AGENDA

6:00 am
Vendor Booth Setup

7:00 am
Registration, Networking & Vendor Time
Pastries and Coffee Available

8:00 am
Welcome and Announcements
MPSFMA President Derek Hollanitsch
City of St. Paul

8:15 am
Main Room
Irrigation Best Practices, Lessons Leaarned
Jim Ruzicka, Main Line Consulting

Pearl Room
The Transformation of Athletic Field Lighting: What You Should Know
Craig Gallup, Sports Lighting Authority

9:15 am
Main Room
Open Forum Discussion - Fields Under the Ice: What Was Learned
Bruce Leivermann, Minnesota State University/Mankato; Larry DiVito, Minnesota Twins/Target Field, and Marcus Campbell, St. Paul Saints/CHS Field

10:15 pm
Keynote Speaker: John Randle
National Football League Hall of Famer  

11:00 am
Networking & Vendor Time

12:00 pm
Italian Pasta Lunch Buffet

1:00 pm
AFTERNOON ROUNDTABLE: WHAT DOES IT COST?
Sharing of recent projects, success and shortcomings of current projects shared by members. Any interested MPSFMA Members willing to share their project costs. (CIP items, fencing, lights, pavilions, playgrounds, renovations, warming houses, field construction, etc.)  Used to better understand the rising prices and budgeting needed to make your projects successful.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
NFL Hall of Famer John Randle
John Anthony Randle (born December 12, 1967) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played eleven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and three seasons for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was a six-time first-team All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler. His 137.5 sacks rank 10th all-time overall and 1st among defensive tackles. On February 6, 2010, he was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played college football at Trinity Valley and Texas A&I, went undrafted and is considered one of the greatest undrafted players of all time. 

After going undrafted Randle tried out for his brother's team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but was thought to be too small, and was not signed to a contract. The 6'1" 244-lbs. defensive lineman was picked up by the Vikings after the draft on the recommendation of Head Scout Don Deisch. Randle was told by the Vikings that he would only be picked up if he came back with his weight over 250 lbs, but he was at 244 lbs, so when he was weighed he hid a chain under his sweats to get his weight up.

Randle played his first season in 1990. Randle went to his first Pro Bowl in 1993 after recording 11.5 sacks, and quickly became one of the dominant defensive tackles of his era. Once Henry Thomas left the Vikings, Randle increased his training regimen. Randle would record double-digit sacks during nine different seasons, including a career-high and league-leading 15.5 sacks in 1997. In a 1999 game against the 49ers, he recorded his only career interception. Like fellow Minnesota Viking Chris Hovan, Randle was known for eccentric face painting as well as trash-talking on the field, and disarming on-field heckling of opposing players.[8] Among Randle's most famous on-field catchphrases was "Six footers for LIFE!", an allusion to scouting criticism of being undersized for his position.

Randle had an ongoing rivalry with Packers quarterback Brett Favre, whom he sacked more than any other quarterback; Favre said that Randle was the toughest defensive player he faced and that "on artificial turf he's unblockable." To play off the rivalry with Brett Favre, Randle starred in a commercial which featured him sewing a miniature version of Favre's #4 jersey which he put on a live chicken. The commercial then showed Randle chasing the chicken around what was supposed to be Randle's backyard and ended with Randle "cathing that chicken!"

Randle's pass-rushing techniques were motion-captured for 989 Sports' NFL Xtreme series. He was the cover athlete for the second game in the series.At the end of the 2000 season, Randle signed with the Seattle Seahawks. In his first season with the Seahawks, he earned an invite to the Pro Bowl, the last of his career. Randle retired in March 2004. Although Randle had planned to retire a year earlier, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren convinced him to stay one more year. The Seahawks made the playoffs in 2003 while he was on the roster, but did not reach the Super Bowl as they lost in the Wild Card Round to the Packers. Randle also acquired his final sack in 2003. Randle left the NFL tied with Richard Dent for fifth in number of career sacks. His 137.5 career sacks remains the second-highest total by a defensive tackle in NFL history, only ranking below fellow Vikings legend Alan Page, who had a total of 148.5 sacks.Over his career, he was named to seven Pro Bowl squads. He was named All Tackle Machine of 1999 by Tackle: The Magazine.