When Does Sports Activity Go Over the Edge? Look No Further Than the EIFL. Here’s an Interview That Will Shock You.
by MooheadFebruary 13, 2007 9:17 am
When Jim Terry brought his Hitmen and his EIFL to Youngstown, there was an immediate uproar. Residents were upset about the team logo. People were appalled at the profiteering from Maurice Clarett’s fall from grace. It seems that no one in the area was untouched by the controversy generated by Jim Terry. Even the Valley Chamber of Commerce became short tempered with the relentless Terry, advising Chamber members to steer clear from the EIFL enterprise. Everyone from the owner of the Thunderplex, to the Principal of JFK High School had run-ins with the overly aggressive Terry. After multiple teams jumping ship, the loss of their commissioner, and months of being hounded by a lynch mob of internet posters, the EIFL kicked off. This was supposed to be the vindication Jim Terry was looking for. Instead, it has become an abomination. Not to the lynch mob. Not to the local media so frequently confronted by Terry. Instead, the coach of one of the EIFL teams took time out to talk with me at 11pm last night. After a day to think about his team’s game against the NE Ohio Panthers, coach Larry Macon of Chicago needed to get some things off his chest.
When does a game turn into a war? When does a dream turn into an obsession? And when does that obsession obscure the basic principles of fair play and safety?
Hours before the Macon interview, Jim Terry called me to say how well everything was going. He specifically stated that nobody had gotten hurt in his football facility. He was thrilled with the money he was making, and feistily told me that he had defied all the odds and kicked off his season successfully.
At no time did Jim relate the bad injuries suffered by a Buzzard player, or talk about player ejections, or players being hurled over walls after plays ended. I’m sure there will be an excuse. But as league owner, commissioner and team owner, Jim is directly accountable for the comportment of his teams. He has stated repeatedly that there is insurance available for injured players. Unfortunately, we will now find out how true this is.
We live in an increasingly unsafe world. The TV programs we watch mimic our own bizarre “realities”. We’ve got “Wife Swappers”, “Supernannies”, Survivor, even a crueler, unkinder “American Idol”. We are fascinated with the misfortune of others. We’ve got men fighting in cages, and now we have men being hurled over 4 foot walls. We have Indoor Football players suffering injuries more consistant with car accidents than Semi Pro football.
Perhaps Brookfield Township should take another look at this enterprise. Perhaps they should check to see what kind of insurance the league has provided for injuries such as these. Is this kind of sporting activity illegal? No.
It IS immoral. And I, for one, wish it would stop.
February 13th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Don’t Hunt What you can’t kill !
Jim Terry
www.MVHITMEN.com
LIKE I SAID , WE ARE HERE TO STAY1 DEAL WITH IT INTERNET HATERS!
February 13th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Jim, you lost. Give up already. If the Buzzards don’t come on Saturday without any warning, what are you going to do? Are you going to throw them out of the league? o wait you can’t.
Are you going to fine them? Why? To steal more money?
Grow up, you’re a disgrace to the MAHONING VALLEY.
AND O YA JIM… GROW UP AND COMEBACK ON AOL-IM and IM ME.
February 13th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
The Hitmen website hasn’t been updated since I saw it last, about a month ago.
Didn’t the season start already? Why no scores on the websites? Can’t pay your bills, huh?
February 13th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
The Buzzards player that was hurt so badly is now asking, on Moohead Radio’s message board, about which Youngstown attorneys he should contact to handle his case. One reader suggested Dave Betras and company. I’d pay admission to watch Betras rip Terry apart in court like he does!
February 13th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
I for one will never give this sleaze bag any money. He’s a con man and he’ll either be bankrupt or in prison within the year.
February 14th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Please do not say that he is a disgrace to the mahoning valley, him his brother and family packed up and moved from here years ago. To say they are from here is one thing but they by no means are a part of this valley today.
February 14th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Just to let you know a few things since some many of you are just ******* stupid.
1- I do not own the EIFL —can’t come after me…
2-THE GAME PLAYED WAS NOT WITH MY TEAM THE HITMEN.
3-THE ARENA IS NOT OWNED BY ME.
My team and lease along with my name had nothing to do with this event on SUNDAY!
NICE TRY. I guess next time Grant Hill gets hurt I will be on the hook for him getting hurt as well. Give it up you grasping for staws! SEE EVERYONE ON SATURDAY!
February 14th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
” SEE EVERYONE ON SATURDAY! ”
More like… See You In Court!
February 14th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
More like see no body on Saturday. No one goes to the games
February 14th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Can’t come after you? Is that what this has come down to? Whether or not you’re “collectible” in matters of litigation? I have never heard an honest businessman say these words “You can’t come after me”. Because every legitimate business I know has an owner, and a person who is accountable. Your response, Jim, only further establishes a greater concern for yourself, than the players who are sacrificing their health without insurance. There is no doubt that you have received money in the name of the league. Smoking guns leave trails.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
collecting money is not the same as receiving!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Jim, see who on Saturday. Nobody is showing up to these games. Despite how many tickets you claim to sell and how many tickets you give away, no one is showing up. Because no one really cares about you or your league. People just want these players to know that they are being conned by you and your lies. There is no insurance, no six figure deal, and no thousands of season ticket holders.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Jim Terry could you possibly be any bigger of an idiot. I’m listening to the show now and I’m amazed at how much of a tool you are. You know you are full of crap. Your league or whatever that is — is a joke. You are a joke. The field you think you’ll play at is a joke. Players are dropping like flies. The owners of the league are dropping out. Your only advertiser is complaining now about you not putting their logo on the field. That is your only sponsor. How could you possibly not care of them? It’s the only one you had. You idiot.
What I want to know is what you actually tell people to get them to fall for your crap and BS lies? You get people to actually believe this will work and it will not.
Jim Terry….when will you go away. Will it be in cuffs or a white jacket?
February 14th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Oops. Jim Terry just lost his only advertiser and his insurance company. Can’t believe this guy. What a freakin tool!
Frontline Insurance run fast run far away from Jim Terry!!!!
February 14th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
>Jim Says:
>February 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
>collecting money is not the same as receiving!
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck…..
It is a duck.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Jim Terry never gave Frontine his gift certificates to the Golden Corrall either. What’s with the Golden Corrall? Does his mommy work there?
February 14th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
He’s just another know nothing loudmouth who got schooled by the very people he ripped off.
Lots of people have forgotten more about running football teams than he’ll ever learn in his entire lifetime.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
He just said “I am the SOLE PROPRIETOR” of this business on the tape.
Uh, ok, so that incorporation was all baloney? Well, I guess so since it says “PROFESSIONAL indoor football.”
It’s a public document by the way….
http://www.wncsport.com/jimterrylies.pdf
February 14th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Whoops that was the copy of the old EIFL site where he said FrontLine WAS their insurance carrier. That on top of recordings proved he flat out lied about players being covered.
The incorporation link is here… http://www1.sos.state.oh.us/reports/rwservlet?imgc&Din=200618702480
It’s not easy sorting through all the B.S. Jim Terry spews
February 14th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I’d go berserk?
Well. . .
You left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I’ve gone
Completely out of my mind
And. . .
They’re coming to take me away, HA HA
They’re coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I’ll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they’re coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I had said
That losing you would make me flip my lid
Right. . .
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh
You laughed, you laughed and laughed
And then you left
But now you know I’m utterly mad!
And. . .
They’re coming to take me away, HA HA
They’re coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they’re coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!!
Hah. . .
Well you just wait
They’ll find you yet
And when they do they’ll
Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!
And. . .
They’re coming to take me away, HA HA
They’re coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I’ll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they’re coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they’re coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I’ll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they’re coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
February 14th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Moohead ou got Terry sweating. He is an idioit, a racist, a no good person person and most of all a con man who should go to jail
February 15th, 2007 at 12:20 am
At this point jail is the only option suitable for Jim Terry. This is a black eye for all indoor/arena football.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Don’t include the Hitmen as an arena team. They are nothing more then me and my friends back yard league
February 15th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Jim Terry? Where’s your response?
I asked you one question.
Handcuffs or white jacket?
February 16th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Team owners said their money to enter the league was supposed to go to insurance.
Well Mr. Terry, where is that money?
GO EMBEZZLE SOME MORE YOU JACKASS!
Like you tell me in all your instant messages, “”I DON’T CARE ABOUT OTHERS, IT’S ABOUT ME AND MONEY.”"
Enjoy your time in jail you idiot, and o ya, I will be right about you not playing next weekend… and that the Steelheads are not real, and that your press is a joke.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
There was supposed to be another game tonite, but nobody was at the venue. Heard that Mr. Terry had team practice tonite, instead, and it was held at the Golf Dome in Girard.
Golf domes are for golfing, not football practice! This whole thing is nothing but smoke and mirrors. A complete sham. How do you get ticket refunds from Mr. Terry, anyhow?
February 16th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Are you kidding? He probably called all his season ticket holders himself to have them show up. All none of them.
LOL
http://www.mooheadradio.com/2.0/?p=863
February 16th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Can this story possibly get funnier?
February 16th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Jim Terry advertised another game to be played in Masury tonight, but no teams showed up and the building was dark. I suppose the game he advertised for tomorrow was just a scam, too. You can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth!
February 16th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
If you can’t get ticket refunds from the Hitmen, contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Marc Dann, the new AG, is from Trumbull County.
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February 17th, 2007 at 9:30 am
http://www.vindy.com/content/sports/local_regional/305187257284569.php
“MASURY — The heavily snow-covered driveway leading to the Thunder Dome where at least two Northeast Ohio Panthers players believed their indoor football league team would be playing its home game Friday night told part of the story.
How could the players, coaches and any fans with anything but a four-wheel-drive vehicle negotiate the uphill approach to the building on Bedford Road?
Upon closer inspection, the Thunder Dome’s padlocked door was the rest of the story.”…
“…Paul Macklin and another Panthers player who identified himself only as “Porkchop,” arrived in plenty of time Friday evening for their 7 p.m. game against the 3 Rivers Rats of Pittsburgh.
When the two defensive linemen weren’t able to make the climb, they parked in a neighboring driveway and stayed warm in their cars while waiting.
After calling a teammate via cellphone, the men said they were told that the Eastern Indoor Football League’s weekend games were canceled.”…
“…”We heard that the scheduled dates will be bumped back,” Macklin said, “with games to be played at the Golf Dome in Girard.”
However, the Buzzards are reported to have pulled their EIFL membership after last week’s game against the Panthers, a 56-6 loss, according to Macklin and “Porkchop.” “…
…”Big Mac” Macklin and “Porkchop” also said they were told by a Thunder Dome neighborhood resident that, on Wednesday, EIFL commissioner Jim Terry was seen walking toward the Thunder Dome before police arrived.
“Supposedly, he went up to the Dome to get something and the cops came,” they said.
Both Macklin, a 30-year-old who said he played at Duquesne, and “Porkchop,” a 33-year-old who said he played at Ashland College, were on the Penn-Ohio Raiders semi-pro team last summer….”
February 19th, 2007 at 1:15 am
I have boatloads of cash, and would like to invest in arena football teams and leagues. I hear Jim Terry is an honest , kind, upstanding businessman, is that true? Will I get a great return on my investment?
March 31st, 2007 at 2:18 pm
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