The Quentinian Roofball Organization
| Quentinian Roofball Organization | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Motto: "The Quentinian Sport, Played Justly." | |||
| Type | |||
| Sport | Roofball | ||
| Country | The United States of Quentin | ||
| Average Attendance | Nearly 4,800 | ||
| Records | |||
| Championship Game | QRO Champions Cup | ||
| Current Champion | Verisitium Vipers | ||
| Most Championships | Minersville Miners, 8 | ||
| First Champion | Boston Privateers | ||
| History | |||
| Founded: | 1939 | ||
| First Champions Cup Season: | 1950 | ||
| QRO Council Created: | 1958 | ||
| Administration | |||
| Headquarters | Jameisville | ||
| Type | Private | ||
| Administration | The QRO Council | ||
| Councillor: | Gordon Charliestevens | ||
| Council Administrator | Diana Johnsaljekx | ||
| Head of Gameday Operations | Harry Christchild | ||
| Number of Teams: | 24 | ||
| Marketing | |||
| Annual Revenue | Ð1.78 Billion ($17.80 Billion) | ||
| Television Partners | Diamond Television Network, Founders Sports Network, Quentinian Broadcasting Corporation, Venturian Media Network | ||
| Website | {{{webs}}} | ||
Contents
History
Financial Structure
The
Current Teams in the QRO
The QRO currently has a total of 24 teams. The league is split up into two Conferences, one called The Eastern Roofball Conference and the other called The Western Roofball Conference. Teams and divisions are listed below:
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 or the Boston Privateers. 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
The Quentinian Roofball Organization Awards are held annually, usually between the Upper Desert Rivalry Cup and the Champions Cup. The most prestigious of these awards is the QRO Most Valuable Award award. There are also QRO Most Valuable Position Awards, handling specific positions, and the QRO Outstanding Coach Award, among others.
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
Administrative Structure
There have been numerous Councillors of the QRO, the leaders of The QRO Council, which is the governing council of the league. The council decides on new rule adds, or rule drops, decides the referees for the season, and sets the schedule for each team, which is 27 games. They also have the authority to dish out suspensions, fines, and restrictions to players, coaches, or officials for misconduct. The Councillor is the leader, usually elected by the group of 24 owners of the teams. The other members of the council are representatives from the 24 teams, chosen by the owner of each team, 7 representatives from The QRO Players Organization, and 7 representatives from The QRO Referees Organization. The council meets 3 times a year, once in late May, once in early September, and once in late October. The meetings generally last from 2-7 days, with the longest ever being 12 days and the shortest being only 17 hours back in 1942.
