Cincinnati Marshals

Year founded: 2004
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The Cincinnati Marshals are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the NIFL. They play their home games at U.S. Bank Arena. Indoor football is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ... National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football association based in the United States. ... U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

History

The Cincinnati Marshals started out as the Waco Marshals in 2004 but finished their inagural season with a disappointing 2-8 record. For the next season they were changed into the Cincinnati Marshals. They play in the National Indoor Football League.

The 2005 season was marred by mismanagement, embezzelment, and corruption amongst the ownership. Owner H.P Patterson gave up the team after he did not pay players for well over a month, and then fled the United States after being suspected of money laundering. The mismanagement resulted in the resignation of the teams coach, former Houston Oilers coach Ed Biles, and the dissolution of the Diamond Deputies cheerleading squad, after they claimed weeks of unpaid game checks. In addition, the equipment manager of the team ended up not only quitting, but taking the equipment and holding it as ransom for unpaid monies.

Despite all this, new coach Tony Wells and Quarterback Brett Dietz led the team to the finish of an 8-6 record, which tied them for 2nd in their division with the Dayton Warbirds. In the First round of playoffs they upset the River City Rage, who was ranked first in the same division as the Marshals with the Marshals with 67 points and the Rage with 64 points. In the next playoff round they defeated the Fayetteville Guard 70 to 69. In the Atlantic Conference Championship they had no such luck, falling to the Rome Renegades 51 to 41. Dayton Warbirds was an United Indoor Football franchise located in Dayton, Ohio. ... The River City Rage are a professional indoor football team. ... The Fayetteville Guard are a professional arena football team. ... The Rome Renegades are a professional arena football team. ...

In the following months, the team's status was left largely undetermined. On December 20, 2005, after many months of speculation, the Marshals announced a return to the NIFL for the 2006 season with a new ownership group led by Doug Hortman and P.J. Conboy, a new coaching staff led by head coach Steve Carpenter, a new equipment manager (unrelated), and the return of the Diamond Deputies. The team amassed a 8-6 record for the 2006 season, but was unable to play a game in the playoffs and was forced to forfeit their first round matchup to Osceola Football. However, the forfeit was reversed a few days later when it was revealed that Osceola had failed to file paperwork essential to their progress in the postseason, so Cincinnati was awarded the forfeit win. The prize was a trip to St. Louis, where their season ended with a loss to the River City Rage.

In the past few months, it has been rumored that the team would move leagues. Current speculation reveals the move to United Indoor Football for the 2007 season, to coincide with similar moves by the River City Rage, Tri Cities Fever, Rapid City Flying Aces, Wyoming Cavalry, and reigning NIFL champion Billings Outlaws. On September 4, 2006, those four teams plan on announcing their transfers. Will Cincinnati join them? stay tuned... United Indoor Football is an indoor football league that was started in 2005. ... The River City Rage are a professional indoor football team. ... The Rapid City Flying Aces are a team in the National Indoor Football League. ... The Wyoming Cavalry are a professional arena football team. ... National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football association based in the United States. ... The Billings Outlaws are a professional arena football team. ...

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Team History

2005