The Story of the MudBugs Football Team in Lafayette Louisiana

[TuffGuy84]

Their business plan is very poorly thought through. At 20$, there is not a chance that they will even think about selling out blackham. If you sell the tickets at 10$, I'd go a lot and the chances are that with a little success, you'd be selling out.

[RCAJUN90]

_ http://www.mudbugsfootball.com/aboutus.htm

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Mission Statement of the Southern Indoor Football League

To bring affordable family entertainment to fans across America

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Not at $20 per ticket. $10 for kids 5 and under. Kids 5 and under should be free! I will never attend a game at that price. _

That is more than the IceGators. I might head to one game to go into Blackham because I've never been in there. It is so small I can't imagine arena football being played in there. I wonder what genius got the idea for the name and logo? http://www.mudbugshockey.com/

[Crawfish]

_ $18.50 + $1.50 fee....the mud bugs will fold after a couple of season. When the owner of the Icegators started to raise the prices attendance started to go down from 11,800 to maybe 2,500. They had five dollar seats for their games. $20 for a family of four. They got greedy and things start to fall apart...$20, I think not..... _

After seeing what has happened in other cities (check out Beaumont's team) with these very very minor league teams, I'll be surprised if they finish season one. At this level, this is a really pathetic sport.

[CajunCharlie]

_ $18.50 + $1.50 fee....the mud bugs will fold after a couple of season. When the owner of the Icegators started to raise the prices attendance started to go down from 11,800 to maybe 2,500. They had five dollar seats for their games. $20 for a family of four. They got greedy and things start to fall apart...$20, I think not..... _

Frenchie, it won't take two seasons, IMO. Minor league baseball tried it, and failed. The Ice Gators were successful for a while until the the fans got tired of going to see a fight, and a hockey game broke out.

For certain, they are not going to get my dollars. I hate arena football. Its for the pits, which is usually where the game takes place.

[Kal]

_ Their business plan is very poorly thought through. At 20$, there is not a chance that they will even think about selling out blackham. If you sell the tickets at 10$, I'd go a lot and the chances are that with a little success, you'd be selling out. _

Wait, you mean it's 20 dollars a ticket for me to sit down on wooden dusty bleachers and get splinters up my butt? You mean it's 20 dollars a ticket and there are no fancy new scoreboards, sound systems, instant replays, light shows, or anything? They'll be bankrupt by midway through the first season. The league will have to step in and take over operations just to be able to pay what's still owed on the players salaries.

[NewsCopy]

 Austin, TX - The Austin Turfcats opened their inaugural season in a down and dirty battle with the Acadiana Mudbugs. More than 1,400 fans watched as the Turfcats lost to the Mudbugs by a score of 37-29 at the Travis County Expo Center Saturday.

"I thought the guys gave everything on the field," said Turfcats Head Coach Chris Duliban. "We have to learn how to put them in a choke hold." Duliban explained the rowdy crowd full of friends, family and fans added to the nerves of the new team, but they will find their groove.

The nerviness led to three quick scores by the Mudbugs.

"[Nerves] are no excuse, you have got to have tunnel vision on the field," the coach said.

The rest of the story

[Spydaman70507]

It is good to see some of our former players doing good at next level. Kemmie Lewis earn the league first Player of the week award in the SIFL you can read more on his story www.southernifl.com

[wcd35]

I didn't realize that the Mudbugs started already. Got their first win over Austin. Looks like the home opener is tomorrow night

LOL for a minor league indoor football team, they have a lot of dancers and dance instructors. 14 dancers and 4 different dance instructors/choreographers and only 26 players on the roster

[shof]

That's Entertainment!

[TheRaginCajun06]

Just returned home from the Mudbugs game at the Blackham.

I was impressed by the teams play. I was very surprised that the Texas Pirates only scored 6 points in the first half. The game was entertaining. I wasn't sure what to expect being it was at the Blackham.

Lots of defense for the Mudbugs. Kimmee Lewis looked really good and maybe some excellent plays. I like the swagger in this team. If you guys are craving some offseason football this is good stuff.

We also laid out some big hits. The NFL Draft had me craving some football action.

[Zeebart21]

_ Just returned home from the Mudbugs game at the Blackham.

I was impressed by the teams play. I was very surprised that the Texas Pirates only scored 6 points in the first half. The game was entertaining. I wasn't sure what to expect being it was at the Blackham.

Lots of defense for the Mudbugs. Kimmee Lewis looked really good and maybe some excellent plays. I like the swagger in this team. If you guys are craving some offseason football this is good stuff.

We also laid out some big hits. The NFL Draft had me craving some football action. _

How did the attdce look?

[TheRaginCajun06]

_ How did the attdce look? _

Not sure how many but both sides had about 4 full sections. The corners had people here and there. I know it had to be more than 1k.