The Champions Indoor Football League (CIF) board of directors announced today that the 2020 season has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The league includes the Salina Liberty team.
The CIF had been exploring ways to play in 2020 and wanted to explore any and all possibilities before formally cancelling this season, the league noted.
“The CIF board of directors had continuously pushed for a delay to start the season, and even approved several modified versions of a reduced schedule, all the while hoping for positive outcome, but ultimately that never materialized” said CIF Commissioner Ricky Bertz. “Restrictions that were enforced by local and federal governments due to the pandemic, already were creating challenges for our member teams. As a league, we wanted to exhaust every possibility, before taking the necessary actions that lead to this difficult decision. Ultimately public safety was our greatest priority. Despite the best efforts of the league, along with our arena management partners, to try to play a meaningful season, this unprecedented national emergency unfortunately did not allow us to do so. The CIF member teams have immediately begun the process of reaching out to their fans and sponsors while simultaneously preparing for the 2021 season.”
The CIF noted that it will aggressively begin planning for the 2021 season, and upcoming league meetings for member teams, and potential expansion teams, in the coming weeks. For more information about the CIF please visit the league website at www.gocif.net.