http://blog.sports4e.com Premier online sports league community Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:59:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Someone you know plays in an adult league. Boyfriend, sister, buddy, Dad, wife, somebody. You want to watch their games, but you know how unreliable they are. Or perhaps, how unpredictable their league is. You don’t want to show up to another 8am Saturday morning game only to find it ... http://blog.sports4e.com/2008/07/30/are-you-a-fan-or-just-a-tag-along/ You’ve played in adult leagues before.  Someone asked you to join their team, or maybe you found a league and signed up as ‘Individual’ hoping to get placed on a decent squad.  Once it got going, you had to hunt down your coach with emails and text messages each week ... http://blog.sports4e.com/2008/07/30/imagine-being-a-player-and-knowing-whats-going-on/ Nothing is more fun as an adult than competing in the sports you love. Each season offers competition, camaraderie, exercise, and a chance to get away from being an armchair quarterback, and perhaps be a real quarterback for once. However, coaching a team can be more frustrating and ... http://blog.sports4e.com/2008/07/30/the-realities-of-coaching/ The opportunity of running an organization that brings people together for the beautiful interaction of competitive sports can quickly be squelched by the realities of tedious and repetitive tasks. How can we as league and club administrators rise to the challenge against paperwork and ‘calling trees’? Likely, we are fierce ... http://blog.sports4e.com/2008/06/24/what-are-the-pains-of-managing-a-sports-league-club-or-organization/ I tried. I really tried. I just couldn’t make myself sit and watch another booooooring National Championship game. The first thought that comes to mind is, “Wouldn’t it have been great to see USC vs. Georgia?” This would, in my mind anyway, result in an Illinois vs. Hawaii match ... http://blog.sports4e.com/2008/01/11/what-if-the-nfl-provided-a-solution-to-the-bcs-mess/ My love of sports started with childhood dreams of scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl and hitting the last second shot in the NBA finals. For you it might be scoring the winning goal on grass (ice for you northerners), or nailing that eagle shot on the ... http://blog.sports4e.com/2008/01/10/welcome-to-the-sports4e-blog/