It all started with a semi-professional football documentary Brian Edmonds saw on television 10 years ago. That program ignited a spark, which resulted in the formation of the Bowling Green Blitz, a semi-pro team that begins play in June. Thats gotta be great because youre getting these guys out there who arent even getting paid, Edmonds said. Theyre doing it for the love of the game. Edmonds, who grew up in Bowling Green but now lives in Morgantown, said he started gathering information on how to start a semi-pro team several months ago. Just by asking some questions, things seemed to fall right into place, he said. Before I knew it, I was putting up flyers for tryouts for players and looking for a head coach and going to Cincinnati to be voted into the league. The Blitz will be playing in the Ohio Valley Football League, which has 24 teams in two conferences. The National Conference is made up of teams in northern Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia. The American Conference, of which Bowling Green is a member, has teams in central and southern Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The OVFL expanded this season from eight teams to 24, allowing Bowling Green to secure a franchise. The timing couldnt have been better. In semi-pro football, that means that next year, the league wont grow at all, Edmonds said. This was the year to do it and I never even realized it. The Blitz home games will be played at Western Kentucky Universitys Hattie L. Preston Intramural Sports Complex on Campbell Lane. Edmonds said finding a field was one of the biggest hurdles he had to overcome while building the team. Securing a home field is absolutely the most difficult thing you can do, he said. Its not so much of finding a place to play. If you dont have a field, then you have to fold your season, so its pretty rough. Preston Intramural Sports Complex is an ideal site for the team, Edmonds said. You cannot beat the location. Its right on Campbell Lane, the new movie theater is being built over there and its a brand new complex, he said. The people over at Western have been really helpful in working things out so that we can have our home field over there. Edmonds said he wants the Blitz to be good, family entertainment. He said his players will be instructed not to use foul language or drugs and alcohol while representing the team. Tickets for homes games are $5 and children under 10 will be admitted free. A season pass is available for $21.The team itself is a non-profit organization and any money it makes will be given to local charities. I want to use the team to help out the community, Edmonds said. Whatever money we have left after our expenses, Ill have the team sit down and well come up with ideas of what we want to use that money for to help the community. The season kicks off June 9 with a home exhibition game against the Tri-State Twisters, based in Franklin, Ohio. The team opens the regular season on the road against the Louisville Bulls. Other scheduled opponents include the Cincinnati Ravens, the Evansville (Ind.) Vipers, the Somerville (Tenn.) Wildcats and the Indianapolis Destruction. The Blitz still is in the process of filling out its roster.