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Alumni Football Has Positive Benefits Beyond Just Football

26 March 2016
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I’ve seen a few articles in main stream media about the detriments of play alumni football. Both Sports Illustrated and the New York Teams have taken pot shots at the sporting event.  Well, if it bleeds, it leads.  Why not talk about the positive side effects of alumni football and have some fair and balanced reporting? I’ve mentioned this on a few different occasions, but there are so many positive effects to alumni football, it’s just mind boggling. Here is just a short list of those benefits.  If you would like to add to it, please let us know.

1) Increased Agility:

Let’s face it; as we get older, we get fatter and slower, but it’s even worse than that. We lose agility.  Beyond football, how many times have you done “high knees” or “kick your butt?” Probably never. Exercises like these increase your fast twitch muscles.  Fast twitch muscles are responsible for your agility. Some would call it “cat-like reflexes.” By going out on the practice field again, you will not only probably lose a little weight, you will gain back a lot of lost agility.  Agility is important as we get older. It’s what keeps us from losing our balance and falling down…..HELP! I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP!

2) Weight Loss:

We talked breifly about fatter and slower. Let’s focus on the fatter. The average male puts on 20 pounds after high school. Some a lot more than that. For every game we do, we usually have about 3-6 players who have lost 30-40+ pounds. That’s a significant decrease in weight.  It gets better though. That is a signifcant decrease in your chances for heart attacks, stroke, and other cardiovascular disease.

Refund Policy

5 October 2014
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PLAYER FEES ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANOTHER PLAYER.

IF FOR SOME REASON GRIDIRON ALUMNI CANCELS A GAME, WE WILL NOTIFY PLAYERS OF THE CANCELLATION AND THE PLAYER HAS THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A REFUND. IF THE PLAYER DOES NOT REQUEST A REFUND WITHIN 14 DAYS OF THE NOTIFICATION OF CANCELLATION, NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN. NO EXCEPTIONS, SO PLEASE DON’T ASK!

Due to the overwhelming amount of false registrations, all players must now pay at least a small deposit upon registration. Players can choose from a $49.95 DEPOSIT or the full $100 PLAYER FEE will receive about $50 worth of FREE GOODS.  Therefore, anybody who receives these FREE GOODS will have $49.95 from any refund request. In the case of those who pay just the $49.95 DEPOSIT, there will be no refund. For those who pay $100, the refund will be 50.05.

THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR ALL players who pay after the Early Registration deadline. All other TERMS apply. 

MERCHANDISE

ALL MERCHANDISE (OTHER THAN THE MVP PACKAGE GIVEN OUT FOR FREE DURING REGISTRATION) IS AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT IF RETURNED WITHIN 14 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIPT. YOU MUST CONTACT US TO OBTAIN A RA #.

Gridiron Alumni Takes on Little League World Series

24 August 2014
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Mountain Range Little LeagueNow, we mostly talk about football around these parts, but something happened yesterday in baseball that just totally irks me, so I’m going to say it. 

Little League World Series needs to seriously review their program and make a change to their format. Just like “tuck” rule is a dirty word in Oakland, some good should come out of this mess.

We can call it the “Nevada rule.”  

How can Nevada not be in the championship?  The Little League World Series is supposed to be about the best team in the nation. First off, allow me a disclaimer. I never have a “team” in these things. Sure, I was rooting for Northern California to knock off Nevada in the Regionals, but after watching them play, I knew that wasn’t going to happen. Since I have a 9 year old daugther, we were all watching and rooting for Emma March to knock one out of the park. I also wanted to see a very athletic, intelligent and very mature Mo’Ne Davis to pitch well, but I knew she was going to run into a buzz saw called Nevada.   

There is no argument! Anybody who watched the LLWS could see that there was only one DOMINANT team in the series. Sure! There were lots of good teams playing. Some amazing kids doing extraodinary things. There were lots of good stories and good angles for the media to cover, but I’m not talking about stories or angles. I’m talking about Champions! Those kids from Nevada torched every team in this nation, including the Chicago team representing the USA today. Chicago got smoked by Nevada last week, 13-2, pushing Chicago into the consolation bracket.  

So, current rules have it so that everybody is allowed to have a bad game EXCEPT in the Championship?  The bracket leading up to the Championship game is labeled “DOUBLE ELIMINATION!” Apparently, that means double elminition for everyrone except Nevada this year. How does that happen? They never lost all tournament. They beat most teams by 10 runs or more. Then, they lose one game, which happens to be the final game just barely (7-5).  So, everybody gets double elimination except them? Good for Chicago to be able to stick around. I’m not trying to take anything away from them. They are truly playing a high caliber of baseball right now, but they are no Nevada.  They won most of their games by 1 or 2 runs and good for them that they won when they needed to.  But, how does Nevada not get a “do-over” when everyone else does?

I’ll be rooting for Chicago today. I hope they continue their Cinderella story to be an amazing South Korea team.  I will chant “USA! USA! USA!” and celebrate their victory and console their loss. With all that being said, the best little league team in America will be sitting in the stands. If you agree, tweet this article and use #NEVADARULE.  

Cancel

17 July 2014
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Whoops!

Did you change your mind or did you really want to cancel?  If you are having problems with PayPal, you can pay over the phone with your credit or debit card by calling (530) 410-6396.

By cancelling out, your registration does not go through. You may show up on the website list, but you will not be on the master roster and you will not receive updates or communication about the game. Please feel free to register again if you made a mistake.

If you changed your mind, please feel free to come back anytime. Remember that you can always secure your spot with only a $49.95 non-refundable deposit where you will get $50 worth of free goods. So, there’s really no risk by placing a deposit and it shows others that you’re truly interested.

Deadline

17 July 2014
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The following schools are past their deadline after the date below for the EARLY FEE.

West Valley vs Big Valley, 11/28/15

Your fee is now $100. If you paid a deposit, that will be deducted from your fee. 

 

Great New Video By Weird Al!

15 July 2014
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There’s probably a whole generation out there that doesn’t know who Weird Al is.  It is probably the same generation that needs to see this video. Go get ’em Al!

 

SVUSA Registration Page

11 July 2014
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Sierra Valley USA FootballSVUSA Coach’s Bowl 2014

SVUSA Coach’s Charity Bowl 2014

DATE: TBD

2PM Kickoff. Gates Open at 1PM

Location: TBD

SVUSA Coach’s Charity Bowl

If you would like to play in this event, please register for your team. All participants MUST HAVE A COACH’S BADGE! No scouts and no ringers. We must have at least 25 registered players on each side in order to play this game. Teams will be split into METRO and RURAL. If you guys have a better way to split them, then please let me know.

NORTH COACHES REGISTER HERE: http://gridironalumni.com/registration?sid=17635
NOTE: Where it says “NAME YOUR AWARDS” please put your Organization Name (ie Placer).

SOUTH COACHES REGISTER HERE: http://gridironalumni.com/registration?sid=17636
NOTE: Where it says “NAME YOUR AWARDS” please put your Organization Name (ie Yuba City).

If you would like to know more about practice times and locations, you must REGISTER and we will send you all of the information.

Prepare to cry laughing

29 May 2014
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Here is the latest edition of Mean Tweets by Jimmy Kimmel.  If you’ve never seen them before, they will make you laugh so hard that you will cry a little.  I’ve got to say, Sophia Vergara is my favorite response.  Enjoy!