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WAFL
In Leadership Struggle
In-Fighting In The Front Office Shutters The WAFL;
Owner says league official misrepresented league, may have been involved
in "racketeering."
Brian Ross
Sr. Editor
MinorLeaguenews.com
Phoenix - 03.25.02 - The WAFL is dead. Long live the league. This is word today from the halls of Arizona, one of the few places where members of the WAFL organization could be reached for comment.
A running power struggle between Carter Turner, President of the the WAFL, and Cyndi Dwyer, Commissioner of the WAFL, led to the two heads of the organization attempting to fire each other earlier this year. A press release put out by the WAFL office in Daytona Beach on October 29, 2001, covered here on MLN [see article], stated "The Women's American Football League LLC announces the firiing of commissioner Cyndi Dwyer." Mr. Turner attempted to take over the duties of Ms. Dwyer. Carter issued the release after he had been suspended by Dwyer.
The firing of Ms. Dwyer, however, was not accepted by many of the owners of WAFL franchises, according to Jennifer Cada, owner of the Arizona Calientes. "We recognize Cyndi Dwyer as our Commissioner."
There are seven teams remaining from the WAFL which Cada calls "the Coalition." The Coalition will be meeting to decide their future at a date and time yet to be determined. "We will try to retain our affiliation as much as possible," said Cada. Will the Coalition remain part of the WAFL? "The objective is to distance ourselves from Mr. Turner," said Cada. If Turner, who was also part of the failed WPFL, attempts to retain his position and rights in the league, the Coalition may try to exit the league and reorganize as a different entity. "We'll let the courts handle it," said Cada.
On the subject of Mr. Turner, Ms. Cada left no doubt that she, as an owner, is highly dissatisfied. "He made representations [about the WAFL] that were fraudulent and may have been racketeering... He ran the WPFL (Women's Professional Football League), and screwed that up too."
Ms. Dwyer sent out letters of inquiry to the media on February 25, 2002, asking where the source of news of her dismissal came from. "Just to let you know I was voted in by the team owners, and Carter[Turner] is being sued by at least 3 of them including me for slander," she said in an electronic mail message sent to MLN.
Neither Ms. Dwyer nor Mr. Turner could be reached for comment for this article as the telephone numbers on both of their releases were disconnected. The WAFL has struggled througout the season with an ability to follow-up on written media releases. The telephone numbers on Ms. Dwyer's electronic letterhead and at the league offices in Daytona Beach are disconnected. Information remains sketchy. MLN will continue to report on the controversy as it evolves.
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