London to get NFL team?
The head of the NFL in the United Kingdom says London is moving closer to getting an NFL franchise.
In an interview with Reuters, NFL UK managing director Alistair Kirkwood said the success of the NFL’s International Series in London, which began in 2007, has made a franchise there a real possibility.
“I think the first chapter has been considered a success with the owners voting on a renewal going forward,” Kirkwood said. “Jacksonville returning is also a sign of maturity of the concept.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced this week that the Jacksonville Jaguars will play one home game at London’s Wembley Stadium for four years starting next year.
“What this now does is allow us to test if we can bring in more new fans and boost a single team recognition,” Kirkwood told Reuters.
“Once that period has come up we will then have learnt an awful lot about it and know what the viability for us going forward is and then be in a great position to make a call [on putting a franchise in London].”
This year’s London game is scheduled for Oct. 28 between the St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots.
Do you support the NFL moving overseas while U.S. cities such as Los Angeles remain without a franchise? And how about some ideas for a team name?
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126 comments Add your comment
Bone
August 24th, 2012
6:28 am
First!
Bone
August 24th, 2012
6:29 am
And shouldn’t US cities get the NFL teams first, before London? Like LA for example?
shaggy
August 24th, 2012
6:38 am
I would MUCH rather see London get a franchise than armpit, LA, which hasn’t been able to hold on to a franchise, because they are an armpit.
I hope they end up in the NFC South.
BobbyDawg
August 24th, 2012
6:41 am
Does the National Football League then become the International Football League (IFL) ?
P F
August 24th, 2012
6:41 am
How many teams has LA had and lost? (probably as many as Atlanta has for hockey). As for names, British Bulldogs would pretty much rock. Wait, that was a wrestling tag team. Uh, how about the London Redcoats. Nope, too close to the Redskins. Okay, final answer, London It Ain’t Gonna Happen.
RBI
August 24th, 2012
6:55 am
One of the dumbest ideas I have ever heard.
Browncoat
August 24th, 2012
6:58 am
London Knights
Mark
August 24th, 2012
7:02 am
Professional sports is a for-profit enterprise. If a city has the fan and advertising base to sustain it financially, then why not? Atlanta doesn’t have an NHL franchise and LA doesnt have the NFL for just that reason…
Michael
August 24th, 2012
7:16 am
More outsourcing of American jobs
Mashed Potatos and gravy
August 24th, 2012
7:17 am
I have better idea Let NFL merge with CFL and play some games in there citys in canada n on days we play in canada we have to go bye there Rules and when they play in a NFL team arena stadium NFL rules apply….would you like see that better it would help CFL draw full house’s also …what about that folks anyone agrees are you all think i been near AJC writers to much!
Drew
August 24th, 2012
7:19 am
I think this is the dumbest thing I’ve heard this year.
Blue Fender
August 24th, 2012
7:21 am
As long as they do not have a “regional” description in their name used strictly for marketing (i.e. Carolina or New England), let them come. Call them the Limeys or Hooligans.
ZinoDawg
August 24th, 2012
7:22 am
Worst road trip ever for a team – Seattle @ London. Players would never put up with the extra travel.
Mashed Potatos and gravy
August 24th, 2012
7:24 am
Jacksonville is not move to London they be in LA in two years no fan base what ever only way sell out is cover half the seats in tarp///Like do at Oakland A’s in upper deck…However since i believe only way LA gets is if NFL expands with 2 new teams and expands to 18Game season then!
John, Ducktown
August 24th, 2012
7:25 am
I don’t see London getting a team. It would be a scheduling nightmare for the NFL on a weekly basis. The NFL already coordinates bye weeks with the teams when they go to London. With the 5-hour time zone change from the east coast, etc. and teams playing on a weekly basis, I just don’t see it happening.
And LA doesn’t necessarily have a problem holding an NFL team. My understanding is that the whole issue revolves around the amount of $ the NFL makes off of TV contracts due to LA NOT having teams. Because of the blackout rules the NFL implements, the NFL actually makes more money NOT having a team in LA than with a team in LA. LA is the country’s 2nd largest TV market, possibly the 1st depending on the day.
As we all know, if the Falcons have a home game at 1pm, then we don’t get the 1pm game on CBS, and we don’t get the 4pm game on Fox, only the 4pm game on CBS. That means the NFL is only showing 3 national games that day in Atlanta. The one game on Fox, the one game on CBS and the Sunday night game on NBC. In LA, the 1pm and 4pm games are shown every Sunday on Fox and CBS, couple that with the NBC night game and that’s 5 games shown nationally in the LA market. This generates gobs more TV revenue for the NFL and the networks in the LA market. This is probably way more than what the NFL would receive if there was a team in LA. The team makes the money off the tickets, the NFL makes more money off the TV contracts.
Kind of crazy, but it’s true.
Old Devil
August 24th, 2012
7:26 am
I think London “Calling” would be a good name. Or perhaps London “Hooligans”, because that’s what usually shows up for soccer matches…
Call It Like It Is
August 24th, 2012
7:31 am
The Limey’s
Jay in Loganville
August 24th, 2012
7:35 am
With 32 teams and talk of adding more the NFL should think about a promotion and relegation system between two leagues. Then you can have 60 teams, it will appeal to Europeans and you’ll have the added excitement of the bottom teams playing to avoid being relegated to the lower league.
Atlanta sports fan (I know, right?)
August 24th, 2012
7:44 am
London can have NFL when Atlanta gets EPL.
KM in Jax
August 24th, 2012
7:51 am
The London Silly Nannies.
Mike
August 24th, 2012
7:51 am
London Beefeaters.
whatever
August 24th, 2012
8:02 am
John..LA tv revenue has nothing to do with a team not being in LA. LA cannot keep a team because nobody goes to the games. Attendance was a joke! Zinodawg, if your butt was getting paid NFL $ you’d travel to China to play…what a moron. London would be a good choice, there
would be a strong fan base there.
sp
August 24th, 2012
8:03 am
@Mashed Pot..
“what about that folks anyone agrees are you all think i been near AJC writers to much!”
I don’t think you’ve ever been in the same room with a writer….
Fred ™
August 24th, 2012
8:13 am
May as well send the NFL overseas, we are sending all the other jobs and tax revenues overseas. Then the Republicans can band together with the rich billionaire owners and say, “See, if you had used tax payer money to build us 1 billion dollar stadiums every 5 years we MIGHT have stayed here.”
biscuit
August 24th, 2012
8:15 am
Another vote for ‘this sounds like a really hare-brained idea.’ Why not have a team on the moon? Pitch that idea, admen!
Boniface
August 24th, 2012
8:20 am
It’s a knucklehead move (London). Fine to play “showbiz”/exhibition games there. But putting an American football team in London, full-time, would be like “…hot ice and marvelous cold fire.”
John Bull
August 24th, 2012
8:22 am
The English Bulldogs
Tony Smith
August 24th, 2012
8:24 am
I think that 32 teams is a perfect number especially for ease of scheduling. The logistics of sending a team to London every other week and a London team to come to the United States would be a nightmare. It would be a mistake.
jarvis
August 24th, 2012
8:27 am
You want to see if they can support a single franchise, and you chose the Jags? Talk about stacking the deck against the Limeys.
Scheduling Terror
August 24th, 2012
8:32 am
Scheduling would be a NIGHTMARE! Think of how jetlagged teams are just going from east coast to west coast, let alone across the Atlantic. However if they did get a team, I concur with KM…London Silly Nannies will be just fine. (too much family guy…but the name fits. HA!)
dawgfan
August 24th, 2012
8:33 am
London is a better sports town than LA. People would go to the games, but this is a dumb idea just becasue of the travel logistics. It will never happen.
TS
August 24th, 2012
8:34 am
@ KM in LAX…LMAO….Jesus Tom Brady!!!…LOL
@ Michael…..Exactly!!!….They’re even trying to outsource professional sports teams now!!!….Americans don’t stand a chance against Globalization unless you’re already filthy rich!!!
LA needs a team, there’s a big demand out there for the NFL to return, but yet they’re considering London, a city that’s not even in America! I can think of a few other cities that can support a NFL franchise like Vegas, San Antonio, and Orlando just to name a few….COME ON NFL..STOP THIS!!!
Prince Charles
August 24th, 2012
8:35 am
I propose the name of the team to be the Yeoman Warders, with uniforms to match.
Glenn
August 24th, 2012
8:37 am
Its a neat concept but the NFL better make sure that market has staying power . I believe that the US market is saturated . Outside San Antonio and LA there really isn’t a market that can support a team. I would take London over Toronto which can’t support a Bills game & Mexico City where players would get kidnapped .
LOL , London Silly Nannies ….You could still call them the Jaguars you would just have to put a sports car on the helmet .
d
August 24th, 2012
8:39 am
Atlanta doesn’t have an NHL team because of lousy ownership, not lack of fans. I’m honestly surprised ASG hasn’t messed up and lost the Hawks too.
10Dawgs
August 24th, 2012
8:40 am
No, the days of naming a team after animals and Native Americans are over. We have to be politically correct to continue the wussy-ficaction of America. It is a dumb idea but if it comes true look for the London Fog or London Reign.
TS
August 24th, 2012
8:42 am
We can even partition to bring another NFL team to Georgia and throw it in Augusta, millions of people already travel there for the Masters. It neighbors South Carolina bringing in even more people, if small markets like Green Bay and Buffalo can support a NFL team why not Augusta???
Prince Charles
August 24th, 2012
8:42 am
Other potential names:
The Mini Coopers
The Queen’s Corgis
Shaken, Not Stirred
The Knights who say “NI”
10Dawgs
August 24th, 2012
8:45 am
@ TS. San Antonio and Vegas maybe, but Orlando?!? FOUR NFL teams in one state is a bit too much.
Soduk
August 24th, 2012
8:49 am
How about… “The Prince Harry Wieners?”
TS
August 24th, 2012
9:00 am
@10Dawgs…you’re right!!…didn’t think of that…but if NY city can support 2 NFL teams with a 3rd up state then Florida can support 4 teams spread through out the state
I think the Augusta idea can happen also….Georgia can support 2 teams….I think the state has more to offer than just Atlanta…Look at Augusta and Savannah
Hogan
August 24th, 2012
9:04 am
Flight time from London to San Diego: 15 hrs and 53 minutes. And their closest opponent, New York, is an 8 hour flight. So I ask ya, who the hell would want to play for London?
joe
August 24th, 2012
9:04 am
Bloody L’s (get it?)
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:04 am
Augusta and Savannah? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Thanks TS I needed that to brighten up my day.
Why dont we move the capital to blackshear and get wahala a professional baseball team while we are at it, or better yet get a hockey team and international airport for metter.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:06 am
Idea, lets move NASA to cumming and the CDC to Hiawassee.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:06 am
And lets move the nuclear sub base to lake lanier.
Glenn
August 24th, 2012
9:07 am
@ TS
Its all about television revenue . That is footballs , college & the NFL’s , bread and butter . LOL , Augusta with an NFL team .
CobbGOPer
August 24th, 2012
9:08 am
Considering NFL players (and all pro athletes) would have to pay taxes in the UK for the money they make while playing there – either as a visiting team or as a player on the London team – I don’t think this is going to fly. Our taxes are bad enough, but to get double-taxed in some form by both the US and UK? Not bloody likely.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:08 am
Nascar HQ to Midville, wait that is where it belongs anyway.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:10 am
Rome!! we forgot Rome, now there is a NFL powerhouse in the making.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:11 am
And lets not forget Ballground there is a crowd pleaser.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:12 am
Clayton, if we are gonne include the sprawling metropolis of savannah or agusta we must remember Clayton.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:13 am
Oh my gosh almost forgot Tryon, Dalton, and Macon.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:14 am
Im on to something we could have 50 or 60 professional teams in the state before its all over. Hell lets just absorb professional sports all together.
D
August 24th, 2012
9:17 am
Any interest London might have in football will be obliterated by watching the Jags play for four years. What an embarrassment to football and our country. Better than the Browns I guess.
TS
August 24th, 2012
9:18 am
@ ha….so you don’t think Georgia has no other city that can hold a professional sports team?
Look at the Thunder in OKC, Oklahoma?…Who would have thought…and have you even been to Green Bay???….I have, and let me tell you it puts the C in COUNTRY….Augusta is the 2nd largest city in Georgia and have a much bigger population than Green Bay!
This just proves my theory, Atlanta=Georgia and nothing else matters….Leadership here might as well switch it around, let Atlanta become the state and Georgia become the city because to anybody thats not from Georgia this is how they see Georgia….Imagine people saying..”yes I live in Georgia, Atlanta”….LOL
Hondo
August 24th, 2012
9:20 am
The Rippers
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:21 am
Ok lets get it going we can call them the Augusta earmites or armpits or better yet the fighting toejammers.
playing for london?
August 24th, 2012
9:22 am
if you are the falcons you’d have to fly over to london for a game a year max, but if you played for the london team – half your season would involve flying from london back to the states for away games. And the big question would be taxes, as an american citizen – the players would have to pay US income tax. As having jobs in England – they’d have to pay English taxes. This would be CRAZY
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:23 am
The second highest population because of Ft Gordon which is home to the Signal regimental. Those people are in and out for training and gone. Take away the transient population of the base and you have a trailer park 3 dogs and a chicken named ED.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:25 am
TS I hope you do stand up because you are a funny funny person.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:26 am
Lets get a professional armpit fart team for Savannah.
TS
August 24th, 2012
9:26 am
My point is that if small cities like Green Bay, WI can support a NFL team, there are plenty of cities to start a franchise in besides outside of the country in LONDON!
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:27 am
Oh I forgot gainesville, with all the lations a professional soccer team would be the bomb. We could call them the illegals.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:28 am
The Villa Rica mouth breathers?
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:29 am
Athens? The Athenian Knuckledraggers, professional dodge ball team.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:31 am
That is like saying Arlington texas can Support the Cowboys.
There is NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING else in Oklahoma and Wisconsin for anyone to do but watch those teams and breed.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:32 am
I forgot oklahoma has a professional fan pissing team and cow chip hurling team.
TS
August 24th, 2012
9:35 am
Augusta is trailer park????….Have you ever been to Augusta? Let me tell you there’s no “Recession” in Augusta and never was!…Augusta is not riddled with foreclosures and people working dead end low paying jobs like in Atlanta.
If you go to Columbia county tell me where there is a “trailer park” cause every time I go down there all I see is big mansions and people driving Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Porsches!
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:35 am
Wisconsin has been known for it’s professional fart lighting teams.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:39 am
Was just there and all I see is pawn shops,clubs, one big ass hospital that dominates the skyline, I saw nothing but busted up trucks and a old dirty city. I saw a model of a ferrari in the walmart.
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:41 am
you should run for Mayor there. You could throw the opening pitch for the Augusta Assmites.
DumbIdea
August 24th, 2012
9:45 am
Not a great idea. Get a league started in Europe instead. Logistics would be a nightmare if there was a sole London team competing in the NFL.
TS
August 24th, 2012
9:45 am
Lets not get in a stupid debate…lets stick to the subject at hand…my point is if small cities like Green Bay and Buffalo can support NFL teams and do so profitably then there are other cities that can too!
Just was using Augusta as an example…I’m not going to go back and forth with you about this because no matter where they put it, it won’t be making NEITHER one of us any money…and with that being said I’m on my way to WORK!!!
ha
August 24th, 2012
9:48 am
Im not debating, im just enjoying reading your post. Like watching flies go ino a bug zapper.
Mr Natural
August 24th, 2012
9:56 am
Yes, I’m for London getting a franchise over Los Angeles…………..think outsourcing.
matt
August 24th, 2012
9:56 am
The London Soccer Hooligans sounds like a great NFL team name to me.
Birdman of Falcatraz
August 24th, 2012
9:57 am
What a logistical nightmare it will be to fly to London for 8 teams every year. Will extend the season to 20 weeks.
Sanjeev
August 24th, 2012
10:03 am
So does this mean when a team wins the Superbowl they really are the “world” champions?
joey
August 24th, 2012
10:04 am
Folks, London will get a team, and then Mexico City and Toronto. Roger Greedell has been prepping all three cities and baiting the owners to get approval. It is going to happen, personally I think it is a bad idea. NFL is our national sport, now the owners want the world. They are loosing focus, this could turn out very bad for the NFL. Let’s think twice about building a new stadium for the Falcons if they pull this kind of move to London.
It will be Jacksonville that moves, they NFL has been trying to move them for years.
Logistical nightmare
August 24th, 2012
10:07 am
Imagine the travel difficulties for the Seattle vs. London game. And you know, once the door opens to London … Barcelona, Munich, etc will all be looking to join too. Imagine the new NFL … the NFC Really East consists of London, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. The AFC Really Really East will be Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.
333
August 24th, 2012
10:07 am
I was in London 2 years ago just before a NFL game. The game was a BIG event. you would be surprised at the enthusiasm the Brits have for football.
Rick in Macon
August 24th, 2012
10:11 am
What an idiotic idea…Goodell is out of his freakin mind to even consider this.
G
August 24th, 2012
10:15 am
Logistical nightmare trying to move ONE team overseas, whether it’s in London or anywhere else. Looks like the commissioner desires to expand the league overseas……..but just having ONE team overseas is NOT the answer. Today, it looks like Jacksonville will be the experimental team.
If the league is serious about moving overseas, there will need to be an overseas Division or Conference, that plays the majority (if not all) of it’s games overseas. However, I’m not sure if the NFL has enough influence to generate positive revenue for overseas games. They need more games in places other than London to make a global impact.
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
August 24th, 2012
10:15 am
I had the great fortune to play wide receiver and return kicks for The Heathrow Jets in London, Prior to the NFL developmental league it was the World League while supporting The USAF in Europe from 1987-1990 and London is ready for a team, those mad ass Brits are hungry for a team, Should be interesting Wembeely stadium can handle it!
Don’t necissarily know if LA deserves another Pro football team.
PLR
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
August 24th, 2012
10:17 am
Or necessarily…oops, fat thumbs
WAR DAMN EAGLE, 2 weeks, kick off classic, Go AU Tigerz…
ParanoidAndroid
August 24th, 2012
10:31 am
I hope the owners can afford supersonic jets. The long flights will take their toll.
Augustabred
August 24th, 2012
10:35 am
@TS; we don’t even have a college team here and your’re talking about a NFL team! LMAO
ds1967
August 24th, 2012
10:40 am
As an NFL fan living in Scotland i would love London to Get a NFL Team and i think Family Guy got it right!!!! Call the team the London Silly Nannies but the real name will be London Bulldogs.
E Harmony keeps matching me with fat chicks
August 24th, 2012
10:51 am
Just as long as they don’t import soccer here.
Tag
August 24th, 2012
10:52 am
Cool!
yo mama
August 24th, 2012
11:03 am
funny how folks that dont live in LA think they know more than the folks living in LA. first of all, San Diego owns the LA tv rights, and if they dont sell out, the game is blacked out here, despite the 75mile rule. whoever gets to land in LA has to buy those rights back from SD.
just a little insider. they will get a team here, as the stadium process is moving along nicely.
NoShamSam
August 24th, 2012
11:07 am
What about the London Tea Timers
NoShamSam
August 24th, 2012
11:08 am
Or the London Royals
Heisenberg
August 24th, 2012
11:10 am
If they start the home games at 1PM London time, they could be televised in eastern time zone live at 8AM. So you could literally start your day watching NFL football in bed when you wake up and end it in bed when you hit the sack for the night and all day in between. Housewives rejoice!
Guy Bailey
August 24th, 2012
11:10 am
The big problem is (as a Brit and born-again Falcon living in the ATL) is that all the fans in the UK already support teams. No British fan who supports the Steelers or Patriots is going to give up that allegience to follow the sucky Jags or whoever rolls up at Wembley twice a month.
Heisenberg
August 24th, 2012
11:15 am
“I hope the owners can afford supersonic jets. The long flights will take their toll.”
*****************************
They can get one of these:
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43-main.html
Jeffro Bodeen
August 24th, 2012
11:24 am
They could be called “The London Broilers”!!! Subliminal food marketing strategies will easily promote interest!!
Delbert D.
August 24th, 2012
11:40 am
Moving a team internationally can be made much simpler. Just have Canada annex Detroit.
Michael
August 24th, 2012
11:46 am
Why not Los Angeles, they flights would be brutal on the players. It does not make sense.
Taipei Personality
August 24th, 2012
11:49 am
Delbert, they tried that. Canada would not hear of it unless we were willing to take Quebec in return…
tdawgmoney
August 24th, 2012
12:02 pm
Tthe London Olympians
The London Blue Bloods
The London Bridge-men
The London Queens (hehehe)
The “Old England” Patriots
The London Big Bens of Castlebury
The London Fightin’ Bag Pipers
Matt
August 24th, 2012
12:11 pm
MLB games were played in Japan recently, and Puerto Rico a few years ago. There is already a Canadian MLB team (used to be two) in the sport that used to be called America’s Pastime. Now they want to have an NFL team in London? Bat$hit insane.
Come on now, at least let us have our version of football to ourselves. I thought foreigners only cared about their version of football.
CEPH
August 24th, 2012
12:12 pm
I wish they would send the entire NFL to Europe,then I wouldn’t have to cut on sports TV and listen to a bunch of overpaid, underachieving morons talk about being underpaid,not respected,I didn’t do it, that wasn’t my gun,I don’t know who’s drugs they were but they weren’t mine, yada, yada, yada. Obviously Europe doesn’t want the problem or we wouldn’t have disbanded the teams that were already playing there!!!!!!
vladamir sonovabitch
August 24th, 2012
12:13 pm
It would actually make the term “World Champions” mean something when a team wins the Super Bowl. I always question how a team can be called world champions when the US is the only nation in the game.
Tucker
August 24th, 2012
12:25 pm
London Bridges…with the obvious fight song.
Theron Sapp
August 24th, 2012
12:32 pm
The travel problem is easy. The NFL buys a retired Concorde, tunes it up, and it’s three hours from JFK to Heathrow.
al b sure
August 24th, 2012
12:43 pm
London Broilers!
Okay, It's Over
August 24th, 2012
12:53 pm
This is not going to happen. For these reasons:
1) too far to travel. Only east coast teams could/would do it during the season. End of story
2) Peak Oil
3) Peak Oil
Hank44
August 24th, 2012
12:54 pm
Remember folks, Atlanta lost the Thrashers because of the foolish owners and the Canadians wanted a hockey team so bad they essentially bribed the NHL. The city the Thrashers moved to also lost a hockey team previously. The Gwinnett Gladiators are doing ok.
Okay, It's Over
August 24th, 2012
12:55 pm
This will only happen in John Madden football.
Let's Be Real
August 24th, 2012
12:59 pm
If you want to go international, Mexico City seems like the obvious choice.
Okay, It's Over
August 24th, 2012
1:13 pm
Let London have a fantasy football team.
They could start this year.
UGA89
August 24th, 2012
1:57 pm
This will be the 3rd, yes 3rd, time the Patriots have been to London to play a game. Does this mean they are the team that’s moving to London??? The Saints have been to London, are they the team that’s moving? Why is it that Atlantans( mostly Falcon fans) find it necessary to put down the Jaguars every time there is an article about expansion?! What have the Falcons done for you people to put the Jags down every time you can? The answer: nothing!! Jacksonville is an awesome city and the people there love their team as much as you love yours. It is a big stadium and they actually improved their attendance last year. The Falcons have nothing to boast about. Atlanta’s attendance last year averaged 550,000 to Jax. 500,000. That’s not a big difference considering the size of Atlanta over Jax. Khan just spent millions on upgrades- new locker room, new sound system. The city of Jax. is NOT giving up their team and LA does not deserve a team. They’ve already had multiple chance with an NFL team and couldn’t make it work.
Geoh70
August 24th, 2012
2:24 pm
The British Empires
The London ” Prince Harrys” (No games scheduled in Vegas)
Keep it American
August 24th, 2012
3:20 pm
There’s an NFL head in London? Must be a cush job with no teams
Keep it American
August 24th, 2012
3:25 pm
They’ve only attended and watched American football games as an every now and then novelty. Like when Americans only watch soccer when it’s the World Cup.
It will never replace or sustain over soccer in Europe, and that’s ok.
Quit forcefeeding soccer down Americans throats and leave them be with their soccer and rugby.
NFL finished tapping billionaires in America?
August 24th, 2012
3:29 pm
Goodell, We don’t need anymore American outsourcing.
Prince Charles
August 24th, 2012
3:30 pm
The “Old England” Patriots. That’s a winner.
Stop the rising costs for everyone involved...
August 24th, 2012
3:34 pm
run out of jock sniffing buyers/owners in USA?
MaxxFalon
August 24th, 2012
4:23 pm
London Knights
Reired Vet
August 24th, 2012
5:00 pm
Hell of a road trip. These people have way too much MONEY.
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granddad1
August 27th, 2012
2:52 pm
Why not Japan, Korea or China lots of potential fans there. Personally I believe the amount of the teams at present is 16 too many. The true talent is spread too thin. Would be nice to have league like we had when Lombardi was coaching where the players were not treated like the over paid prima donnas they are today
Eugene Mendez
August 28th, 2012
7:02 am
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Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
August 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
This whole idea of an NFL team in London is really DUMB on so many levels. The teams that would have to travel to London would be at a huge disadvantage because of the amount of time spent making that long flight to and back from London. Why wouldn’t the NFL just established a European NFL conference?