This week we had a chance to sit down with a very special guest in the Paris ELF team’s head coach Marc Mattioli. From coaching on Saturdays in the SEC to winning championships in northern Italy coach Mattioli has been on a fascinating football journey. Now he’s taking on the challenge of leading a brand new team in the European League of Football in Paris France.

This week, Alex and Daniel discussed the annual NFL International Pathway Programme Combine in London and some of the global prospects in attendance. Of the 44 participants, a dozen will be selected at the beginning of 2023 to go on to train at the LeCharles Bentley Training Facility in Arizona, US, before a final four are allocated to NFL teams just after the NFL Draft in April.

This week Alex and Dan sit down with the co-founders of Educational Basketball Olutobi and Iseolupo Adepitan. The two brothers have been training young athletes in Nigeria for the last two years, developing both basketball and football athletes. Recently the two former hoopers have teamed up with former NFL star Osi Umenyiora and Uprise Academy in training the next generation of Nigerian football talent. This year, the two young trainers are sending several of their talented athletes for this...

American Football International writers Daniel Mackenzie and Alex Malchow break down the upcoming ELF championship game in Klagenfurt Austria. Daniel has been following the European League of Football all season and has key points to hit on before the players take the field Sunday. Plus we breakdown the Barcelona Dragons investor pitch, taking a deep dive into the ELF's finances.