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****BREAKING NEWS****
After a six year ordeal the Blitz Fastball League has lost in its battle to maintain their initial decision to ban three teams from playing in their league.
Six years ago Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula were expelled from the British Fastball League, the predecessor of the Blitz League, for drug abuse, violence, intimidation of officials and the extensive use of performance enhancing drugs, all of which the three teams deny and despite their hatred of each other, they have fought a long six year campaign together to be installed in the Blitz League, which itself was only formed following the corruption surrounding the British League six years ago, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) finally ruling in favour of the three banished teams this week.
The players that were on the rosters of these three teams were also banned for life from playing Fastball, mostly due to violence and intimidation, but these bans have also been overturned, with the three teams involved siting recent events in the Blitz League as ‘obvious incidents, where intimidation and violence have been allowed to go unpunished’, with the training methods used at Raven Fastball Club and the often violent approach used on the pitch by teams such as Psycho Zen and Nighthawks, as highlighted examples, whilst the clubs themselves have also pointed out the ‘ritual’ that Renegades have of burning an effigy of the oppositions club Captain from a ‘hanging tree’ outside their stadium for home games, as another example of ‘blatant abuse‘ and more reasons why they have been made to feel persecuted somewhat by the decisions taken six years ago.
Blitz and Shotgun League Admin, Chris Finn, had this to say;
This decision is obviously very disappointing, I feel for the clubs and supporters of the vastly successful league we currently have competing that they will have to endure the disgraceful tactics, cheating and physical abuse that will almost inevitably now take place during games involving these teams. Not only are most, if not all, of the staff that were in place at these clubs six years ago still working for these teams, but their players have also now been given the green light to resume playing….I don’t want to highlight certain individuals, but I’m sure we all remember the abuse and trauma suffered by Edward Hicks at the hands of Balthazar Dax in the Tartist v Brutal Fury game, and events like this will re-occur I’m sure……
The League was folded, following the ‘Payback Revolt’ of October 21st 2011 (see below) and a new league, the Blitz Fastball League was formed in the wake of these issues, with Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula all banned from entering, whilst a fourth team ‘The Sepko Clan’, were left out of the invitations sent to the other teams, to form a new league; although no actual evidence could be found to implicate The Sepko Clan in any of the corruption charges relating to the other three teams, the new league felt that there was enough rumour and protestation from other clubs to feel that the league would be better off without them. The Sepko Clan management and staff stayed on and reformed as ‘Sepko Rejects’ moving abroad to enter into the USA Fastball league; their players weren’t banned and several moved to clubs within the Blitz League, such as Jamie Wolf, Dan Cassetti, Eli Thorn and Max Jeffson, but the teams has now decided, following this ruling, that they will also ‘return home’ to play in the Blitz League, although they will continue to play as ‘Sepko Rejects’ to ‘remind everyone of the unjustified rejection and ultimate revenge and satisfaction they will have when once again becoming Britain’s premier Fastball team’.
So what do we know about these teams and how are they likely to proceed? Here is a break down of each club…
Brutal Fury have perhaps had the most chequered past of the banned teams, they play in front of a vociferous home crowd and consider themselves to be the ‘….ultimate Fastball Club’, in a sense that they have been at the forefront of modern training methods and have been largely successful historically in their games. They have a fierce rivalry with Lethal Rage and Neverwinter Wanderers, the latter would dispute Brutal Fury’s claims of being ‘the ultimate fastball club’.
Fatal Formula are only what can be described as ‘Fastball fanatics’, their supporters are very partisan and generally very hostile toward away supporters, so much so that back in 2009 away fans were unable to watch their teams play away at ‘The Moths Flame’, the home ground of Fatal Formula. They have traditionally always had more Chemists working for the club than players and are very keen to experiment with new performance enhancing drugs, whilst generally only signing players who they consider to be ‘the correct physical specimen’. These facts can’t be confirmed of course, but are largely understood within the Fastball community.
Lethal Rage have been the most vocal and most aggressive in their attempts to get installed into the Blitz League, they feel very aggrieved about the decisions to ban them in 2011 and have openly stated that see the court case and battle for inclusion as a ‘crusade of revenge’….a worrying thought now that they have been installed in the league. Traditionally, Lethal Rage have not always been the most successful, but their training methods are often steered toward increased aggression and on-field deception….rumour is that Raven’s cage method was first used at Lethal Rage.
Sepko Rejects have stayed very quiet during the court case and have somewhat annoyed the other teams by not offering financial support for the court case, despite perhaps being the wealthiest club in the Fastball world. They have brought their squad of players from the USA with them and have stated on record that they will seek to re-sign a number of players bought of them by Blitz League teams in the last few years, players such as Tony Mariner, Zac Underwood, Danny Meks and Tony Kasey; they have inherited some players already based in the Blitz League, but it remains uncertain which players will be retained and who will be released.
Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula have inherited squads from previous teams, but a number of those players have asked for transfers or gone on strike, stating that they have no interest in playing for these clubs, some moves have already taken place to move some of these players, but the future of a number of the players is far from certain…….these players will be looking for moves and doubtless the three clubs involved will be keen to sell or trade them.
Supplemental
The ‘Payback Revolt’ (taken from wikipedia)
Throughout the British Fastball League there have been teams that have use rather unscrupulous means to win games, aggressive tactics, bribery of officials and drug abuse, the league had always sought to limit this as best it could, despite several teams seemingly always ‘getting away with it’, but things got a lot worse during the season of 2010-11 and came to head in the season of 2011-12, bringing about the ‘Payback Revolt’ on 21st October 2011.
Four teams in the league had built up a reputation in the previous seasons, Lethal Rage, Brutal Fury and Fatal Formula, and to a lesser extent The Sepko Clan, had all attempted or used a combination of bribery, violence and in some cases drugging of opponents in their quest for success; the other teams in the league had suffered from serious injury, mental abuse (often brought about by being drugged before games) and losing games on odd refereeing decisions that turned the result of matches unusually, especially late in games. Following a secret meeting of the other clubs on 18th October 2011, it was decided that the league were powerless to stop these acts of cheating by the other four teams and the clubs themselves would take matters into their own hands…fighting fire with fire. It was decided that they would all adopt a more physical approach the following weekend, with Phoenix Firebirds playing Brutal Fury, Psycho Zen playing Fatal Formula and Black Sunshine playing Lethal Rage on 21st October. The games were nothing short of carnage, with Black Sunshine manager Tim Wallace allegedly giving instructions to Troy Murray to ‘deal’ with Phineas Keele….although this rumour has never been confirmed, a horrific injury to Keele caused by Murray meant that Keele was unable to walk for several months. Phoenix Firebirds took a similar approach in their game with Brutal Fury, following several injuries to both sides and Bo Amabolto of Phoenix Firebirds attempting to spear the Brutal Fury manager with a corner flag, the game was abandoned after just 14 minutes of play.
The worse incidents of that infamous day though occurred at The Temple, the home of Psycho Zen, where the instruction to get more physical was taken in very much the wrong way (or the correct way, depending on your view point) by the Psycho Zen players and resulted in the deaths of two of their opponents (Riley McBain and Bas Brewcombe), due to mysterious injuries that have never been made public and no Psycho Zen players have ever faced charges, although Mike Korstin, now of Zikconia Seven, has made several references to the incident in his recent book and could well now be investigated, along with former team mate Paul Prumby.
In the aftermath of ‘The Payback Revolt’ as it would come to be known, the league decided to shut down in a bid to stop more incidents from taking place. A new league, the Blitz Fastball League, was formed for the following season, with new stringent disciplinary rules and a new yellow and red card system adopted for foul play on the pitch.
The ‘Payback Revolt’ succeeded in it’s attempts to ‘bring things to a head’ and allow the league to clean up somewhat, but it is uncertain as to whether the targeted clubs (Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula) would have changed their approach following these games, as the league shut down immediately….and probably for the best.
****BREAKING NEWS****
After a six year ordeal the Blitz Fastball League has lost in its battle to maintain their initial decision to ban three teams from playing in their league.
Six years ago Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula were expelled from the British Fastball League, the predecessor of the Blitz League, for drug abuse, violence, intimidation of officials and the extensive use of performance enhancing drugs, all of which the three teams deny and despite their hatred of each other, they have fought a long six year campaign together to be installed in the Blitz League, which itself was only formed following the corruption surrounding the British League six years ago, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) finally ruling in favour of the three banished teams this week.
The players that were on the rosters of these three teams were also banned for life from playing Fastball, mostly due to violence and intimidation, but these bans have also been overturned, with the three teams involved siting recent events in the Blitz League as ‘obvious incidents, where intimidation and violence have been allowed to go unpunished’, with the training methods used at Raven Fastball Club and the often violent approach used on the pitch by teams such as Psycho Zen and Nighthawks, as highlighted examples, whilst the clubs themselves have also pointed out the ‘ritual’ that Renegades have of burning an effigy of the oppositions club Captain from a ‘hanging tree’ outside their stadium for home games, as another example of ‘blatant abuse‘ and more reasons why they have been made to feel persecuted somewhat by the decisions taken six years ago.
Blitz and Shotgun League Admin, Chris Finn, had this to say;
This decision is obviously very disappointing, I feel for the clubs and supporters of the vastly successful league we currently have competing that they will have to endure the disgraceful tactics, cheating and physical abuse that will almost inevitably now take place during games involving these teams. Not only are most, if not all, of the staff that were in place at these clubs six years ago still working for these teams, but their players have also now been given the green light to resume playing….I don’t want to highlight certain individuals, but I’m sure we all remember the abuse and trauma suffered by Edward Hicks at the hands of Balthazar Dax in the Tartist v Brutal Fury game, and events like this will re-occur I’m sure……
The League was folded, following the ‘Payback Revolt’ of October 21st 2011 (see below) and a new league, the Blitz Fastball League was formed in the wake of these issues, with Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula all banned from entering, whilst a fourth team ‘The Sepko Clan’, were left out of the invitations sent to the other teams, to form a new league; although no actual evidence could be found to implicate The Sepko Clan in any of the corruption charges relating to the other three teams, the new league felt that there was enough rumour and protestation from other clubs to feel that the league would be better off without them. The Sepko Clan management and staff stayed on and reformed as ‘Sepko Rejects’ moving abroad to enter into the USA Fastball league; their players weren’t banned and several moved to clubs within the Blitz League, such as Jamie Wolf, Dan Cassetti, Eli Thorn and Max Jeffson, but the teams has now decided, following this ruling, that they will also ‘return home’ to play in the Blitz League, although they will continue to play as ‘Sepko Rejects’ to ‘remind everyone of the unjustified rejection and ultimate revenge and satisfaction they will have when once again becoming Britain’s premier Fastball team’.
So what do we know about these teams and how are they likely to proceed? Here is a break down of each club…
Brutal Fury have perhaps had the most chequered past of the banned teams, they play in front of a vociferous home crowd and consider themselves to be the ‘….ultimate Fastball Club’, in a sense that they have been at the forefront of modern training methods and have been largely successful historically in their games. They have a fierce rivalry with Lethal Rage and Neverwinter Wanderers, the latter would dispute Brutal Fury’s claims of being ‘the ultimate fastball club’.
Fatal Formula are only what can be described as ‘Fastball fanatics’, their supporters are very partisan and generally very hostile toward away supporters, so much so that back in 2009 away fans were unable to watch their teams play away at ‘The Moths Flame’, the home ground of Fatal Formula. They have traditionally always had more Chemists working for the club than players and are very keen to experiment with new performance enhancing drugs, whilst generally only signing players who they consider to be ‘the correct physical specimen’. These facts can’t be confirmed of course, but are largely understood within the Fastball community.
Lethal Rage have been the most vocal and most aggressive in their attempts to get installed into the Blitz League, they feel very aggrieved about the decisions to ban them in 2011 and have openly stated that see the court case and battle for inclusion as a ‘crusade of revenge’….a worrying thought now that they have been installed in the league. Traditionally, Lethal Rage have not always been the most successful, but their training methods are often steered toward increased aggression and on-field deception….rumour is that Raven’s cage method was first used at Lethal Rage.
Sepko Rejects have stayed very quiet during the court case and have somewhat annoyed the other teams by not offering financial support for the court case, despite perhaps being the wealthiest club in the Fastball world. They have brought their squad of players from the USA with them and have stated on record that they will seek to re-sign a number of players bought of them by Blitz League teams in the last few years, players such as Tony Mariner, Zac Underwood, Danny Meks and Tony Kasey; they have inherited some players already based in the Blitz League, but it remains uncertain which players will be retained and who will be released.
Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula have inherited squads from previous teams, but a number of those players have asked for transfers or gone on strike, stating that they have no interest in playing for these clubs, some moves have already taken place to move some of these players, but the future of a number of the players is far from certain…….these players will be looking for moves and doubtless the three clubs involved will be keen to sell or trade them.
Supplemental
The ‘Payback Revolt’ (taken from wikipedia)
Throughout the British Fastball League there have been teams that have use rather unscrupulous means to win games, aggressive tactics, bribery of officials and drug abuse, the league had always sought to limit this as best it could, despite several teams seemingly always ‘getting away with it’, but things got a lot worse during the season of 2010-11 and came to head in the season of 2011-12, bringing about the ‘Payback Revolt’ on 21st October 2011.
Four teams in the league had built up a reputation in the previous seasons, Lethal Rage, Brutal Fury and Fatal Formula, and to a lesser extent The Sepko Clan, had all attempted or used a combination of bribery, violence and in some cases drugging of opponents in their quest for success; the other teams in the league had suffered from serious injury, mental abuse (often brought about by being drugged before games) and losing games on odd refereeing decisions that turned the result of matches unusually, especially late in games. Following a secret meeting of the other clubs on 18th October 2011, it was decided that the league were powerless to stop these acts of cheating by the other four teams and the clubs themselves would take matters into their own hands…fighting fire with fire. It was decided that they would all adopt a more physical approach the following weekend, with Phoenix Firebirds playing Brutal Fury, Psycho Zen playing Fatal Formula and Black Sunshine playing Lethal Rage on 21st October. The games were nothing short of carnage, with Black Sunshine manager Tim Wallace allegedly giving instructions to Troy Murray to ‘deal’ with Phineas Keele….although this rumour has never been confirmed, a horrific injury to Keele caused by Murray meant that Keele was unable to walk for several months. Phoenix Firebirds took a similar approach in their game with Brutal Fury, following several injuries to both sides and Bo Amabolto of Phoenix Firebirds attempting to spear the Brutal Fury manager with a corner flag, the game was abandoned after just 14 minutes of play.
The worse incidents of that infamous day though occurred at The Temple, the home of Psycho Zen, where the instruction to get more physical was taken in very much the wrong way (or the correct way, depending on your view point) by the Psycho Zen players and resulted in the deaths of two of their opponents (Riley McBain and Bas Brewcombe), due to mysterious injuries that have never been made public and no Psycho Zen players have ever faced charges, although Mike Korstin, now of Zikconia Seven, has made several references to the incident in his recent book and could well now be investigated, along with former team mate Paul Prumby.
In the aftermath of ‘The Payback Revolt’ as it would come to be known, the league decided to shut down in a bid to stop more incidents from taking place. A new league, the Blitz Fastball League, was formed for the following season, with new stringent disciplinary rules and a new yellow and red card system adopted for foul play on the pitch.
The ‘Payback Revolt’ succeeded in it’s attempts to ‘bring things to a head’ and allow the league to clean up somewhat, but it is uncertain as to whether the targeted clubs (Brutal Fury, Lethal Rage and Fatal Formula) would have changed their approach following these games, as the league shut down immediately….and probably for the best.