Team Airpopper has indicated their readiness to contest for the pole-position of the 2020 edition of the MGI Scrabble Premier League by being the first to unveil its squad for next season.
The unveiling of the team early this week barely few days after the conclusion of the 2019 season, appears to underline the ambition and the readiness of the ‘Poppers’ who finished third behind Brainiacs and Blazers in 2019
Most of the players including former national champion Olatunde Oduwole, David Webber Ogedengbe, Hakeem Olaribigbe, Igbinadolor Negro and James Ewruje retained their seats.
Team Manager Adegbesan ”The Sheikh” Koyejo disclosed to MGI Media that his desire to upset the apple cart in the coming season encouraged him to go across West Africa to acquire the services of a Ghana-based player Stanley Ubeidi who came third at the 2016 Nigeria Scrabble Players Competition.
Meanwhile, in a related development, organisers of League has called on interested sponsors of scrabble teams to indicate their interest ahead of the September 30 deadline.
The deadline was informed by the desire of Mindgames Incorporated to build on the success of last season.
To this end, sponsors according to a statement made available to MGI Media, are expected to indicate their expression of interest (EOI) in writing to info@mgiscrabbleleague.com before the deadline date as registration will be open from October 1 to December 1 this year.
However, 12 teams have so far signified their participation at the 2020 edition of the league in Division A.
They are; AIRPOPPER, BLAZERS, BRAINIACS, BULLDOZERS, GRACIOUS PICKERS, HURRICANES, and INDOMITABLES.
Others are; LEKKI BOMBERS, OLOWOYEYE PREDATORS, PHOENIX, SUPREME AND TEKENA DRONES.
In Division B, five teams, AIRPOPPER B, BRAINIACS B, ARIES, UNDERDOGS and WARRIORS have so far indicated interest in the 12-team format league.
An improved total cash prize of seven million Naira will be at stake at the 2020 MSPL with the winner in Division A guaranteed a sum of 1.5 million Naira while the top team in the newly introduced Division B will walk away with one million Naira.
It would be recalled that Team Blazers created history in Nigeria and Africa by being the first team to win the inaugural MGI Scrabble Premier League and smiled home with one million Naira.
