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Owned and operated by Jackson Sports & Entertainment, Inc., the Michigan Jayhawks are a new semi-pro football organization with plans to begin play in 2009.
Jackson Sports & Entertainment is a Michigan non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, supporting, and organizing low cost, family oriented, sports and entertainment in Jackson.
Along with the Michigan Jayhawks, Jackson Sports and Entertainment is working to form the Jackson Tidal Wave semi-pro basketball franchise of the Great Lakes Basketball Association and the Jackson Lightning of the Tri-State Soccer League.
The Michigan Jayhawks intend to use the colors red, white, and black and hope to have jerseys similar to those of the Atlanta Falcons
TD Michigan
Sunday, August 3
FUTURE IN DOUBT - New Administration Needed
Our future is unknown.
Presently we are seeking a new administration.
Robert Fillmore, who is our founding President, has resigned due to health problems. Health problems which includes heart problems, kidney failure, diabetic eye disease, gastroparesis, and high blood pressure.
SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL in JACKSON
While the Michigan Jayhawks might be new to Jackson, semi-pro football is not.
In recent years Jackson, Michigan, has been home to the Jackson Bombers and Jackson Jaguars. In fact there have been two different Jackson Bombers organizations with the Jackson Jaguars playing in between. The first Jackson Bombers organization played from 1992-1994, averaging more than 4,000 fans per game and posting a 25-5 overall record which included winning the 1992 Michigan Football League Championship with an 11-0 record in just their very first year and winning sixteen consecutive games to start their history. That franchise founded by Bob Kubiak who was their President in 1992 and 1993 before leaving the community and Spencer Byrd took over for one year. In 1995 the Jackson Jaguars formed for two years, but were not nearly as successful on game days the Jackson Bombers. In 1997 John G. Gose relocated the Michigan Thunder, who played in Stockbridge in 1996, to Jackson and renamed them the Jackson Bombers (no affiliation with the original Bombers).
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Jackson County was also home to the Concord/Northwest Cougars and the Jackson Chargers, both of which were members of the Michigan Charity Football League. The Michigan Charity Football League became the Michigan Amateur Football League, and eventually the Michigan Football League which the Jackson Bombers and Jackson Jaguars played in.
Another semi-pro football organization, the Jackson All-Stars, also called Jackson home.
JSE INTRODUCTION
Jackson Sports & Entertainment, Inc (JSE), is a Michigan non-profit corporation being formed by Robert E. Fillmore who has been involved with semi-professional sports in Jackson County since 1992.
With the goal of promoting low cost, family oriented sports & entertainment in Jackson County. Presently Jackson Sports & Entertainment is working to advance semi-pro sports in Jackson County with the Michigan Jayhawks semi-professional football organization, Jackson Tidal Wave semi-professional basketball organization, and Jackson Lightning semi-professional soccer franchise. There is also the possibility of bringing local concert/band festivals, such as the old country music jamborees, back to Jackson.
I was an athletic trainer, while I was in high school, with the original Jackson Bombers who were formed by Bob Kubiak. I remember us drawing 4,500 fans per game easily. There was very little marketing, the media got behind us, then it became all word of mouth water cooler talk type marketing. I want to bring back the fan support for semi-pro football and semi-pro sports in Jackson, says Robert Fillmore, President and Founder of Jackson Sports & Entertainment.
Fillmore adds, In Racine, Wisconsin, the Racine Raiders have been around 50 years. Fans and the community have come to depend on the franchise being around. They average 8,000 fans per game. They have a waiting list of businesses wanting to sponsor them. They even have a waiting list for some volunteer positions. I want to get to that point with Jackson Sports & Entertainment and our franchises.
Fillmore also adds, Our semi-pro franchises can be major assets to the community. An example was with the original Jackson Bombers, we were able to make financial donations to the Salvation Army, Jackson High School, and Interfaith Shelter. Even with the Jackson Jaguars and the new Jackson Bombers when we were not in a financial position to make major donations, we participated in the WalAmerica, the Michigan Center Carp Carnival Parade, the Relay-for-, visited nursing homes, visited patients at Foote Hospital, and collected eye glasses for the Lions Club. We also mean revenues for the schools where we play. We provide low cost, family oriented, entertainment for fans. We provide a low cost activity for teens, says Fillmore.
The goal of Jackson Sports & Entertainment, Inc., is not only to provide low cost sports & entertainment in Jackson County, but also to be good citizens.
Games for our teams are essentially fundraisers. We have the responsibility for us to be positive role models in the community, which means everybody. We can not have and will not tolerate our players, coaches, cheerleaders, or staff drinking while in a parade. We can not have and will not tolerate our players, coaches, cheerleaders, or staff causing problems at the bar or hotels after practices, games, or other activities. We can not have and will not tolerate our players, coaches, cheerleaders, and staff just not showing up to public appearances which they committed to be at.
Wednesday, March 29
Leagues, etc.
Intending to begin play in 2008, the Michigan Jayhawks will most likely play as an independent franchise then join one of several leagues in 2008 or 2009 in accordance to byelaws set by some leagues. Some of the leagues with franchises in the area or that the Jayhawks could play are found below.
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