Mike Emrey Steps Down
(July 11, 2001) - After nine years of of running the Archers Who Say Ni (originally, Archers), Mike Emrey decided on Tuesday to relinguish control of the team. He cited his recent move to Minnesota and his intentions on doing extensive travelling in the comming months as reasons. He did leave open the possiblity of a future return.
Ownership of the team was immediatly offered to Jim Bishop, who accepted the offer on Wednesday morning. Jim has previous fantasy football experience in the FLOF and is currently a primary developer on a major online fantasy football system. Unfortunatly, Jim is a New York Giants fan, but everyone has flaws and this should not be held against him. Jim is looking forward to turning this franchise around. This is the 4th time that a franchise has changed ownership and the first since 1996.
The Archers Who Say Ni are one of the four original teams in the WMFFL (Crusaders/Renegades, Norsemen/Pitbulls/Legion of Byron and Werewolves/Slayers) and have amassed a 39-85 all-time record. They finished the 1992 season with a 7-5 record good enough for thier only playoff appearance, a Championship Game loss to the Renegades, 22-19. The following year they finished 7-7 and missed the playoffs on tiebreakers. However, since 1993 they have struggled to get back in contention and have not had a winning season since. In 1999 they hit a low point when they lost the inaugural Toliet Bowl and posted a 10 game losing streak, second only to a 12 game streak they set in 1994.