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February 9, 2011 – 02:48 PM
As the economic winds of change continue to blow through business and change the way of conducting it, the RDBL has decided to move into a new direction as well.
The league will feature but one club and that organization will move forward as a Academy team made up of players age 18 thru 21 looking to continue playing the game of basketball,while attempting to gain a trip onto a college program.
The RDBL Basketball Academy will focus on recruiting high school talent that is passed up for many reasons and give those young Men a second chance to build upon their skills,The organization will be located in West Texas as it's home base.
The RDBL was founded and had it's start in the Fort Worth,Texas area after the league stopped play in 2006 the Tarrant County Regulators continued to play a few exhibition games then shut down in 2007, in order to decide what the league and one of its more known organizations would do for future growth, league founder Will Williams thought the league should move toward younger players which was the focal point in the development of the RDBL but deciding how to go about that wasn't easy.
But after reforming the league with Six new organizations and the Regulators in 2010 then deciding not to move into the season as the economic conditions weren't getting better for minor league sports as a business,it was decided that the league would become a new way of out reach and more community based, Williams who has been through Eight months of health recovery issues from surgeries.
Thought that if he brought the league back it should do more than play for wins and he had received emails from players looking for ways to get that second chance,the Regulators will return under the RDBL Basketball Academy Regulators name in 2011 a new team site will launch and linked with the old team and RDBL site which shows the history of the organization.
Look for the team to start play with a Summer program and build into season play by late Fall as the Red,Black and Silver runs again,thanks to all who have supported the organization over the years.
The league will feature but one club and that organization will move forward as a Academy team made up of players age 18 thru 21 looking to continue playing the game of basketball,while attempting to gain a trip onto a college program.
The RDBL Basketball Academy will focus on recruiting high school talent that is passed up for many reasons and give those young Men a second chance to build upon their skills,The organization will be located in West Texas as it's home base.
The RDBL was founded and had it's start in the Fort Worth,Texas area after the league stopped play in 2006 the Tarrant County Regulators continued to play a few exhibition games then shut down in 2007, in order to decide what the league and one of its more known organizations would do for future growth, league founder Will Williams thought the league should move toward younger players which was the focal point in the development of the RDBL but deciding how to go about that wasn't easy.
But after reforming the league with Six new organizations and the Regulators in 2010 then deciding not to move into the season as the economic conditions weren't getting better for minor league sports as a business,it was decided that the league would become a new way of out reach and more community based, Williams who has been through Eight months of health recovery issues from surgeries.
Thought that if he brought the league back it should do more than play for wins and he had received emails from players looking for ways to get that second chance,the Regulators will return under the RDBL Basketball Academy Regulators name in 2011 a new team site will launch and linked with the old team and RDBL site which shows the history of the organization.
Look for the team to start play with a Summer program and build into season play by late Fall as the Red,Black and Silver runs again,thanks to all who have supported the organization over the years.
