FOUNDERS CIRCLE

YOU ONCE RAISED YOUR HAND FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOTBALL MAGAZINE.

Gridiron Aficionado is now real — a print-only, large-format, limited-edition football magazine built for serious football people who still value depth, strategy, history, and something worth keeping.

I recorded this short video to show you exactly what I’m building, why I’m building it, and what it means to step into the Founders Circle now.

ISSUE 001 / FOUNDERS WINDOW

build to

be kept.

A collector-grade football publication for coaches, former players, histporian, and serious fans who still want something with weights.

FOUNDER

RATE

$99

STANDARD

LATER

$149

FORMAT

Print-only

CADENCE

Twice Yearly

This page is not trying to sell another disposable digital product. It is inviting a small number of serious football people into the earliest circle around a premium print brand.

For people who want to say they were there before the public knew what this would become.

A SHORT MESSAGE FROM MANNY

WATCH THIS

FIRST.

This is not another digital football product. It is a premium print publication built to be collected, revisited, and kept. The Founders Circle is the first group of people helping bring it into the world.

GRIDIRON AFICIONADO

WHAT THIS IS.

Gridiron Aficionado is a premium football magazine for people who still believe the game deserves more than clips, noise, and disposable takes. It is print-only, large-format, limited-edition, and published twice per year.

It is being built for coaches, former players, football historians, collectors, and serious fans who want football intelligence, real stories, and a physical object worthy of a coffee table rather than another swipe past a screen.

FOUNDERS CIRCLE

WHAT

MEMBERS

RECEIVE.

FOUNDING-MEMBER STATUS

You will be part of the first circle around Gridiron Aficionado from the very beginning.

THE FOUNDER RATE

Founders come in at $99 for the first year, and that rate is grandfathered for these members going forward.

EARLY POSITION BEHIND

ISSUEE 001

You will be in the earliest wave of supporters behind the first issue and the first real stage of this brand.

FIRST ACCESS

You will get first access to the world of Gridiron Aficionado as it is built.

A smaller, more serious room

This is being built for serious football people, not mass-market sports traffic. This is for people who want to say they were there before the public knew what this would become.

LIMITED BY DESIGN

WHY THE

CIRCLE IS

SMALL

The Founders Circle is being kept intentionally limited. This first group is not meant to be everyone. It is meant to be the people who see it early, understand it immediately, and decide to be part of the foundation.

Once these early spots are taken, they are taken. And once the public price becomes standard, the founder advantage goes away with it.

A year from now,

some people will

wish they had

stepped in while this

was still small.

THE FOUNDER ADVATAGE

WHY NOW

MATTTERS.

Founders Circle $99 first-year rate, grandfathered for founders

Standard later $149 annual rate

Timing Early entry into the first wave

Who it is for People who move first

If this speaks to you, the smartest time to step in is while the founder window is still open.

FINAL INVITATION

RESERVE YOUR

PLACE IN THE

FOUNDERS

CIRCLE

If you are the kind of football person this was built for, this is your window. I’d be honored to have you in the first circle around Gridiron Aficionado.

Founder rate: $99. Future standard rate: $149. Limited early spots.

MANNY

Founder, Gridiron Aficionado

Print-only. Limited-edition. Built to be kept.