Cage approved for CAGE league

[splinter]

We have reached an agreement with a light weight fence manufacter to build the cages that will be used in the CAGE. The walls will be aprox 9 ' tall around the rink, the fence will surround the rink with gates installed to allow player entry from the bench.
The fence will be lowered from the ceiling before the game, raised and lowered between periods and after the game much like they do the Cage matches from the WWE.
More details will be released soon.

[CoachChrisG]

Sounds good! Let me know what else is happening with the league via e-mail!!

C.C.

[ax319]

Besides the WWE style cage, what other silly gimmicks will "the cage" incorporate?

[JMUDukes26]

As assanine as this sounds, it might be gimmicky enough to generate some interest in inline hockey. I mean look at the ridiculious stuff they put on TV... rollerderby? American Gladiators? The ideas that seem worst to people who love sports, end up generating some interest... Good luck...

[missionhockey21]

Splinter has long been absent from these boards, I've heard he has other ideas like that, that never come through. So I doubt we will be hearing anything about the Cage league, I think it "was" supposed to start this spring.

[CoachChrisG]

It's a shame this Spinter guy has flaked out because from what he said by e-mail it looked great on paper.

C.C.

[DannyG]

I really don't want to be a negative vibe here, but, geez, fellahs, when we are trying to establish a credibility level, and an image of legitimacy for our sport, do we really need this?

I would be the first to soundly applaud a new effort to place a legitimate rolller hockey game/program in a position to be marketed to television, take that great leap into accpetability as a pro sport, etc...

How many PBH's do we have to live down, before the roller hockey community refuses to support this stuff???

Sorry, if I'm out of line here, but, sheesh!

[missionhockey21]

It COULD have been a comercial success, its sad in my opinion it didnt pan out.

[sixpack]

It's not so much the idea that is bad, its the person who keeps talking them up. He's done this before , talked it up for a month or two and he's gone, in about six month he will be back with some other bizar idea. Some of them might work but nobody will ever know until this joker actually follows through with one. And if its true that history repeats itself, that will never happen

[RichardGraham]

Hi Sixpack,

This could have worked incredibly well. You put the players in a cage, then, after the game, you only let the winners out! Talk about living and dying inline hockey! /wtimages/icons/wink.gif

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[missionhockey21]

I smell a new reality series ;-) lol

[RichardGraham]

Hi Mission,

I've already trademarked the name CAGE O' FOLLIES and patented the death of the players idea, so FORGET about trying to steal the concept from me. I'll sue you so fast you'll think I'd scored a hat-trick in three seconds, baby /wtimages/icons/wink.gif

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[missionhockey21]

I'll see you in court then Rich! I am not going to let you bank off the possible success of the Cage, survivor style. lol

[sixpack]

I think they call that wrestling

[RichardGraham]

OK Mission,

Now you've got me mad.

I've hired Johnny "Cage-Man" Cochran.

Who do you have?

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[RichardGraham]

Hi Sixpack,

So, are you trying to tell me that Spiderman, the movie, stole that original idea? I'm shocked to think that anyone in Hollywood would stoop so low. Please tell me it ain't so.

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[sixpack]

Wow you must be drunk. You have never talked like that here.

[RichardGraham]

Hi Sixpack,

No Occifer, I'm serfetly pober.

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[JMUDukes26]

You hired J.C.? Tell him I owe him after that aggrevated manslaughter charge he got me off of! The guy had it coming, he hooked me in the 2nd period!

[MDE3]

you mean like ramps and stuff?

[missionhockey21]

I am sorry for what I said earlier Rich, I am no match for you or your dream team. lol

[missionhockey21]

Johnny Cochran, hockey law attorney for hire ;-)

[missionhockey21]

The ramps, oh god dont make me relive PBH. Some of the stuff they did was so ridicoulous. Does anyone remember when Cuba Gooding Jr. was a celebrity coach? And people wonders why it failed. lol

[rt12]

This splinter guy is still floating around on message boards. The latest I have seen is inline basketball. Now he is posting crap on oursportscentral.com

[missionhockey21]

You know, you would think he would use different user names, I think many people must have heard Splinters failed plans. lol

[CoachChrisG]

It's too bad because sometimes he comes up with a good idea. Not often but sometimes.

C.C.

P.S. He's been posting for a long time and had a "mud" football league on the table too so go figure.

[missionhockey21]

Ideas, he has plenty of, he just lacks knowing how to put them together.

[JohnHockey1798]

DannyG by what I heard from someone that played PBH when it first started was that it was good roller hockey. THey didn't have the stupid ramp and they played with a puck. The only thing was the couldn't play until the afternoon. To bad some doesn't try Pro Beach Hockey again with just a regular roller hockey floor. I would like to try somehting here in Las Vegas but we are not a sports team city. Out pro teams don't last long look at our two RHI teams. I want to see our sport grow so that is why I am trying ot restart UNLVs roller hocky team. Like some of you have said college is the ticket to a pro league.

John

[MDE3]

Really? Never heard that before (not saying it isn't true) but my understanding was that it was a made for TV tournament - taped over a 2 week period, and then aired over a "season". I watched it I thought over it's whole duration - and never saw anything but the "ramped" surface with "the 3 point line". Maybe there was a PBH before it was televised.

[JMUDukes26]

Has anyone given thought to how monumental of a logistical nightmare setting this league up would be? I mean, you have to install the fences at enough rinks to have a real circuit, and the rinks you'd be playing at, can't hold enough people to support such a ridiculious sport. We need dreamers to show us the way to Pro Roller Hockey, but this guy is a little too out in left field

[missionhockey21]

We need big dreamers, but realistic ones. I dont think it is good to keep promoting (or trying to promote in this case) roller hockey as a fad. We already had PBH, I dont think it would had help roller hockey much to have The Cage, in my opinion.