With very little promotion the turnout at the Tuskers tryouts were attended by an estimated 1200 potential players.
This was American Idol in cleats, athletic shorts and Under Armour. An estimated 1,200 hopers and dreamers paid $60 apiece for the chance to be discovered by an obscure team in a start-up league. Actually, this wasn’t American Idol at all. It was a lesser known knockoff. It was more like America’s Got Talent.
“We thought there would be about 200 people who attended,” Tuskers Coach Jim Haslett said. “You forget you’re in Florida and how much people love football and how many good football players there are down here.”
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