NLFA: What I’ve Learned Building a Developmental Football League in a Professional Sports World Over 8 Years

By Holland D. Witherspoon When we launched the NLFA, (North Louisiana Football Alliance) in 2019, the idea was simple: give young men a structured opportunity to continue playing football after high school. What I’ve learned over the past several years is that football was never really the point. Development Goes Beyond the Football Field Structure was.…

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