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2006

January 30, 2006

Patriots announce 2006 NFL Europe allocations

  

New England Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots announced the allocation of seven players to the NFL Europe League for its 2006 season: RB Earl Charles, QB Todd Mortensen, WR Rich Musinski, T Jeff Roehl, CB Antwain Spann, G Nick Steitz and S Raymond Ventrone.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots announced the allocation of seven players to the NFL Europe League for its 2006 season: RB Earl Charles, QB Todd Mortensen, WR Rich Musinski, T Jeff Roehl, CB Antwain Spann, G Nick Steitz and S Raymond Ventrone.

Additionally, the Patriots announced the signings of five players from their 2005 practice squad to contracts for the 2006 NFL season: LB Eric Alexander, T Wesley Britt, G Ryan Krug, Spann and Ventrone.

New England also announced the signings of three additional players to 2006 contracts: LS John Condo, Roehl and Steitz.

Charles, Mortensen and Musinski were signed to contracts for the 2006 season on Jan. 6, 2006.

http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=15279&pcid=47


February 16, 2006

Owner of former Fab-Knit plant back in business

(Waco Tribune-Herald (TX) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Feb. 16--Bob Landon closed his Fab-Knit garment plant last March and laid off 205 people.

He says he had no choice because financial problems were nipping at his heels.

"I emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on a Friday and filed for Chapter 7 protection the following Tuesday," said Landon, speaking by phone. He called the experience "awfully humiliating." But Landon is back in business, so to speak.

He has opened Fabnit Team Uniforms at 1617 N. Valley Mills Drive. The name is spelled differently, and this is not the Fab-Knit that folded.

No longer does Landon have a staff that makes athletic uniforms as did the 205 people he let go.

"We went overseas to Taiwan, Pakistan and the Dominican Republic," he says. Workers in those countries make the uniforms, which then are shipped to Colorado for silk-screening and lettering.

Accounting and administrative functions also are carried out in Colorado, says Landon, because his partner in this venture, "a gentleman from Taiwan," already had operations there that Landon did not want to duplicate.

Landon's four-person staff oversees customer service and sales operations.

The sales team targets Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, hawking sports team apparel to schools and to "mom-and-pop" retail operators who may supply the local Little League teams, for example.

"We're really just getting started, receiving inventory, calling on schools and writing orders," says Landon. "We're moving in stages, but it's working." But it's not like the days when Fab-Knit made all of Baylor University's sports uniforms. At one time, every school in the now-defunct Southwest Conference except Texas A&M University bought practice or game jerseys or pants from Fab-Knit. Even the Dallas Cowboys bought gym shorts and practice jerseys from the company.

Landon said competitive pressures began to wear on Fab-Knit. Other garment makers moved overseas to save money on labor costs.

"It's tough to make money in the United States," said Landon, adding he can offer schools 30 percent better prices on uniforms made overseas.

When he closed his plant last year, Landon told the Tribune-Herald he sympathized with his employees. He said he did all he could to keep the operation running.

Jay Powers, with Powers Embroidery, said Wednesday he hired several Fab-Knit sewing machine operators when he built a new plant at 2825 Gholson Road and increased the size of his crew by about 40 people.

Landon said several former employees used the shutdown as an opportunity to get retrained.

Rene Clayton, who is the rapid response coordinator for the Texas Workforce Development Board locally, said employees "who lose their job through no fault of their own" qualify for relocation and retraining assistance.

Landon acknowledged that employees were not paid for a week's work at about the time the plant closed.

"That includes me," said Landon. "The bank would not release the money." The former Fab-Knit factory at 1415 N. Fourth St. now belongs to the city of Waco, which bought the building to house several city operations.

Fab-Knit also had been known as Reebok Team Uniforms because the company in 1997 entered into a licensing agreement with the industry giant.

 

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/16/1380466.htm

March 18, 2006  

Impressive start for Kinoshita

On March 18 the NFL Europe, which is financed by the NFL and the players union NFLPA, opened the 2006 season with six japanese players on four of the NFL Europe rosters. Three players were assigned to the defending World Bowl champion Amsterdam Admirals: WR/KR Noriaki Kinoshita, former star of the Ritsumeikan University Panthers and two time national champion (2002 and 2003), returns for a second consecutive season to Amsterdam, LB Rikiya Ishida, former japanese national champion with Kwansei Gakuin University who played for the Admirals in 2003 and 2004, plays his third season for the Admirals (he missed the 2005 season due to a knee injury) and S Ryota Hori from the X League team Onward Skylarks is making his NFL Europe debut after trying out for the NFL Europe in 2005 but being cut at the end of the 2005 taining camp in Tampa (Florida). C Masakazu Goda (Onward Skylarks) returns for a second season to the Berlin Thunder, WR Michihiro Ogawa (Onward Skylarks) for a third season to the Cologne Centurions and WR Shoei Hasegawa, four year starter for Ritsumeikan University (2002 - 2005) and two time national champion (2002 and 2003), spends his first season in NFL Europe with Rhein Fire in Düsseldorf.
During the first three weeks of action only the three Admirals players had the opportunity to showcase their talent. While Ishida and Hori each had a couple of tackles on defense the biggest story so far is Kinoshita. The speedy receiver up to this point has been the most impressive kick and punt returner. Through week 3 he had six kickoff returns for 145 yards (24.2 average) and scored his first professional touchdown on a 59-yard punt return in a 29-33 loss to Berlin in week 1. He also caught one pass in each of the three games for 68 yards (22.7 average).

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Posted by Mike Sando @ 05:24:05 pm

NFL Europe Logo.gifFour of the 11 players Seattle allocated to NFL Europe this year will finish the season in World Bowl XIV this weekend. We do not do much with the Europe league, but the Seahawks did put together a fairly detailed report on all 11 players. I'm making it available here for those interested. Note: Players allocated to NFLEL do not count against the 80-man roster limit. Perspective: QB Jon Kitna and DE Michael Sinclair played in Europe before enjoying success with the Seahawks, but most of these players face long odds. Of the 11 players allotted this year, it's possible none will earn a spot on the 53-man roster.

 
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Posted by Mike Sando @ 09:36:32 am

Hamdan Gibran.jpgSeahawks QB Gibran Hamdan (left) has been named offensive MVP for the recently completed NFL Europe season (World Bowl XIV, Saturday, NFL Network, 9 a.m. PDT). Hamdan missed the end of the season after suffering a broken ankle, but his numbers still led the league. Full story here.

What does this mean? Nothing. Well, almost nothing. Hamdan did get some good experience. He probably gained some confidence and worked on his game. But NFL roster spots are won and lost in training camp and the exhibition season, not in Europe. Hamdan set an NFL Europe record for passer rating this season, but the top three entering 2006 were ... Kevin Daft (2000), Danny Wuerffel (2000) and David Archer (1992). The key for Hamdan now is recovering from his ankle injury in time to fight for a job in camp.

 
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Posted by Mike Sando @ 07:11:33 am

Fulton Skyler.JPGOur own Mindi Rice caught up with Seahawks WR Skyler Fulton (left) late this week as the former Olympia prep star was getting ready for World Bowl XIV (Mindi's story is here). Fulton was one of 11 Seahawks allocated to NFL Europe this season. Five of them, including QB/reporter Gibran Hamdan, were named to the all-NFLEL team. The World Bowl kicks off this morning at 9 PDT on NFL Network. Fulton's next stop will be Seahawks minicamp, which runs June 5-8 and 12-15. Note: You can also read Fulton's latest diary here. Read another Fulton feature here, and a Ryan Killeen feature here. Update, 1 p.m.: Fulton caught four passes for 41 yards during Amsterdam's 22-7 loss to Frankfurt.

 
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
Posted by Mike Sando @ 10:26:55 am

NFL teams have changed the exemption status of NFL Europe players recently, standard procedure following the NFLEL season. WR Skyler Fulton is among those players getting some treatment for bumps and bruises incurred during the NFL Europe season, which explains why he showed up this week on the exempt/NFLEL injured list. P Gabe Lindstrom and K Ryan Killeen showed up on an exempt/NFLEL injury replacement list, as did newly signed DE Darrell Wright (some of you might remember him from his Oregon days). The type of NFLEL exemption doesn't really matter. The bottom line is that these players are eligible to remain on the team without counting against the 80-man roster limit.

 
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Posted by Mike Sando @ 08:04:23 am

NFLEL.jpgSome things to consider while using valuable company time to ponder whether Skyler Fulton might become the next Steve Largent, or even the next Robert Wilson: The Seahawks have allocated 78 players to NFL Europe since 1995 by my count. Sixty-seven of those players have never played in a regular-season game for Seattle. Of the 11 who have played in a game for the team, three were limited to a single appearance and only two appeared as starters (Jon Kitna, with 33 starts, and James Logan, with four). Nine of the 11 who played in games were allocated to Europe between 1997 and 1999. The chart lists the 11 players in order of how many regular-season games each has played for the Seahawks. This year: Seattle allocated 11 players to NFL Europe; 10 remain on the roster. Chart note: "GP" refers to games played as a Seahawk, while GS refers to games started.

http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/seahawks/?cat=90

In 2006, the league's schedule opened and closed one month earlier than normal because of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which was played at four of the five German stadiums that hosted NFL Europa teams. (Only the LTU Arena in Düsseldorf was not chosen to host Cup matches, and that stadium hosted the World Bowl that year.)
2006 Results & Standings
Teams1st2nd3rd4thOTFinalAttendanceDay / DateLocal TimeNFL Network TV (EDT)
Game of the Week (Sunday 20:00)
WEEK 1
Berlin Thunder
@ Amsterdam Admirals
7
0
13
7
6
7
7
15
 33
29
16,341Saturday
March 18
7:00 PM19:00 (Tape Delay)
Cologne Centurions
@ Hamburg Sea Devils
7
10
0
0
7
0
0
0
 14
10
15,243Saturday
March 18
6:00 PMMarch 19, 15:00 (Tape Delay)
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Rhein Fire
3
7
0
3
3
0
0
0
 6
10
22,827Saturday
March 18
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
WEEK 2
Hamburg Sea Devils
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
7
7
14
7
3
0
7
 14
31
26,713Saturday
March 25
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
Rhein Fire
@ Berlin Thunder
6
0
7
0
0
0
9
0
 22
0
13,105Saturday
March 25
6:00 PM20:00 (Tape Delay)
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Cologne Centurions
3
0
7
13
10
0
0
2
 20
15
17,251Sunday
March 26
4:00 PM10:00 (Live)
WEEK 3
Berlin Thunder
@ Hamburg Sea Devils
0
0
0
17
7
0
10
0
0
0
17
17
15,837Saturday
April 1
6:00 PM20:00 (Tape Delay)
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Amsterdam Admirals
7
14
3
10
3
7
7
7
 20
38
9,917Saturday
April 1
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
Rhein Fire
@ Cologne Centurions
7
0
3
10
7
0
3
0
 20
10
16,961Sunday
April 2
4:00 PM10:00 (Live)
WEEK 4
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Berlin Thunder
7
7
14
14
14
0
3
10
 38
31
11,443Saturday
April 8
6:00 PMApril 9, 12:00 (Tape Delay)
Cologne Centurions
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
0
7
14
0
0
7
7
 14
21
23,125Saturday
April 8
7:00 PM20:00 (Tape Delay)
Hamburg Sea Devils
@ Rhein Fire
7
0
7
7
0
7
7
17
 21
31
18,224Saturday
April 8
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
WEEK 5
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Hamburg Sea Devils
0
0
7
10
3
0
7
3
 17
13
12,281Saturday
April 15
6:00 PM12:00 (Live)
Rhein Fire
@ Amsterdam Admirals
7
14
17
7
0
7
7
7
 31
35
12,683Saturday
April 15
3:00 PM16:00 (Tape Delay)
Cologne Centurions
@ Berlin Thunder
0
0
0
10
7
7
6
7
 13
24
13,559Monday
April 17
6:00 PM10:00 (Live)
WEEK 6
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Rhein Fire
14
7
7
7
6
0
3
7
 30
21
20,118Saturday
April 22
7:00 PM20:00 (Tape Delay)
Berlin Thunder
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
0
7
3
3
6
7
9
 17
18
26,812Saturday
April 22
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
Hamburg Sea Devils
@ Cologne Centurions
0
3
3
0
7
3
7
14
 17
20
9,238Sunday
April 23
4:00 PM10:00 (Live)
WEEK 7
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Hamburg Sea Devils
3
0
0
17
6
0
9
0
 18
17
15,224Saturday
April 29
6:00 PMApril 30, 00:00 (Tape Delay)
Berlin Thunder
@ Rhein Fire
0
0
3
14
7
3
14
10
 24
27
20,598Saturday
April 29
7:00 PMApril 30, 20:00 (Tape Delay)
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Cologne Centurions
0
7
10
0
0
3
7
0
 17
10
11,800Sunday
April 30
4:00 PM10:00 (Live)
WEEK 8
Cologne Centurions
@ Amsterdam Admirals
3
3
10
0
7
0
0
10
 20
13
12,228Sunday
May 7
7:00 PM9:00 (Live)
Rhein Fire
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
3
7
3
0
7
7
3
 14
16
32,172Saturday
May 6
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
Hamburg Sea Devils
@ Berlin Thunder
7
0
14
7
3
0
14
7
 38
14
16,762Sunday
May 7
4:00 PM15:00 (Tape Delay)
WEEK 9
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
3
3
3
7
0
7
6
 17
12
31,769Sunday
May 14
5:00 PM16:00 (Tape Delay)
Berlin Thunder
@ Cologne Centurions
0
14
0
3
7
2
0
6
 7
25
12,438Sunday
May 14
4:00 PM20:00 (Game of the Week)
Rhein Fire
@ Hamburg Sea Devils
0
0
7
3
3
3
0
7
 10
13
16,823Sunday
May 14
4:00 PM10:00 (Live)
WEEK 10
Cologne Centurions
@ Rhein Fire
7
7
3
0
0
14
0
0
 10
21
28,334Saturday
May 20
7:00 PM13:00 (Live)
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Berlin Thunder
0
6
7
7
7
0
0
0
 14
13
14,225Saturday
May 20
6:00 PM17:00 (Tape Delay)
Hamburg Sea Devils
@ Amsterdam Admirals
3
0
14
0
7
7
10
14
 34
21
15,937Saturday
May 20
7:00 PM21:00 (Tape Delay)
WORLD BOWL XIV
@ LTU Arena (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Frankfurt Galaxy
Amsterdam Admirals
2
0
0
7
10
0
10
0
 22
7
36,286Saturday
May 27
6:00 PM12:00 (Live)
18:00 (Tape Delay)
May 28, 20:00 (Game of the Week)

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