Northern Virginia
Unlimited Youth
Football Association Alert Readers know that we've moved around a bit.

Which means new schools, piano teachers, friends, coaches.

The Penta Posse has taken each uprooting and replanting as normal.

As we constantly remind them: We are not normal...

Anyway, The Dude has always been lucky to find the best coaches in sports.

The Hurricanes Maryland state champions Our luck continues in our move back to Virginia from Maryland. After some checking around, we learned that there is no local Pop Warner football league in Northern Virginia.

But we may have found something better for our boy.

The Northern Virginia Unlimited Youth Football Association is just what The Dude was looking for. The league's motto is,

"Let the Big Guys Play!"

The program is designed for 6th-8th Graders Only (11-14 Years of Age), and most important:

No Weight Limit, No Experience Needed

The NOVA UYFA tag line continues,

"Prepare Yourself For High School Level - Come Experience The Fun!"

If you are looking for an advanced level of football for high school prep. Contact Joe or leave me a comment.

Or come to the FREE conditioning camp:

July 16th is the start of our Conditioning Camp. Time: 6pm to 7:15pm Place: White Oak Elementary School

The minimum weight is 130 pounds, so players are big. And serious.

Email me for questions.

The Son of Thunder October 2005 "The Equipment Manager" ###

Thank you (foot)notes:

One of the challenges that this league is facing is a government bureaucracy. Your Business Blogger has wrestled a bit with bureaucracies and managing bureaucrats and working with bureaucracies well understands the challenges. The local government employee/zealots have made it difficult for the budget-conscience league to market to the general population. The most common marketing effort for the local sports teams is to place temporary roadside signage.

But the local governing jurisdictions are hammering the leagues with litter-laws, and other special big-government applications.

Joe Whibley, the Executive Director of NOVA UYFA says word of mouth works to identify football players.

"We are always looking for more players to join," and Joe asks that we all help, "advertising...spreading the word...and recruiting for us."

The counties are not yet silencing blogs as a media outlet. This is an unpaid endorsement for the Northern Virginia
Unlimited Youth Football Association.

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NOVA UYFA is Endorsed by the Northern VA High School Coaches Association

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I am a bad mother. I asked the Dude why I should let him stay up to watch the Colts vs. the Patriots and he pointed me to the cover of Sports Illustrated and said simply, "Because it's the duel. Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady. Silly Mommy."

Makes sense to me.

So, here's the question. How do they do that??!! Peyton Manning lofted this one pass halfway down the field -- 30-some yards -- to Dominick Rhodes -- and I just want to know how they know someone from their own team will be there to catch it.

I'm serious. How do they do it when the pass is that long?

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