The Quentinian Roofball Organization
| Quentinian Roofball Organization | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Motto: The Quentinian Sport, Played Justly. | |||
| Type | |||
| Sport | Roofball | ||
| Country | United States of Quentin | ||
| Average Attendance | 71,000/match | ||
| Records | |||
| Championship Game | QRO Champions Cup | ||
| Current Champion | Rodriguezville Ravagers | ||
| Most Championships | Minersville Miners (8) | ||
| First Champion | Boston Privateers | ||
| History | |||
| Founded | 1939 | ||
| First Champions Cup Season | 1950 | ||
| Current Season | 2020-2021 QRO Season | ||
| Administration | |||
| Headquarters | Jameisville | ||
| Type | Private | ||
| Administration | QRA (domestic) VERA (international) | ||
| Commissioner | Gordon Charliestevens | ||
| Board Head | Steve Miner | ||
| Head of Gameday Operations | Harry Christchild | ||
| Teams | 24 | ||
| Marketing | |||
| Annual Revenue | Ð1.78 billion ($17.80 billion) | ||
| Television Partners | DTN FSN QBC VMN | ||
| Website | qro.nwd[1] | ||
Contents
History
Corporate Structure
The corporate structure of the QRO is officially that of a trade association, wherein the 24 teams finance and make up the entirety of the corporation and its finances. While this exempts the QRO from many taxes and legal fees because the QRO itself does not make a profit and is not directly profitable to other investors, teams are considered the businesses that taxes and fees are placed on, as each of these teams makes profits and are directly profitable to a number of investors. This is in stark contrast to the United Vehementiaball League, the second major team sporting league in the nation, which classifies itself as a trade association, however has investors that make profits directly from the profits of the league, and teams in the UVL are considered mere branches of the overall organization. For example, the individual owners and investors for each team do not make profits off the proceeds of their team, but make profits off the profits of the entire league, though this has been disputed in recent years.
The administrative structure of the Quentinian Roofball Organization has an executive and legislative power, each deciding upon the future and composition of the league. The Quentinian Roofball Council is the main administrative branch of the league, and acts as the executive branch, putting into action new rules and regulations, fines, scheduling, etc. At the head of this council is the Quentinian Roofball Commissioner, who has all authority over the removal and addition of personnel to the council, negotiating contracts, etc, and directing the council in terms of putting these decisions in place. The commissioner is elected for a term of 10 years by the Quentinian Roofball Administrative Board.
The Administrative Board is the second branch of the organization, and is made up of the owners from each of the 24 teams, along with 25 others, who are other personnel such as coaches, general managers, and league officials. Each team is able to select one of these 25, and the commissioner selects the 25th representative. The Administrative Board is concerned with the general composition of the league, and can create new rules and regulations, create new operating policies and finance decisions, determine scheduling, and can even decide to abolish a team, create new teams, or fine a certain team. The administrative board works closely with the council and commissioner to ensure actions taken are put into place, and the commissioner must also confirm any fines or logistical decisions he makes independently with the board. The board also works closely with the Quentinian Roofball Players Association and Quentinian Roofball Officials Association to determine all operating policies, which must also be approved by a majority of the players.
Teams
The QRO currently has a total of 24 teams. The league is split up into two conferences, the Eastern Roofball Conference and the Western Roofball Conference, which are then each split up into four divisions, with three teams in each division. During the regular season, each team is allowed a total of 27 players, with 5 of these players needing to be ineligible on game days. Each team can also have a 10 player practice squad separate from its starting lineup.
Each of these teams is granted a franchise by the league to play exclusively in their city, as well as advertise exclusively in a 100 mile radius around the limits of their city, unless another franchise is within that area. They are also granted exclusive rights to advertise and market events in that area, or in some cases when there is only one franchise in a single state, (Long Beach Island, Kahoot Area, Multi-Logan State) they have rights to the entirety of their state. All teams are currently located within the states of the United States of Quentin, and although there have been proposals to base two teams out of Berlinsavis and the Kade Islands, they have not come to fruition. International teams have also not been established, and unlike the United Vehementiaball League, which plays international games, the QRO has never played any international games.
The most valuable team in the league is currently the Baltimore Lightning, with a value of approximately Ð387 million ($3.87 billion), ranked 3rd in the world, with 17 of the 24 QRO teams ranking in the top 50 of the world. Also, 22 of the 24 owners in the league are ranked on the Judas 500 as the wealthiest people in the world. Below are the teams of the league.
Season Format
The Quentinian Roofball Organization consists of a thirty-week regular season, with each team playing thirty games, and a five week single-elimination playoff tournament, which consists of fourteen teams, seven from each conference.
Regular Season
Main article: QRO Regular Season
The regular season of the QRO takes place over thirty weeks, starting in the middle of August and ending in late March. Over the course of this season, each team plays thirty games each, and the league as a whole plays 360 total games. The opening game of the season is usually a Friday night primetime home game for the defending QRO champion, and the final game of the season is usually on a Sunday, with divisional opponents. The bulk of the season, however, is played on Sunday, with 5 games in the early hours of 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM and 5 or 6 games played in the late hours of 4:45 PM to 9:45 PM. There is also a Friday game every week, and most weeks a game on Tuesday. By tradition, a game is not usually held on any other day in the regular season, except when January 1st political inaugurations are held on a Sunday, in which case games are moved to Saturday of that weekend.
QRO regular season matchups are determined by a scheduling formula. The formula first dictates that each team should play the other two teams in its division four times over the course of the regular season, with two home games and two away games.
Cups and Awards
Cups
The QRO Champions Cup is the main event for the QRO. It is played between the winner of the ERC Title Game and the WRC Title Game annually. There are 3 other Cups in the QRO, which are between teams decided on by the QRO Council. The QRO Founders Traditional Cup is played between some of the best original teams each year, including the Mechanicsburg Businessmen, Lindin Founders, and others in the Grassland Area, Snowland, and some parts of the Maxx Area and Desert Area. The other is the QRO Upper Desert Rivalry Cup, which is usually played by the Verisitium Vipers, Maximum City Pitch Black, Liberation City Cyclones, the Boston Privateers, and other non-coastal teams. The third Cup is the QRO Brightwater Cup, which is usually played by any number of teams on or near the coast of Brightwater Gulf, and is usually the largest watched of the 3 minor Cups.
Awards
Media Coverage
Television
The QRO is covered in all it's 30 regular season games, as well as its Tournament ones, by four television networks. These are the Diamond Television Network, the Quentinian Broadcasting Corporation, the Venturian Media Network, and the Founders Sports Network. Since 1972, games have been divided up differently every 7 years or so, which is when the old TV contract expires and a new one must be implemented. In the current format, which has been the same for the last 3 contracts, or 21 years, DTN and QBC split games each Sunday, with DTN broadcasting the 5 earlier games, and QBC taking the 5 or 6 later games, which includes the primetime game in the evening. DTN then has rights to broadcast the primetime game on Tuesday night, and Founders Sports has the rights to broadcast the Friday night game.
For the Tournament, in the current contract is has been agreed that DTN broadcast all Western Roofball Conference games, while the QBC has the rights to broadcast all the Eastern Roofball Conference games. These include the prelims, divisional, and conference games. For the 3 minor Cups after the Tournament ends, the QBC has the rights to broadcast the Upper Desert Rivalry Cup, the DTN has the rights to broadcast the Brightwater Cup, and the FSN has the rights to broadcast the QRO Founders Traditional Cup. For the QRO Champions Cup, the rights circle between QBC, FSN, and DTN each year, with DT broadcasting the Cup one year, the QBC broadcasting it the next, and the FSN doing it the next year. The Venturian Media Network has the rights to broadcast all regular season primetime games, as well as the Tournament and the QRO Champions Cup in other countries, but only those on the foreign broadcasting country list. The current contract is set to expire in the summer of 2021.
The television companies are expected to pay a combined nearly Ð390 million ($3.9 billion) for the rights to broadcast, with the highest being paid by DTN, however billions of dollars are brought back into the companies each year by viewers and advertisements, which for primetime games and the Cups, are some of the highest in television. Commentators for the games are well known, and besides telling the audience what is happening, they also give opinions and predict outcomes, attempting to make the game more entertaining. DTN has a rotation of 3 commentating teams that they use for all the games. For the games which DTN believes will be the most watched, they assign the primary team, which includes Bill Stewart and Steven Ganerekx, along with Bull Brisco, who is famous for his loud antics, as the sideline reporter. This team will always do primetime games, the Championship game, and different Cups, among others the network believes will be popular. The DTN secondary team is used for regular season, mildly interesting games, as well as a divisional and prelim round game that the primary team is not doing. This team includes Jackie Ritters, Mattie Henson, and Benjamin Matthews, with Justin Cameron as a sideline reporter. Finally, the DTN tertiary team commentates on numerous regular season games, as well as preliminary games when the other two are doing other games. These in
QBC's broadcasters are the most awarded of the three broadcasting networks, with their primary team composing of Nancy Buffet, David Garghole, and Emily Hixson, with sideline reporter Ruby Rhod, each winning 3 Best Sports Commentator Team award at the yearly Viewershop Awards. The secondary team is composed of Drew Barber and Kal Wongspele, along with Coulson Wagner reporting on the sidelines. Finally the QBC tertiary team is Sadie Logans and Themais Bourbon, with Venture Charlieson sideline reporting. FSN has only one team, which is composed of former player Riley Thompson, Bob Talisman, and Kate Lebus, with Donald Tranpson sideline reporting. The Venturian Media Network usually has their award-winning Allian sports duo, Fayet Williamson and Martin Fischer doing all the games the VSM broadcasts.
Megaconn and Radio
