BOISE LOTTERY WINNER SPONSORS ROUGHRIDERS; TEAM CHANGES NAME TO “SPEED” AS PART OF GYM PROMOTION

BOISE – In the year 2000, the Boise Roughriders were created, however, they were then known as the Boise Cardinals.

The Cardinals were created by an owner that first was duped into no-showing a road game with the Wasatch Wildcats, being convinced that the Wildcats didn’t really have a team. Of course, as history suggests, the Wildcats did have a team and it turned out to be the championship team of 2000.

Eventually, he abandoned the Cardinals and as the RMFL was about to expel the franchise, the RMFL Managing Board Chairman, Jared Neumeier, contacted then teams defensive coordinator, Chuck Hudson. Hudson and the players were not aware of the many deficiencies and deception of their then owner, however, were fully willing to step in and make sure the team played and finished the season.

Hudson, and his General Manager, Doug O’Brian, saved the Boise franchise and turned it into one of the model franchises in the RMFL, consistently competing for the playoffs every season. Hudson and O’Brian changed the team name to Roughriders in 2001 in an effort to create a new attitude and a new future for the team… and it worked.

Hudson and O’Brian decided to step away from the game after 6 successful seasons at the helm, and long-time offensive line star for the team, Todd Rietmann took over the team before the 2006 season.

After another solid season in 2006, the Roughriders have had an eventful off-season, culminating in a sponsorship deal with mega-lottery winner, and owner of the “Duke Speed Acadamy”, Brad Duke.

Speed’s primary request is for the team to take the “Speed” name as a partnership between the RMFL franchise and his Gym business. It is expected that the partnership will flourish over the years as they work together in common interest.

With this sponsorship and some other organizational changes, the team feels they are poised for a breakthrough season. According to the Speed web site, the team is hopeful to “Bring home a title” to the Boise community.

Star linebacker, Zac Jockumsen, has taken over the Speed web site and is now viewable through the RMFL home page.