Via Facebook Philly Force Owner/GM Thomas Kleinman made the below statement:
“As many of you may be aware I sold the team to a new Investor back in September 2009. We went through a formal closing and funds were anticipated shortly thereafter. Unfortunately, the Buyer ran into some problems and although I made no legal commitment have endeavored to work with him. As of today, he still does… not have his money but recently informed me that he expected to close very soon.
If that happens, we believe the NPF will welcome us back but that is subject to League approval. It is not too late for us to get up and running, as many will recall the Pride came on board last year in May!
Please keep the Force Faith and support us by purchasing apparel from our website http://www.forcestuff.com”
So we can think one of two ways here.. either they really love the Philly Force softball program and will do anything to keep it running or they are trying to salvage a little out of the trainwreck that the organization became.
I truly enjoyed all of my experiences at Philly Force games and do hope they continue to play but realistically the Force missed this year’s NPF draft and their player pool from last year has either signed on with other NPF teams or made committments to play elsewhere. If, and it’s a big if, they play in 2010 I wouldn’t expect a winning team.
Good luck Mr. Kleinman, I hope you succeed.
noisenation.mlblogs.com 