have a Tri Nations series like the Rugby League Tri-Nations and Tri Nations (rugby union) but the teams will be Team Australia (LGL), Team New Zealand (LGL) and Team USA (LGL) held in Melbourne New Zealand won the frist Tri Nations series.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lfl further strengthens its international presence and names first-ever minor league partnership". Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  2. ↑ "Ladies Gridiron League (LGL)". Facebook. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Legal action aplenty as WA lingerie football spat turns ugly". WA Today. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=982383818463270
  5. ↑ http://gridirongirltv.com/
  6. ↑ http://ladiesgridiron.com/
  7. ↑ "Women go into battle for the Gridiron tri-nations cup". News. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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