Significance of the Dallas Championships
Why the World Championhips were so important...

Outside of bringing together some America’s top 8-Man Eligible teams for the first time, the 2005 Dallas World Championships proved that flag football still has a ways to go in its overall national development and team expectations. 

For teams that have never participated in a Union sanctioned tournament, along with affiliated Union teams to book their airline tickets, hotel rooms and spend literally thousands of dollars (in many cases at the last minute) not knowing exactly what to expect demonstrated a common yearning of something more than what is currently offered in flag football.

For both National organizations as well as top competitive teams, the desire to take that step to reach the next level is imperative for the development of the game of flag and can only be reached through movement.  In business this movement is referred to as the “Shark Rule” - the same law that governs the survival of a shark is also the same law that governs the survival of both national flag organizations and competitive flag teams seeking to reach the next level – constant movement.

If a shark does not constantly move, it cannot breathe and it dies.  The same rules apply for an organization that ceases to improve on its product or services; the same rule applies for teams content with their current status in a lower divisions or local leagues.  This lack of movement by both is suffocating the organization, team(s) and most importantly the game of flag football itself. 

All national organizations should constantly seek to take another step each year, whether through its own efforts or its affiliation with another organizations (national, regional or local).  Lower level teams should continually seek to move upward offering more competition at the top levels and allowing new teams to form and develop their skills versus teams of equal talent.

The significances of the Dallas World Championships was more than allowing 1 team to stake their claim at being the undisputed champs of flag football, it was the first step in providing something that the entire country could view as the ultimate goal, the conclusion of the “flag season”; it showed that flag football has not yet reached its pinnacle and still has much more to offer the teams and players that love the game.

The value of the MCFFU World Championships is not given by the Union nor the prizes offered by the Union, the value comes from the perception of the teams across the country viewing one tournament a year as the event to make a name for themselves, gain equal respect from their national peers and to make history in the game of flag.

If Dallas did nothing else, it proved that flag football has yet to satisfy the craving teams and players have for something more on a national level, more national exposure, more to play for and more teams to play against.

Had the World Championships been cancelled due to the extreme weather or had never taken place at all, organizations may not have felt the current pressure to offer more to the game and teams alike, teams not familiar with the Union may never have crossed over to compete or given the Union a second chance in future tournaments, leaving unifying the competitive flag community to those content with the current status of the game.

The Union lives by the “Shark Rule” and will constantly move forward, seeking to offer more to the teams and the game of flag via national exposure and the introduction of new teams to the most popular styles. 

New teams to compete against, higher stakes and a bigger stage to perform on is what we all desire to play for and the only way they can be reached is by the constant upward movement of both teams and national organizations. 

Those organizations that decide to move along with us, will only help the growth of flag and offer teams more; but those who do not will remain dormant and so will the service/product they offer.