With the climate of today's professional sports leagues changing like the seasons. It is paramount that a developmental system is in place for today's aspiring professional athletes. The States Developmental Football League's key principals are professional development on and off the field. Our athletes, cheer teams, and staff as a whole will have the opportunity to be prepared in such a way that once the regulation game is over, they will be able to go into over time confident in their business skill-sets. The balance between business principals and professional sports is what will set the S.D.F.L. apart from other leagues that have come and gone in the past. I believe in my heart, if we at the States Developmental Football League did not know the business, we could not teach the business! Our coaches and staff will have backgrounds in professional sports, business, finance, and life. We will teach from our testimonies, our highs, and our lows, thus giving our athletes the chance that they weren't given in the first place. A professional football career won't last forever, but knowledge of business and survival skills can be passed down from generation to generation. We are a league of professional athletes, business people, and entrepreneurs with one common goal, the next level! In business or the grid iron, the S.D.F.L. will give you the proper tools to make your transition to the next level. Development is the key to all things S.D.F.L.