For the second straight year, silence will reign on Okinawa’s football fields this coming autumn.

Citing a lack of available bodies – experienced, football-savvy bodies – to fill the uniforms, Marine Corps Community Services earlier this month announced that the Okinawa Football League would be shelved this fall.

Two years without anything, no matter what the reason, can be an interest-killer in any sport. The OFL in 2004 and 2005 played to crowds of hundreds at Courtney Bowl, Futenma Field, Foster Field 1 and other venues.