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The Dream Bowl Game is an annual post-season college football All-star game played every January in Virginia. The inaugural game was played at Salem Stadium, home of the D-III championship. The last two years, the Virginia Beach Sportsplex has been the host of the Dream Bowl. The game is held to showcase the best prospects of collegiate players from "small" colleges who have completed their eligibility in the FCS, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III players. The participants come from all over the country. The series of events takes place during Martin Luther King weekend. The bowl game attracts professional scouts along with sports agents. The Dream Bowl draws all-star players play in front of scouts from the NFL, CFL, and the AFL. The game was created to help top college football players get to the next level. The Dream Bowl is organized by its founder and president Neil Malvone. In addition, Cutting Edge Sports Management, Optimum Scouting, The High Tech Way and Athletes in Action are all sponsors of the Dream Bowl.

The Dream Bowl consists of the nation's top All- American and All-conference college football players. The game gives top players from smaller schools off the radar an opportunity to be seen by NFL and CFL scouts. Players are coached by Coach Jordan Neal of Hendrix College (who has coached in all 3 Dream Bowl games) and Custavious Patterson of Wagner College who coached Dream Bowl III. Jerry Flora of William Paterson University coached in Dream Bowl I & II. Rosters and stats are sent to NFL, CFL and AFL teams and along with game info. The results and MVPs are sent to all college coaches and sport info directors.

The Dream Bowl has been a part of notable events such as the Charity event for Levi’s Fight. The Dream Bowl sponsored Levi and his family at Dream Bowl II and made a donation to fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Two players from the Dream Bowl have been offered opportunities to play in the Canadian Football League. The Ottawa Redblacks signed Dashawn Johnson, offensive lineman from D-III school William Paterson University. The Montreal Alouettes signed QB Andrew Manley based upon his performance in Dream Bowl III.

The Dream Bowl is making news around the country. See the following articles for more information.

•	Dream Bowl 2015: Small-school focused all-star game offers NFL prospects http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2015-01-17/dream-bowl-2015-nfl-college-football-all-star-game-virginia-beach-andrew-manley-brandon-lucas

•	Dream Bowl purple FTW! Podcast- Episode 113- Vikings draft talk with Eric Galko of optimum scouting. http://vikingsterritory.com/tag/dream-bowl

•	Living the dream: Luke Shabro Breaks Down the Dream Bowl http://rosterwatch.com/living-the-dream-luke-shabro-breaks-down-the-dream-bowl

•	John Robertson: From VUL to the NFL http://totalsportslive.com/college/john-robertson-vul-nfl.html

•	Ryan Montague, RB, Louisiana College, Division 3 http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs130/1011085968264/archive/1119878992904.html