X-League Indoor Football
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 X-League Indoor Football season
|
|
 |
|
| Sport | Indoor football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Kacee Smith Michael Mink |
| Inaugural season | 2014 |
| Ceased | 2015 |
| CEO | Michael Mink |
| President | Kacee Smith |
| Commissioner | Michael Mink |
| No. of teams | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Last champion(s) |
Florida Tarpons (1st title) |
| Most titles |
Florida Marine Raiders Florida Tarpons (1 title each) |
| Related competitions |
American Indoor Football Indoor Football League Champions Indoor Football |
| Official website | XLeagueFootball.com |
X-League Indoor Football (X-League) was a professional indoor football league that began play in 2014. The league was co-chaired by Michael Mink and Kacee Smith. On September 19, 2015, the league announced a merger with the future "North American Indoor Football" but later stated the merger would not go forward as announced and disbanded.
The league was originally going to be known as the Xtreme Indoor Football League, but when LaMonte Coleman removed his teams (the Continental Indoor Football League's Marion Blue Racers and a new team that was to be known as the Columbus Beast; Coleman would eventually bring the Blue Racers to the league in 2015), the league re-branded themselves as the X-League. XIFL co-founder Andrew Haines, who had previously founded the Ultimate Indoor Football League and Atlantic Indoor Football League, left the XIFL before the league played its first game. Michael Mink, who had helped reorganize the AIFL into the American Indoor Football Association in 2007 and was involved with it until its merger in late 2010, then partnered with Smith as co-owner. Three of the six inaugural teams were from the UIFL.
Unlike other indoor football leagues, the X-League allowed for the use of two back sets formations that more closely reflects those in the outdoor game. Defensive players must start in a standard 3-2-3 formation but, unlike the restrictions found in arena football, may move freely once the ball is snapped.
The league's distinguishing characteristic was its innovative, often bordering on gimmicky, scoring system. If a team's defense forces an interception, recovers a fumble, blocks a field goal, or forces a turnover on downs, the team is awarded a single point; if the turnover results in a touchdown on the same play (e.g. a pick-six), an additional point is added for a total of eight points. The X-Dash (a variant of the system the XFL used in lieu of the coin toss, but modified to avoid the injuries that were commonplace in the XFL) is used to decide possession at the beginning of each half and will also award two points to the winner. There is no punting, but field goals count for three points by placekick and four points by drop kick (the same as the Arena Football League, except without that league's rebound nets); original plans for the league had also eliminated field goals, but these were restored to the rules before the first season began play. On top of these features, the league allows for a four-point conversion during the final minute of the game, using a special red football for the occasion.
...
Wikipedia