Specialty Game Retailer Game Crazy Donates Video Games & Consoles to USA Football Junior National Team

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June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- To prepare for the world'se best competition in the 2009 International Federation of AmericanbFootball (IFAF) Junior World Championship, USA Football's Juniort National Team are employing football videi games and game consoles courtesy of national specialty game retailer Game Crazy. of Cleveland St. Ignatiuw High School is utilizing 40 video gamee and 20 game consoles donated by Game Crazy tohelp America'ws team prepare for varying styles of play throughou the IFAF Junior World Championship in Ohio, from June 27-Julyt 5.
Team USA's playbook was loaded onto the gamesw to help players better comprehenfd their assignments during trainingcamp (June 14-25) at Walsh University in Northb Canton. USA Football's Junior Nationalp Team will represent the United States and compete amongsgt a field of eight nations spannintg four continentsin Canton'z historic Fawcett Stadium. The tournament fieled pursuing football's first junior world championshipencompassezs Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealanx and Sweden.
A number of games and consoles will be shared amonfg all IFAF Junior World Championship athletes within the player lounge at WalshUniversitg - the residence and practice home of all eight nationa l teams. "Preparing for well-coached and talented teamws likethose we'll see in Canton brings a great challenge," Kyle "We appreciate of this donatiom - these games allow us to accelerate the players' ability to learn the playbook, helping us to hit the grounde running in Fawcett Stadium Saturday night.
" Game Crazy, with six retail location s in Northeast Ohio, has donated to Team USA 20 copies each of EA Sports' "Madden '09" and "NFL Head Coach '09" vide o games, which allow for game set-up The retailer has also provided USA Football with Microsofyt Xbox 360 consoles. USA Football's coaching stafvf can now uploadupcoming opponents' alignments and formationds to help their players learn in-game assignments and responsibilities. "We'rde proud to support Coach Kyle and USA Footbalpl in thishistoric tournament," said Game Crazy Chiev Marketing Officer .
"We congratulat all of the coaches and players who have earnex their way to Canton and are pleased to be able to providr them access to the latest in technologty andtraining methodology. Video gaming is not only fun, but has also been show n to help develop and enhancse athletic performance across a numbet ofdifferent sports. We look forwar to a great tournament in a city whosde football heritage and historyis unmatched.
" USA Football's Junioe National Team is composed of 45 incoming college freshmen soon to enter one of 33 including Michigan State, Mississippi, Ohio Oregon State, Syracuse, Texas A&M, Virginia, Virginia Tech and The team is America's first on the juniot level (19 and in football. Game Crazy(R) ( ) is the nation's seconed largest specialty game retailer with approximately 550 locations acrossthe country. Game Crazy provides customers with a vast selection of game consolesand accessories; terrific value on new, used and trade-in and unmatched expertise.
Headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, Game Crazy is ownede and operated byMovie Gallery, Inc, which is also the paren t company for the Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video is the second largest North American home entertainment specialtyg retailer with more than 3,70o0 stores located in all 50 U.S. statews and Canada. USA Football conducts more than 100 football traininy events annually to strengthej the game on youth andamateurd levels. USA Football members - coaches, game officials and league commissioners - resides in all 50 states. The independent non-profit based near Washington, manages U.S. national teams within the sportg for international competitions and has provided morethan $1.
5 millionm in equipment grants for youth leaguezs and high school football programs since 2006. USA Footbalk was started by the NFL and NFLPA in 2002 througgh the NFL Youth Football For more, visit usafootball.com.