Joe Newman Quotations

We looked at the NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, CBA and NBDL and there were little or no minority ownerships. Unless you were a famous star, all of those leagues were excluding minorities.

We provide business, marketing and promotional plans. We provide the tools, but if they're not capable people in sports business, they likely won't have success.

We needed playoff replacements for the Florida Pit Bulls and Gallup Talons. We chose the Ohio Aviators and Boston, partly because Boston changed ownership during the season and did a good job.

We'll do better next season. We'll have statistics and up-to-date standings on our Web site. And we'll probably have 16 teams in the playoffs. I think 24 teams this season is too many.

We're not trying to attract a big sum of new people to move here. We're trying to find jobs for people who are already here.

Tim guaranteed he'd be there, but he wasn't. His participation was well publicized and we nearly had riots at both sites when he didn't appear.