Youngstown flag football league suing former coach for creating new league
YOUNGSTOWN
A youth flag-football league has filed suit in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to stop a rival league from taking the field.
The Youngstown Youth Flag Football Association has filed suit against the NEO Flag Football League and its head, Pete Raptis, saying Raptis, a former coach in the YYFFA, violated confidentially agreements when he created the new league.
According to the suit, Raptis created the NEO in December to play its games in Canfield.
The YYFFA asked for a temporary restraining order to ban the NEO or Raptis from operating a league anywhere within 100 miles of Youngstown for three years, but the motion was denied by Magistrate Dennis Sarisky. Sarisky will have a hearing on the YYFFA’s request for a permanent injunction Wednesday.
According to the suit, Raptis signed a confidentally agreement in August after he became a coach in the
YYFFA. The suit says the YYFFA has developed several practices and procedures that have an economic value, and because Raptis has created a new league, the YYFFA has suffered damages.
Read more about the case in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.