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Wild Brawl Erupts Between Players and Fans at Indoor Football League

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 30-31 - In this photo from May 16, 2015, the Sioux City Bandits kickoff to the Omaha Beef in a Champions Indoor Football league game in Sioux City, Iowa. The eight-on-eight indoor game is played on a 50-yard field laid inside a hockey rink. Dasher boards, sans glass, are the sidelines, and the fans eat it up when receivers go up and over them to catch passes. The best teams average more than 50 points. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

It’s fight night.

This past Saturday night with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter of the indoor football game between the West Texas Warbirds and Dallas Prime, a wild fight broke out between both teams. The fight lasted around ten minutes. Videos shows players fighting with coaches and fans.

The  Sheriff’s Department has stated no arrests were made, everyone got out safely and there are no reports of anyone being hurt.

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“What happened at the conclusion of (Saturday night’s) game was embarrassing,” said Leif Kurtis, president and managing partner of the West Texas Warbirds during a Sunday afternoon press conference. “Regardless of anything that was said on the floor, we do want to apologize to the people of Odessa for what they witnessed last night, and to the people of the Permian Basin as well. This incident is not indicative of how our organization operates. We are confident that after all the appropriate investigations are completed, details will be better known.”

Kurtis said they are looking into possibly changing the way the teams access their respective locker rooms without crossing over and limiting access to fans near the field.

The investigation is ongoing.


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