The 2022 Fan Controlled Football season is the second season of the Fan Controlled Football (FCF), a professional indoor football league. In the 2022 championship game, the Zappers beat the Bored Ape FC to win The People's Championship v2.0.
Background The FCF's second season, nicknamed "Season v.2.0" by the league, was scheduled to begin in fall 2021 but was postponed to spring 2022 to follow after the NFL's Super Bowl. The season began on April 16, thus putting FCF in direct competition with the 2022 USFL season that launched on the same night.
The league announced they were expanding to eight teams for the 2022 season and announced a new broadcast deal with NBCUniversal subsidiary NBCLX and Peacock to broadcast every game of the 2022 season. In October 2021, the FCF announced the Ballerz Collective and two of the four expansion teams, Team KoD and Team 8oki, later to be given names by the fans. The final two expansion teams were announced on 12 January 2022, Team Gutter Cats, and Team Bored Apes, also later to be given names by the fans. The defending champion Wild Aces reorganized and rebranded as the Shoulda Been Stars following the departure of one of its co-owners.
On 12 January 2022, the FCF announced a $40 million investment—led by Animoca Brands and Delphi Digital—for spectator-controlled football games. Ahead of the 2022 season, the league began construction on a 1,500-seat arena at Pullman Yard in Atlanta, Georgia.
Teams Team Colors Joined Owners Beasts 2021 Marshawn Lynch, Todd Gurley, Miro, Marcus Peters, and Renee Montgomery Glacier Boyz Richard Sherman, Quavo, Deestroying, and Adin Ross Zappers Trevor May, Dalvin Cook, Bob Menery, and Ronnie 2k 8oki 2022 Steve Aoki and 888 Crypto. Knights of Degen Drew Austin, Jack Settleman, Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, Cynthia Frelund, Blake Jamieson, Shara Senderoff, Mike O'Day, Jared Augustine, and Jasmine Maetta Bored Ape Football Club Lyndsey Byrnes, beijingdou (Josh Ong), JerseyBorn (Sean Semola), tropoFarmer, ElectionDayMad1 and KingKhah (AJ Khah) Kingpins Jamal Anderson, SPOTTIE WIFI, Dr. Leo DiCatrio (Cory Teer), and ABigThingBadly Shoulda Been Stars (originally the Wild Aces) 2021Austin Ekeler, Rachel Lindsay, Druski, and Altered State Machines.
Players Before the start of the season, it was announced that Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens, age 48, would come out of retirement to play for the Zappers. He would later be traded to the Knights of Degen. On May 20, it was reported that Michael Vick would join him in the league, but he later denied the rumors.
Regular season standings
2022 Fan Controlled Football standings Team W L Pct. PF PA PD 5 2 190 166 Knights of Degen 4 3 256 198 4 3 168 144 4 3 202 224 Glacier Boyz 3 4 186 180 Kingpins 3 4 182 216 3 4 166 204 Beasts 2 5 180 198 x – Bold indicates playoff participant
Division standings OG Division standings Team W L Pct. PF PA PD 4 3 168 144 3 4 166 204 Glacier Boyz 3 4 186 180 Beasts 2 5 180 198 Ballerz Division standings Team W L Pct. PF PA PD 5 2 190 166 4 3 202 224 Knights of Degen 4 3 256 198 Kingpins 3 4 182 216
Playoffs
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