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26-531: On December 2, 2020, The Beasts team name and logo were announced, along with three other teams ( Glacier Boyz , Zappers , and Wild Aces ). On January 14, 2021, all four team uniforms were revealed. The Beasts won their first franchise game 48–44 against the Zappers and Former Heisman Winner Johnny Manziel on February 13, 2021. On March 5, 2021, to load up for the Playoffs, The Beasts signed Robert Turbin ,

52-475: A former teammate of team owner Marshawn Lynch. The Beasts finished the regular season 3–1, securing the #1 seed in the playoffs, but ultimately ended up losing to the #4 seed Glacier Boyz 38–20 in the semi-finals, Finishing the 2021 Fan Controlled Football season 3–2. For the new season, The Beasts would franchise-tag Quinn Porter and draft Jordus Smith with the first round pick in the FCF draft. First game in

78-500: Is a dormant professional 7-on-7 indoor football league that played two seasons in 2021 and 2022 . The league operated on the premise of fans voting on play calls and other in-game events. All games were played at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia and broadcast on streaming television. The league plans to return in 2024. It was created by Project Fanchise , who established the first fan-controlled professional sports franchise,

104-467: The 2022 USFL season that launched on the same night. Before the start of the season, it was announced that Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens , age 48, will come out of retirement to play for the Zappers . He would later be traded to the Knights of Degen . On May 20, it was reported that Michael Vick will join him in the league, but he later denied those rumors. In the championship game

130-626: The Salt Lake Screaming Eagles , and operated the Colorado Crush to play in the Indoor Football League in 2017 before Fanchise pulled both teams out of the league. Active roster players were paid weekly $ 400 (before taxes) plus room and board, while coaches were paid $ 3,500 per month with housing and meal plan. The idea, then known as Project Fanchise , was covered by The New York Times with

156-560: The 2022 season and announced a new broadcast deal with NBCUniversal subsidiary NBCLX and Peacock to broadcast every game of the 2022 season. In October 2021, the FCF announced the Ballerz Collective and two of the four expansion teams, Team KoD and Team 8oki, later to be given names. The final two expansion teams were announced on January 12, 2022, Team Gutter Cats, and Team Bored Apes, also later to be given names. The defending champion Wild Aces reorganized and rebranded as

182-634: The FCF League would move the Beasts back-up quarterback, Dentarrius Yon to the Knights of Degen after the departure of Danny Southwick , and moved Jason Stewart back to the Beasts as Yon's position. The Beasts went against the Zappers and beat them 28 to 0, being the first team in FCF history to shutout a game. The Beasts would be a part of the first trade in FCF trade history, trading Jacoby Herring to

208-526: The FCF draft. The Beasts made a controversial decision in Week 3 when they drafted Alphonso Howard , who's been the Beasts backup quarterback for the first 3 games, for the starting quarterback position instead of Jason Stewart, who would be drafted by the Kingpins. The Beasts would go against the 80ki Football Club and lose 44 to 38. On April 29, The Beasts recruited Martavis Bryant to the team. In Week 4,

234-1736: The Knights of Degen in exchange for Dentarrius Yon, and trading Jason Stewart and the Beasts' draft picks to the Zappers for their draft picks. The Beasts would have a rematch against the Glacier Boyz in week 5, losing by 34 to 18. In week 6, the Beasts would lose 34 to 16 to the Should Been Stars, sealing the Stars to the playoffs. The Beasts are 2-4 in the regular season, being #3 of the OG Teams. 9 Quinton Flowers 12 T.J. Edwards II Running backs . 33 Quinn Porter 30 Robert Turbin Wide receivers . 22 Christian Saulsberry 80 Yedidiah Louis 7 Troy Evans Jr. 81 Jordus Smith 88 Joshua Johnson Tight ends . DAM Nation DAM Nation Defensive linemen . Heavy Hitters Heavy Hitters Defensive backs . Heavy Hitters Special teams . Vacant Vacant Rights list . Vacant 22 Active, 0 Inactive 2 Alphonso Howard 15 Dentarrius Yon Running backs . 33 Quinn Porter Wide receivers . 11 Jordus Smith 13 LaMarcus Caradine 14 Tra Chandler 10 Martavis Bryant Tight ends . The Trenchmen The Trenchmen Defensive linemen . The Hitmen The Hitmen Defensive backs . FCF Glacier Boyz Fan Controlled Football ( FCF )

260-762: The Rams during the 2011 season, returning 25 kicks for 554 yards while also recording four solo tackles and one assisted tackle. He was waived on April 30, 2012. Porter signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on May 2, 2013. He played in six games, starting one, for the Argonauts in 2013. On September 21, 2013, Porter was released by the Argonauts. After seven years out of football, he signed with Fan Controlled Football for its inaugural 2021 season. He played for

286-517: The Shoulda Been Stars following the departure of one of its co-owners. On January 12, 2022, the FCF announced a $ 40 million investment, led by Animoca Brands and Delphi Digital, for spectator-controlled football games. Ahead of the 2022 season, the league began construction on a 1,500-seat arena at Pullman Yard in Atlanta , Georgia. The second season, dubbed "Season v2.0", began on April 16, thus putting FCF in direct competition with

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312-558: The Zappers would beat the Bored Ape FC to win the 2022 FCF Championship. In February 2023 the league announced the postponement of the 2023 season with intent of adapting the Fan Controlled concept to basketball. In June, Farudi granted an interview to Sports Business Journal stating that it was pausing the league for the time being due to a loss of capital funding that hit the company in late 2022, as most of its funding

338-638: The business concept of a fan-controlled baseball team in 2008, but was written as satirical piece by comedian Steve Hofstetter . At the time, the project was just a website created by Grant Cohen with investors consisting of lawyers such as Joe Scura. In 2010, a GOOD Magazine article described the group's business plan, including asking fans to invest in creating or purchasing a minor league baseball team to become publicly owned and operated. The project ultimately failed when purchasing an existing team proved to carry too much debt. In June 2015, an Arena Football League team minority owner, Sohrob Farudi, read about

364-406: The dead project and contacted Cohen about restarting the concept as Project Fanchise. In April 2016, Project Fanchise purchased an expansion team in the Indoor Football League for the 2017 season . The group created a mobile app for subscribed fans to vote on naming the team, chose its colors, and hire a coach before the season started. The team became the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles , and when

390-481: The digital subchannel network LX . The FCF saw a steady increase in its viewership through its first five weeks, from 735,000 in the first week to 2.1 million in the playoffs. John Jenkins and Shawn Liotta served as coaching consultants for the league, with Jenkins having a prominent on-air role during FCF telecasts. The Wild Aces beat the Glacier Boyz 46–40 in the final, named the People's Championship as voted by

416-448: The efforts to find franchise owners. Kurz had returned to the AFL by June 2024, before such owners could be found. In December 2023, it was reported that the league plans to return in 2024. This time the FCF plans to play in several locations, with six-to-eight teams for the v3.0 Season, and aim to expand to 20 teams within the next five years. According to the report, a formal announcement

442-505: The fans, on March 20, 2021. At the end of the 2021 season, Farudi stated that the league planned to play two seasons a year, one in the spring and one in the fall, and was planning to expand to 20 teams by year five. The FCF's second season, nicknamed "Season v.2.0" by the league, was scheduled to begin in fall 2021 but was postponed to Spring 2022 to follow after the NFL's Super Bowl. The league announced they were expanding to eight teams for

468-465: The league had re-branded once again as Fan Controlled Football (FCF). The league began its inaugural season in February 2021. The FCF began play on February 13, 2021, with four teams competing in a 12-game-format over six weeks. The league uses Internet streaming as its main television platform and is streamed on Twitch and VENN on Saturdays, with reruns on FTF ; the league championship is carried on

494-462: The season would be against the Glacier Boyz, where they beat them 36 to 20. In Week 2, The Beasts would franchise-tag Jordus Smith and draft the Heavy Hitters defensive unit in the first round pick in the FCF draft. The Beasts would go against Shoulda Been Stars and lose 24 to 6. In Week 3, The Beasts would franchise-tag LaMarcus Caradine and draft Jacoby Herring in the first round pick in

520-430: The team began to play, the fans chose plays for the team to run. The experience successfully proved the concept of fans controlling the team, but it did not equate to success on the field finishing with a 5–11 record. Fanchise had also acquired the Colorado Crush just prior to the start of the season but did not implement the system at that time. On April 20, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that Project Fanchise

546-633: Was academically ineligible to play college football his freshman year at Stillman College and was instead a member of the cheerleading team. Porter signed with the Green Bay Packers on April 30, 2010. He was waived/injured on August 31, 2010 and reverted to injured reserve the next day. He was waived by the Packers on September 4, 2010. He was signed to the practice squad of the Washington Redskins on October 7, 2010. He

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572-562: Was for the 2018 season but was postponed. It has since garnered the backing of professional athletes including former and current NFL players Chad Johnson , Marshawn Lynch , and Richard Sherman . The league then gained backing by Lightspeed Venture Partners , Verizon Ventures , Correlation Ventures, Basecamp 2, Next10 Ventures, Bleacher Report co-founder Dave Finnocchio and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and additional team owners including Mike Tyson , Miro , Trevor May , Quavo , Greg Miller , Deestroying , and Bob Menery. In 2020,

598-990: Was planning on launching a new league called the "Interactive Football League". Project Fanchise CEO Sohrob Farudi confirmed that the Screaming Eagles and Crush would finish the 2017 season. Project Fanchise folded both teams after the season and began the process to create the new league. After a few months of being known as the Interactive Football League, it rebranded as the Electronic Football League (eFL), before settling on Fan Controlled Football in November 2017. The league planned to play all of its games in only one city with eight new teams. All games would be played in one location, Las Vegas , with fans calling plays while watching on-line via Twitch . The initial start date

624-606: Was released on October 26, 2010. Porter was signed to the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns on November 23, 2010. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Browns on January 4, 2011. He was waived on September 3, 2011 and signed to the team's practice squad on September 5, 2011. He was released by the Browns on September 14, 2011. Porter signed with the St. Louis Rams on September 14, 2011. He appeared in 12 games for

650-420: Was tied to the cryptocurrency bubble ; the company will remain active as Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment with the intention of licensing their intellectual property and technology to other leagues, in the hopes that the league could be revived if buyers could be found for each of the league's eight teams. Farudi noted that he had brought on Jerry Kurz , a former Arena Football League executive, to lead

676-720: Was to be expected in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. Source: Quinn Porter Quinn Purnell Porter (born February 2, 1986) is an American former professional football running back . He was signed by the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Stillman College . He was also a member of the Washington Redskins , Cleveland Browns , St. Louis Rams , Toronto Argonauts and FCF Beasts . Porter attended Quartz Hill High School in Quartz Hill, California . Porter

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