Leelanau Sports Guy at sportspig.com

Jeff Peek of the Record Eagle reports that former Eastern Michigan University football player Daniel Skibbe is beginning the process of bringing semi-pro football to Traverse City. The Traverse City Wolves could begin play as early as 2009 and be one of 120 teams in the North America Football League.

Here’s some info from the article…

“This is a great football community,” said Skibbe, who moved from Detroit five years ago and coached for two seasons under Josh Merchant at Elk Rapids. “When I came up here I realized that northern Michigan not only has a lot of talented players, but disciplined ones, too.”

“You don’t get to play football after high school unless you’re gifted and go on to college,” he said. “So this league is for guys who play for the love of the game.”

Players are age 18-40, with 45-50 players on each team’s active roster. Skibbe said the Wolves would typically practice 2-3 nights per week, with games set for Saturdays or Sundays.

Sounds like fun and that it could be a success in TC!

Read Semi-pro franchise coming to TC in the Record Eagle

You can also visit TCWolves.com (content coming next week) to keep up to date with the latest news.

My View: Traverse City keeps getting bigger and bigger so more and more opportunities will keep coming for more sports and entertainment. Northern Michigan has a big football fanbase, so I would only think this could be very successful. It looks like they have a good plan, and I’m all on board. I just wish they would have asked me to help with the website!