Semipro Football

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Semi-Professional Football

Semi-pro football is a non-professional category of football. Leagues and teams are not associated with schools, colleges, or other academic institutions except that they might rent fields & stadiums from them for their use. Today, after a player has ended his collegiate or professional career, players still have the option to continue playing in a non-paid role as a member of a semi-pro team. Leagues tend to be regional with teams traveling a significant distance for games.

Historic Teams:

Watertown Red & Black (New York) Established in 1896. The Red & Black are oldest semi-pro football team in existence. In the early days of football, this team occasionally played against NFL teams until it was no longer profitable for NFL teams to play against small-market teams like Watertown. Throughout their history, the Red & Black have drawn players from nearby Fort Drum, NY. The U.S. Army's home of mountain warfare has a plentiful volume of young & physically fit Soldiers who still have a desire to play after their high school careers ended. As of 2020 the Red & Black had returned to the Empire Football League, which covers much of the Adirondack "North Country" (far northeastern New York).

Glens Falls Green Jackets Established in 1928 and also in the Adirondack Park, the Green Jackets were the first to wear the "G" symbol commonly known from the NFL's Green Bay Packers, the University of Georgia, and Grambling State University. They filed a lawsuit against the Packers (sometime in the 1960s - citation due) which they lost.

Semi-pro Leagues by state: (links needed)

State	League	Status
Alabama	National Developmental Football League	Unknown
Alaska	Example	Example
Arizona	Example	Example
Arkansas	Example	Example
California	Example	Example
Colorado	Example	Example
Connecticut	Example	Example
Delaware	Example	Example
Florida	Example	Example
Georgia	National Developmental Football League	Unknown
Hawaii	Example	Example
Idaho	Example	Example
Illinois	Example	Example
Indiana	Example	Example
Iowa	Example	Example
Kansas	Example	Example
Kentucky	Mid-States Football League	Unknown
Louisiana	Example	Example
Maine	Example	Example
Maryland	Example	Example
Massachusetts	Example	Example
Michigan	Example	Example
Minnesota	Example	Example
Mississippi	Example	Example
Missouri	Example	Example
Montana	Example	Example
Nebraska	Example	Example
Nevada	Example	Example
New Hampshire	Example	Example
New Jersey	Example	Example
New Mexico	Example	Example
New York	Empire Football League	Active
North Carolina	Example	Example
North Dakota	Example	Example
Ohio	Example	Example
Oklahoma	Example	Example
Oregon	Example	Example
Pennsylvania	Example	Example
Rhode Island	Example	Example
South Carolina	Example	Example
South Dakota	Example	Example
Tennessee	Independent American Football League	Unknown
Tennessee	National Developmental Football League	Unknown
Texas	Example	Example
Utah	Example	Example
Vermont	Example	Example
Virginia	Example	Example
Washington	Example	Example
West Virginia	Example	Example
Wisconsin	Example	Example
Wyoming	Example	Example