TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted open tryouts Saturday for their wheelchair football team, attracting many aspiring athletes hoping to join the squad.
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The Buccaneers are one of 11 teams in the USA Wheelchair Football League.
Longtime team member Mathew Gardner said, “You know, you got a lot of competitive folks in there. Once the helmets get put on, it's a whole different ball game, too. If you like demolition derby, think of that in the game of football, where you bang chairs and collide, and guys fall on the ground, pick each other up, and so forth."
The team will also host a league tournament on Sep. 27 and 28 at the Tampa Convention Center.
“You know, it might just be time we take a look if HOAs are really even necessary.
Maybe we should just do away with homeowner associations as a whole.”
South Florida lawmaker Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami) says it may be time to do away with homeowners associations altogether, as more Floridians speak out about rising fees, costly lawsuits, and even arrests tied to HOA disputes. He said this week that he is considering filing legislation in the next session that would abolish HOAs statewide.
