San Jose could soon join Chicago and Jersey Shore as one of the expansion teams in the Women’s National Football Conference, a semi-pro tackle football league.
Silicon Valley tech executive Jake Langner is leading a small group of investors who are exploring the opportunity to bring a San Jose team to the growing, six-year-old league that currently has 17 teams.
The Bay Area group includes leaders with experience from locally headquartered companies and brands such as Google, Apple and Nest.