Template talk:Florida Sports
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New Template [edit]
I realize this was just made, but I wanted to ask if this list included defunct teams, in which case I could add a few more teams. Tampabay721 (talk) 01:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
No I didn't include defunct teams to this template. If you would like you could add them to it. The only problem is, it isn't a current sporting team in Florida, but i guess it's still A sports team in Florida. Hatmatbbat10,a Wikipedian (Talk) 01:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- Typically, these are for active franchises. All other states/provinces only list active ones. A better idea is to make a template for defunct teams as was done for Quebec I believe it was. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 08:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Baseball: Gulf Coast League? [edit]
It seems to me that this template should include the rookie-level Gulf Coast League. Sure, it's the lowest level of affiliated baseball possible, and it doesn't have much of a local following (by design, really), but it is a league of professional teams. Sliver7 (talk) 23:25, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Work [edit]
Okay, I've done quite a bit of work on this template, but more needs to be done. I've removed as many defunct teams as I could find and added teams that have been created since this was update. However, a major question is, which leagues should be included? Do we really need the rookie-level Gulf Coast baseball league? Or the Lingerie Football League? And why the Women's Football Alliance but not the Florida Football Alliance? Additionally, the USL Premier Development League is referred to as the "top amateur league in the country", and will be something like the fourth level down in the soccer pyramid. We also have the W-League and Women's Premier Soccer League, which are second (or third) level leagues. All of these leagues seem to have a high level of turnover in their teams, judging by how many I had to prune. Do we really need this level of detail?
College athletics is another thing. The section is a mess. We had two NAIA teams (there are 10 in Florida), but not NCAA Division II (or III). I've added NCAA Division II, but this adds far too much length. Most other similar templates only list NCAA Division I, which is probably the way to go here. However, we should not try to separate them into "FBS"/"FCS"/"Non-football", as it's far too complicated. For instance Jacksonville University is in the "non-football" Atlantic Sun Conference for most sports, but has a football team in the "FCS" Pioneer Football League. The other templates only list which schools have Division I teams; that's what we ought to do here.--Cúchullain t/c 15:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
