The N.T.F.L.'s Professional Staff is waiting to provide you or your community group with everything you need to organize a successful, rewarding football program. N.T.F.L. Rule Books Complete Code of Ethics Professional Referees. The N.T.F.L. has it covered from the coin flip to the final whistle. Sisters for the Defense by Jim Hunstien, Text reprinted from St. Louis Saturday Sports Journal, February 1998 Issue, Page 9 It took a while, but two sisters finally got a chance to play together, their age difference of 6 years meant that Jackie Leach was usually long gone to the next level when Kellie Leach-Farrel got there. After both played softball and soccer at several different levels, it took an altogether different sport to put the women on the same team at the same time.
Praise be to football.
Jackie and Kellie are the two corner backs for The Zone, an all-women flag football team that plays in The National Touch Flag League. Football runs in the family, with their father and brother playing college ball at the Naval Academy. But it was not until the N.T.F.L. came along that the girls got to play. But we always just goofed around. When I saw it was an organized sport, I thought it was really exciting.