The decade of the 1970s was a unique, fascinating, depressing and exciting period all at the same time. It was a turbulent time that saw many history-making events, and some wild and crazy fads and fashions come and go. A lot of things associated with the 1970s, such as bell bottoms, leisure suits, Jimmy Hoffa, pet rocks, lava lamps, mood rings, Nehru jackets, disco music, and Richard Nixon, didn't survive that turbulent decade. Neither did the World Football League. Like the decade itself, the WFL was at once unique, fascinating, depressing, and exciting. It was a slick, mod, hip alternative to an established entity, the National Football League. It featured the Dickerrod, King Corcoran, bouncing checks, yellow footballs, court orders, magenta and orange uniforms, color-coded pants, Papergate, and singular team nicknames that one scribe said made the WFL sound more like a listing of Indian folklore than a football league. But, also like the decade itself, while the league did not survive the 70s, the wild, zany and hilariously true stories associated with the WFL survive to this day. The WFL never ceased to amaze and entertain. As Alex Hawkins, color commentator for the WFL's Game of the Week broadcasts so aptly said, "The whole thing was so bizarre, that you just had to love it.". All of these stories are chronicled in "WIFFLE" -- a book that can be best described as a 50-yard-line ticket to a real-life Theater of the Absurd. WIFFLE is a must have book for your football library ...The World Football League lives on through Speck's labors in this book. --Gridiron Greats, Spring 2015 Mark Speck has been researching pro football for over 25 years. He has written numerous articles for the Professional Football Researchers Association's publication, The Coffin Corner, and has contributed his time and efforts to several football encyclopedias and the official WFL website. He has also worked as co-author of The World Football League ncyclopedia with Tod Maher and is the author of a book on the 1974 Florida Blazers entitled " ...and a dollar short". When he is not researching pro football, Mark works full-time as a Quality Assurance Specialist for the nonprofit organization Able2 in Elmira, New York. Mark lives in Horseheads, New York, with is still very understanding and patient wife, Elise, and their Pug.