Введение
Форма американского футбола с ограничением веса игроков.
Спринт-футбол – это командный вид спорта, которым занимаются колледжи и университеты США по стандартным правилам американского футбола. С сезона 2022 года этот вид спорта регулируется Коллегиатской спринт-футбольной лигой и Среднезападной спринт-футбольной лигой. В спринт-футболе игроки должны весить менее 81 кг (178 фунтов) и иметь не менее 5% содержания жира в организме, чтобы иметь право участвовать в соревнованиях. В результате этих ограничений по весу основной акцент делается на скорости и ловкости, а не на размерах и силе.
Соревнование
Начиная с сезона 2024 года, в CSFL выступают девять команд, а в Мидвест Спринт Футбольной Лиге – семь. Из девяти членов CSFL шесть – частные университеты (два из которых входят в Лигу плюща), а два – национальные военные академии. Все семь членов MSFL являются частными учебными заведениями. Университет Пенсильвании в Мэнсфилде, член CSFL, – единственный государственный университет или колледж, в настоящее время играющий в спринт-футбол.
CSFL
+ Члены CSFL
Школа
Присоединилась к Военной академии США (Армия) 1957
Caldwell University 2017
Chestnut Hill College 2015
Корнеллский университет 1937
Мэнсфилдский университет 2008
Molloy University 2024
Военно-морская академия США (Флот) 1946
Университет Пенсильвании 1934
St. Thomas Aquinas College 2018
All CSFL teams are located in the northeastern and mid Atlantic United States. Eight schools joined in the 21st century, one in 2008, six in the 2010s, and one in 2024. Five will be active in sprint football in the 2024 season. Of these new members, three no longer sponsor the sport—Franklin Pierce University, which joined in 2012, transitioned to full sized football in NCAA Division II after the 2018 season; Post University, which joined in 2010, did the same after the canceled 2020 season; and Alderson Broaddus University, which joined in 2019 and also fielded a full sized football team, dropped all athletics and departed the CSFL in 2023. Of the other 21st century arrivals, no other current members also field a full size varsity football team. The other four teams (all of which have been in the CSFL since 1957) have full size football teams that compete in NCAA Division I—the service academies in FBS, and the Ivy League schools in FCS. Each team plays a seven game season. Typically, the alumni have to donate a monetary weight penalty (e. g., $2 per pound) for weighing above the 178 pound limit. In 2017, when Caldwell joined, the CSFL was split into two divisions, the North and the South. On December 7, 2017, St. Thomas Aquinas College was announced as the tenth team in the league, to begin play in the 2018 season. However, in 2023, Alderson Broaddus' authorization to grant degrees was revoked, and they were required to drop all athletics, including their sprint football program. The newest CSFL member is Molloy University, a Division II member which will add the sport in the 2024 season. As of 2023, only one charter member of the league remains, the Penn Quakers. The Princeton Tigers dropped the sport after 2015, following 16 consecutive years of winless seasons (an organized football record) and changes in league membership, and shifted its resources to club football. A number of other Ivy League schools have historically had sprint football teams, including the Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson, and Columbia Lions, all of whom had dropped the sport many years earlier; of the Ivy League schools, only Penn and the Cornell Big Red remain. For its first 83 seasons, the CSFL did not sponsor playoff or bowl games (a tradition due in no small part to the Ivy League schools, who, like the rest of the Ivy League, abstain from all football postseason play to encourage academic performance). The season championship was decided solely by the regular season record; if multiple teams were tied atop the standings, all of them shared the championship. Since Navy's and Army's respective admissions to the league, those two schools have dominated the league; of the 72 seasons of lightweight football since Navy joined, they and/or Army have won at least a share of the league title in 76 of them, including stretches of 20 consecutive seasons from 1955–74 and 17 straight from 1983–99. Since the 2017 season, a championship game has been held on Veterans Day weekend. Although CSFL and MSFL teams are considered varsity teams and official school sponsored sports for the purpose of the NCAA, sprint football teams do not fall into the same divisional structure as other NCAA sports and thus do not follow the same rules or restrictions on athletic scholarships as traditional college football squads are bound to follow. In April 2020, the CSFL chose Dan Mara, also Commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) as Commissioner. In July of that year, the league voted to not play a fall 2020 season out of concern over the COVID 19 pandemic, over the objections of Army and Navy, who indicated an intent to continue play without the other eight teams. In addition to a single Army Navy game in the fall, Caldwell and St. Thomas Aquinas played a single game in spring 2021. The league resumed normal operations in fall 2021.
Все команды CSFL расположены в северо-восточной и среднеатлантической частях Соединенных Штатов. Восемь школ присоединились в 21-м веке: одна в 2008 году, шесть в 2010-х годах и одна в 2024 году. Пять команд примут участие в спринт-футболе в сезоне 2024 года. Из этих новых членов три больше не поддерживают этот вид спорта: Университет Франклина Пирса, присоединившийся в 2012 году, перешел на футбол стандартного размера в NCAA Division II после сезона 2018 года; Университет Поста, присоединившийся в 2010 году, сделал то же самое после отмененного сезона 2020 года; и Университет Алдерсона Броаддуса, присоединившийся в 2019 году и также имевший команду по футболу стандартного размера, прекратил финансирование всех видов спорта и покинул CSFL в 2023 году. Среди других команд, присоединившихся в 21-м веке, ни одна из нынешних не имеет команды по футболу стандартного размера. Остальные четыре команды (все из которых входят в CSFL с 1957 года) имеют футбольные команды стандартного размера, которые соревнуются в NCAA Division I: военные академии в FBS и школы Лиги плюща в FCS. Каждая команда проводит сезон из семи игр. Как правило, выпускники должны делать денежный взнос (например, 2 доллара за фунт) за вес свыше 178 фунтов. В 2017 году, когда к CSFL присоединился Caldwell University, лига была разделена на два дивизиона: Северный и Южный. 7 декабря 2017 года St. Thomas Aquinas College был объявлен десятой командой лиги, которая начнет играть в сезоне 2018 года. Однако в 2023 году у Alderson Broaddus была отозвана лицензия на выдачу дипломов, и университету пришлось прекратить финансирование всех видов спорта, включая программу спринт-футбола. Новейшим членом CSFL является Molloy University, команда Division II, которая добавит этот вид спорта в сезон 2024 года. По состоянию на 2023 год остался только один из основателей лиги – Penn Quakers. Princeton Tigers отказались от этого вида спорта после 2015 года, после 16 сезонов подряд без побед (рекорд в организованном футболе) и изменений в составе лиги, перенаправив ресурсы на клубный футбол. Ряд других школ Лиги плюща исторически имели команды по спринт-футболу, включая Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson и Columbia Lions, все из которых прекратили финансирование этого вида спорта много лет назад; из школ Лиги плюща остались только Penn и Cornell Big Red. В течение первых 83 сезонов CSFL не проводила игры плей-офф или боулов (эта традиция во многом обусловлена школами Лиги плюща, которые, как и все остальные школы Лиги плюща, воздерживаются от участия в футбольных играх после окончания сезона, чтобы стимулировать успеваемость). Чемпион сезона определялся исключительно по результатам регулярного сезона; в случае равенства нескольких команд на первом месте, все они делили чемпионство. С момента вступления в лигу команд Navy и Army эти две школы доминировали в лиге; из 72 сезонов легкого футбола с момента присоединения Navy они и/или Army выиграли как минимум долю титула лиги в 76 из них, включая 20 сезонов подряд с 1955 по 1974 год и 17 сезонов подряд с 1983 по 1999 год. С сезона 2017 года чемпионат проводится в выходные дни, приуроченные ко Дню ветеранов. Хотя команды CSFL и MSFL считаются университетскими командами и официально спонсируемыми школой видами спорта для целей NCAA, команды спринт-футбола не входят в ту же дивизионную структуру, что и другие виды спорта NCAA, и, следовательно, не подчиняются тем же правилам и ограничениям на спортивные стипендии, которые обязаны соблюдать традиционные студенческие футбольные команды. В апреле 2020 года CSFL избрала Дэна Мару, также комиссара Центрально-атлантической коллегиальной конференции (CACC), своим комиссаром. В июле того же года лига проголосовала за отмену осеннего сезона 2020 года из-за опасений по поводу пандемии COVID-19, несмотря на возражения Army и Navy, которые заявили о намерении продолжать игры без остальных восьми команд. Помимо одной игры Army-Navy осенью, Caldwell и St. Thomas Aquinas провели одну игру весной 2021 года. Лига возобновила нормальную работу осенью 2021 года.
All CSFL teams are located in the northeastern and mid Atlantic United States. Eight schools joined in the 21st century, one in 2008, six in the 2010s, and one in 2024. Five will be active in sprint football in the 2024 season. Of these new members, three no longer sponsor the sport—Franklin Pierce University, which joined in 2012, transitioned to full sized football in NCAA Division II after the 2018 season; Post University, which joined in 2010, did the same after the canceled 2020 season; and Alderson Broaddus University, which joined in 2019 and also fielded a full sized football team, dropped all athletics and departed the CSFL in 2023. Of the other 21st century arrivals, no other current members also field a full size varsity football team. The other four teams (all of which have been in the CSFL since 1957) have full size football teams that compete in NCAA Division I—the service academies in FBS, and the Ivy League schools in FCS. Each team plays a seven game season. Typically, the alumni have to donate a monetary weight penalty (e. g., $2 per pound) for weighing above the 178 pound limit. In 2017, when Caldwell joined, the CSFL was split into two divisions, the North and the South. On December 7, 2017, St. Thomas Aquinas College was announced as the tenth team in the league, to begin play in the 2018 season. However, in 2023, Alderson Broaddus' authorization to grant degrees was revoked, and they were required to drop all athletics, including their sprint football program. The newest CSFL member is Molloy University, a Division II member which will add the sport in the 2024 season. As of 2023, only one charter member of the league remains, the Penn Quakers. The Princeton Tigers dropped the sport after 2015, following 16 consecutive years of winless seasons (an organized football record) and changes in league membership, and shifted its resources to club football. A number of other Ivy League schools have historically had sprint football teams, including the Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson, and Columbia Lions, all of whom had dropped the sport many years earlier; of the Ivy League schools, only Penn and the Cornell Big Red remain. For its first 83 seasons, the CSFL did not sponsor playoff or bowl games (a tradition due in no small part to the Ivy League schools, who, like the rest of the Ivy League, abstain from all football postseason play to encourage academic performance). The season championship was decided solely by the regular season record; if multiple teams were tied atop the standings, all of them shared the championship. Since Navy's and Army's respective admissions to the league, those two schools have dominated the league; of the 72 seasons of lightweight football since Navy joined, they and/or Army have won at least a share of the league title in 76 of them, including stretches of 20 consecutive seasons from 1955–74 and 17 straight from 1983–99. Since the 2017 season, a championship game has been held on Veterans Day weekend. Although CSFL and MSFL teams are considered varsity teams and official school sponsored sports for the purpose of the NCAA, sprint football teams do not fall into the same divisional structure as other NCAA sports and thus do not follow the same rules or restrictions on athletic scholarships as traditional college football squads are bound to follow. In April 2020, the CSFL chose Dan Mara, also Commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) as Commissioner. In July of that year, the league voted to not play a fall 2020 season out of concern over the COVID 19 pandemic, over the objections of Army and Navy, who indicated an intent to continue play without the other eight teams. In addition to a single Army Navy game in the fall, Caldwell and St. Thomas Aquinas played a single game in spring 2021. The league resumed normal operations in fall 2021.
MSFL
+ Члены MSFL:
Bellarmine University – 2022
Calumet College of St. Joseph – 2022
Midway University – 2022
Oakland City University – 2023
Quincy University – 2022
Saint Mary of the Woods College – 2022
Walsh University – 2023
The MSFL was formed in 2021, with play starting in 2022, by six private institutions in the Midwest and Upper South. The league has its own bylaws and championship, but uses the same weight limits as the CSFL. The creation of the MSFL was touted as "the largest single year expansion of the sport in nearly 90 years." Of the inaugural members, all are Catholic except for Midway University. The only NCAA Division I member is Bellarmine University, which was transitioning from NCAA Division II when the MSFL was formed. Quincy University, a Division II member, is the only charter MSFL member that also plays full sized football. Three other charter members are NAIA members. Fontbonne University is the only charter member that no longer plays the sport; the NCAA Division III member played in the first two MSFL seasons before announcing its closure at the end of the 2024–25 academic year. The league added two members, both private institutions, after its first season. Oakland City University, an NAIA member that does not play full sized football, announced on July 19, 2022 that it was adding sprint football for the 2023 season. In the process, it became the MSFL's second non Catholic member, instead being affiliated with the General Baptist churches. Exactly three months later, Walsh University, a Catholic institution and NCAA Division II member that plays full sized football, announced it would also add sprint football for 2023. The most recent change in MSFL membership was the departure of Fontbonne after the 2023 season. While it has yet to issue an official release regarding the dropping of sprint football, it was not included in the 2024 MSFL schedule.
MSFL была образована в 2021 году, а первые игры состоялись в 2022 году, с участием шести частных учебных заведений Среднего Запада и Верхнего Юга. Лига имеет собственный устав и проводит собственный чемпионат, но использует те же весовые ограничения, что и CSFL. Создание MSFL было названо «крупнейшим расширением этого вида спорта за почти 90 лет». Из числа первоначальных членов все, кроме Midway University, являются католическими. Единственным членом NCAA Division I является Bellarmine University, который в момент образования MSFL переходил из NCAA Division II. Quincy University, член Division II, – единственный член-учредитель MSFL, который также играет в полноформатный футбол. Три других члена-учредителя являются членами NAIA. Fontbonne University – единственный член-учредитель, прекративший участие в этом виде спорта; член NCAA Division III участвовал в первых двух сезонах MSFL, прежде чем объявить о закрытии в конце 2024–25 учебного года. После первого сезона лига приняла двух новых членов, оба – частные учебные заведения. Oakland City University, член NAIA, не играющий в полноформатный футбол, объявил 19 июля 2022 года о добавлении спринт-футбола в сезон 2023 года. Таким образом, он стал вторым некатолическим членом MSFL, входящим в ассоциацию общих баптистских церквей. Ровно через три месяца, Walsh University, католическое учебное заведение и член NCAA Division II, играющий в полноформатный футбол, объявил о добавлении спринт-футбола в 2023 году. Последним изменением в составе MSFL стал выход Fontbonne после сезона 2023 года. Хотя официального заявления об отказе от спринт-футбола еще не последовало, он не был включен в расписание MSFL на 2024 год.
The MSFL was formed in 2021, with play starting in 2022, by six private institutions in the Midwest and Upper South. The league has its own bylaws and championship, but uses the same weight limits as the CSFL. The creation of the MSFL was touted as "the largest single year expansion of the sport in nearly 90 years." Of the inaugural members, all are Catholic except for Midway University. The only NCAA Division I member is Bellarmine University, which was transitioning from NCAA Division II when the MSFL was formed. Quincy University, a Division II member, is the only charter MSFL member that also plays full sized football. Three other charter members are NAIA members. Fontbonne University is the only charter member that no longer plays the sport; the NCAA Division III member played in the first two MSFL seasons before announcing its closure at the end of the 2024–25 academic year. The league added two members, both private institutions, after its first season. Oakland City University, an NAIA member that does not play full sized football, announced on July 19, 2022 that it was adding sprint football for the 2023 season. In the process, it became the MSFL's second non Catholic member, instead being affiliated with the General Baptist churches. Exactly three months later, Walsh University, a Catholic institution and NCAA Division II member that plays full sized football, announced it would also add sprint football for 2023. The most recent change in MSFL membership was the departure of Fontbonne after the 2023 season. While it has yet to issue an official release regarding the dropping of sprint football, it was not included in the 2024 MSFL schedule.
Предельный вес
Правила CSFL, также используемые MSFL, требуют, чтобы вес игроков не превышал , значение которого постепенно увеличивалось с первоначального , поскольку вес американских студентов рос на протяжении существования лиги.