San Tan Youth Football League Eagles

Tick tock… tick tock…. the Philadelphia Eagles are on the clock!  Ok, so I know this blog is dedicated to the STYFL Eagles and all, but I grew up in the Philadelphia area and Drew and I are HUGE Philadelphia Eagles fans!  It was only a stroke of luck that  Drew ended up on the Eagles team last year in his first tackle football season.  All that said, I’m pumped for the NFL draft tomorrow.

So what do the Eagles do tomorrow.  They have the 19th pick in the first round and have some trade bait in two-time all pro corner Lito Shepard.  Shep has been one of my favorite Birds over the years, but in the past few seasons he’s been on the training table as much as he’s been on the field.  Lito is a great cover corner and a play maker, but the Eagles pretty much drew the line in the sand when they picked up free agent corner Asante Samuel during the free agency period earlier this year.  The Birds brass has been somewhat non-descript as to whether or not they will ultimately trade Shepard, but the general consensus is that Lito will be traded tomorrow as the Birds look to move up in the draft or obtain the services of a veteran playmaker at the wide receiver position.

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Faintly off in the distance you could the chant, “One More Year… One More Year… One More Year!!”.  The Birds headman, Gene Erwin finally relented and committed to coaching one more season for the STYFL Mighty Might Eagles.  A great day indeed for the league and all of us die-hard Eagles fans.

In his email, Coach Gene reiterated that he doesn’t believe that some of the rule changes are in the best interest of the league or it’s players, but has agreed to keep an open mind and will make the most of the situation.  He also referenced his confidence in our “great group of parents and dedicated coaching staff”.  A sentiment I’m sure we all share in common.

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Well, it’s that time of year again… time to sign the boys up for the upcoming season. You can now do so online… click here. Fees are $160 for the season and you get a $10 discount if you sign up online. They are set up to receive payment via Paypal, so you can use major credit cards to cover the fees. Apparently, they aren’t accepting personal checks as they have had collection issues in the past.

To be perfectly honest, Drew’s really torn given that Eagles coaches might not be back next season, but in the end all he really wants to do is play football. I’d be curious to here from all of you if this will impact your son’s return to the league. I’m still reeling from the news myself. In any event, registration details for the upcoming season are below…

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Well folks, there are going to be some changes next year that could spell the end of the STYFL Eagles football club as we knew it. According to STYFL.com, the changes will help the league, “manage league operations more effectively and provide more evenly matched competition for all of our players”. So, how are things going to change…

Well first, the STYFL is going to be reorganized into a smaller number of “clubs”. Each club will have a team represented in each of the previous age groups and each team will basically have a varsity squad and a JV squad based on “skill level”. So, the size of each club will expand as will the number of coaches (more on that later). Also, each club will have a general manager that oversees all the teams within the club.

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