They aren't actually going to put a team in London, right?
>>67120559
It's one of those times where I'm thinking, "No, they won't do that because that would be stupid," and then they go and do it. It's like the NHL keeping a team in Phoenix and then putting a new one in Las Vegas (almost confirmed).
>>67120559
LONDON
No they won't
No fan base there to support it
The games would be early in the morning so late USA ratings
And the travel costs to move teams to and from their would not be worth the pow ratings.
>>67120731
Goddell is just crazy enough to try, and I mean it's not like his legacy can be left in a more ruined state at this point.
It might be England's only chance to ever be Football World Champion "again".
they need to create a UK division consisting of teams in London, Manchester, Dublin, and Glasgow. putting one UK team in an American division would be very unfair to them and it would take 40 years for them to sniff the owl.
>>67120835
>adding teams
Yeah no the owners aren't doing that
>>67120731
Actually, the idea of the game being too early for ratings is not true
There is a theory that the NFL's interest in the UK is because it would open another time window for games
Why would they put a team in London? People here don't want to watch NFL, and there's already rugby if people want to watch a highly physical kind of game.
>>67121033
well then tell your people to stop buying jags tickets every time the nfl forces them to go to europe or else one day the nfl is going to change the mascot to a car and make them stay
>>67120753
Sure it can when he exports our fucking league
>>67120623
lel reminded me of when I used to lurk /fa/
>>67121069
The yearly London games are attended by people around Europe because London is easier and cheaper to get to than America. A flight from Spain, Poland or Germany to London can cost about $60 and take an hour or two. It's really not just Brits. European fans, American expats, or curious people who want to catch a game will make a weekend of it. For an annual thing, yeah, it's an occasion. Every week of the season? Very doubtful they'll keep any attendance. I don't know how much interest you think there is, but it's not substantial. Even basketball has no interest in the UK, and that's an actual real sport that people can play.
>>67121269
Well we already sell out 3 home games a year, it's not that much of a stretch to get decent attendance for 8 home games.
clearly the only thing stopping it from happening is distance and time scheduling, the NFL should fund a new concord jet program and all the problems will be solved.
>>67121269
sounds like a team with an 8 game home scheduled might actually do well since it easily and inexpensively draws people throughout europoor
The NFL isnt stupid, they know it would be a disaster if they did it in the next 5 years or so.
There just throwing out the idea so the bongs get used too it, then maybe they will have one 20-30 years in the future.
I feel like London would fail unless it had a European division or two to go with it and the interest just isn't there to support 4-8 NFL teams in Europe.
>>67121899
the NFL will probably be dead in 30 years due to all the players suing them for brain damage
>>67120559
Think of all the cool names you could name a London team
>Red Coats
>Cavaliers
>Roundheads
>Royals
Ok, that last one is lame but you get the idea.
I doubt it.
It would sell out but only because autists around Europe would attend.
>>67121387
I never understood the traveling problem. Just have them play their away games in an 8 game stretch then finish off on an 8 game home stretch. Guarantee a bye to any team who plays them in London.
Travel problem solved
Yea they are. Nobody is going to miss the Jags.
>>67121947
Who /lifelong/ London Chavs fan here?
>>67120559
London is the new LA. The proverbial threat for owners to use against any city who doesn't want to buy them a new stadium.
>>67121081
THIS
H
I
S
THIS IS THE BIGGEST FUCKING PROBLEM WITH THIS SHIT. THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
GOODELL IS ROBBING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THEIR SPORT
IT OURS
NOT LIMEYS
NOT MEXICANS
AMERICANS
USA
ALL REGULAR SEASON GAMES MUST HAPPEN IN AMERICA
STOP ROBBING AMERICANS OF THEIR SPORTS
THOUSANDS OF DIEHARD FANS MISS OUT ON THEIR TEAMS EVERY YEAR JUST SO SOME LIMEYS CAN PRETEND TO CARE EVERY YEAR. FUCK OFF.
>>67121978
I'm pretty sure that the Khan already said the Jags are never moving.
>>67121947
We had the London Monarchs in the World Football League and NFL Europa.
I'd like to see that relaunched tbqh
>>67121989
>I'm pretty sure that the Khan already said the Jags are never moving.
fucking lmao bro
Just give us the Jags with Tebow lads
>>67121986
>THOUSANDS OF DIEHARD FANS
m8 you are aware it's mostly the jags on yuro duty right?
>>67120787
Hahahahahahha
>>67121269
well thanks to you and your countryman's thoughtless acts pretty soon the streets of england are going to be overrun with these inept fuckwits trying to read signs in streets and stores, asking what language they speak in london, and asking for help tying their shoelaces
>NFL: p-pls like handegg england ;_;
NFL have explicity said they want a team in London, by 2022 is it? Give it until 2042 and the London Blahblahs with all the European fans will have the biggest fanbase in the NFL.
>>67122014
That would be neat
>>67122218
All 40 of them
>>67122255
There's a good season review of their first season, they won the inaugural World Bowl against the Barcelona Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MopRjcXpkyg
>>67122361
>Football with English announcers
>>67120787
underrated as fuck
>>67121947
London Blitz
>>67123030
Based
>>67120559
Brits don't give a fuck about yank rugby.
>>67120753
Might as well set up a new NFL Europe D League than a pro team in London that has to travel across the ocean for every away game and for teams to travel there and back for the London's teams home games.
>>67127314
thanks puerto rico were were all waiting here for you to weigh in.
>putting a team in London
>naming it ANYTHING but the Redcoats
The league will do this and my butthurt will be eternal.
>>67128012
If the plan is to appeal to british people, redcoats won't do that much. It isn't that much of a popular national image. Considering how much you like animal names, British Bulldogs works fine
>>67128012
The London Leicesters
>>67120622
Yotes are talking about moving back downtown phx tho attendance will improve if so
>>67127314
Just become a state already. Or pay debts. One of the fucking two. This whole country limbo situation needs to fucking end.
>>67128012
The London Leviathans
>>67128012
>not the London Sillynannies
>>67128085
I think it'll be the London Royals. Y'all love royals.
>>67128168
>Family Guy
>>67128170
Will they change the name when they embrace republicanism?
>>67121964
>8 game road stretch
Uh, where do they practice? Where do they review film? Where do they reside?
That is quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
>>67128012
Redcoat would be kind of offensive desu
>>67128212
Tried that shit, didn't like it
>>67128236
You talking 'bout Cromwell? That was hardly a republic.
Is Goodell the least liked commish ever? Even more than the guys during the player strikes in the 70's and 80's?
>>67128256
Personally I think the old NBA commish was worse.
>>67121938
This. We are at the peak or near it for the most talent and interest in the league. Fewer kids are playing than in the past due to safety concerns. The league won't be growing again.
>>67128249
Closest we've had since the romans left
And with Wills and Kate's popularity sky high, monarchy is going nowhere
>>67128312
As long as they keep paying millions there will always be growth
>>67128331
I mean, you guys technically aren't a monarchy now. Also, Rome was deep into Empire mode by the time they took over Britannia
>>67128359
>technically aren't a monarchy
You mean an absolute monarchy? There are very few of those left in the world anyway
>>67128386
Not even a minor monarchy. You're a republic that doesn't want to kick out the old guys who used to run the country so you give them millions of pounds a year to sit and come out to an occasional parade.
>>67128256
Look up Gary Bettman. He makes every other commissioner in every other sport look amazing in comparison.
>Allowed 3 play stoppages
>Allowed a scam artist to purchase a franchise
>Allowed another scam artist to become a minority owner in another franchise
>Booed at every single arena
>Allowed massive relocation during his tenure
>Locked League in the worst TV contract of the major sports
>Is seriously considering either expanding the league more or relocating more teams
>>67128415
How can we be a republic without a directly elected leader?
>technically, Britain isn't a monarchy
tf
tp
>>67128476
technically a parliament is elected.
>>67128510
Yes but we don't have a say in the leader of the government. The party in charge decides that
>>67128331
>Cromwell
>I'm a Lord Protector which is an office inherited by my descendants
>Not a monarchy
>>67121986
Just because other countries may enjoy football, doesn't mean they're "taking it away from America". As long as there are Americans, there will be football played, don't worry.
You sound like a petulant child, desu.
>>67128331
>And with Wills and Kate's popularity sky high, monarchy is going nowhere
Why are they so popular? Why do Brits even give a fuck about the royal family? Surprised you guys haven't torched Buckingham yet.
>>67128871
>Surprised you guys haven't torched Buckingham yet.
>from the country that willingly still has a foreign head of state as their own head of state
>>67128871
Young, she's fairly attractive and generally seem a bit more down to earth.
That said, why do YOU still have a royal family?
>>67128475
Seriously though, what has Bettman really done wrong? Why does everyone boo him? You haven't really given any good reasons why (TV thing is the only one). I don't follow hockey much any more, so the only bad thing I can think of is his reluctantance to reduce the size of goalie equipment, which should have been done long ago.
How long is the flight from London to California? Isn't it a big ask for players to deal with that much air time and jetlag etc mid season?
>>67128941
We are stuck with yours, and there is nothing I can do about it. Besides, nobody hear really cares about them, nor do we ever hear about them in the news. They're irrelevant.
You still haven't explained why so many Brits still love the royal family as much as they do. Not trying to mock, I'm genuinely curious.
>>67121033
Why do we have soccer in the usa? People arent going to want to watch soccer, and theres already gymnastics if people want to watch a bunch of pussys flop around
>>67129038
They're making millions of dollars to play a game. I think sitting on a plane for several hours is a fair thing to ask for.
>>67129041
They don't
It's a massive tourist attraction
I remember thinking a few years ago during their wedding "look at all the gold and estate the royal family own, and the money that goes into their events. Surely it must be a waste of money?"
Then I did the research and no its not. They make their money back several times over
>>67129038
it would be a huge pain in the ass for a west coast team and they would definitely bitch about it. teams within their division would bitch about having to fly out there twice a season.
>>67129038
The NFL could make the scheduling work. All 3 teams from California have played a game in London in recent years, they can certainly make it work for teams needing to travel from London to California once every few years (presumably they wouldn't be in the same division as a California team)
Just fly them out Monday, they can get acclimated to the time difference in the course of a week
>>67121982
underrated post
>>67129106
i'm a retard they'd only have to fly out once a season but they'd still bitch about having to do it every year.
>>67128213
Any London based team is going to have to have a camp in America. All the players will be American, you can't just tell them they're going to live in the UK for six months. Any UK team would only be in the UK for 12 weeks a year, probably broken up into a month at a time.
For the away team, does the NFL have the balls to refit Concorde? A private Concorde plane taking teams across the Atlantic in two hours would be ideal.
>>67129042
>people aren't going to watch soccer in god bless AMURIGA XDDDD
>millions of americans watch soccer
There's an element of truth to americans being uneducated about anything they don't personally care about
also
>waaaah why are they thinking of moving an NFL franchise that has nothing to do with me... THINK ABOUT ME PLEASE
>>67120559
everyone who would watch american football is already watching rugby, and rugby fans wouldn't watch it ever
and i doubt brits would get behind a team that would almost certainly be 99% american players, theres only about 3 brits in the NFL and none of them are good
>>67129041
They are a reminder of when this country was all powerful.
Also, they're sort of like a national mascot. They don't have any real power or influence, but we can roll them out to meet any Johnny Foreigners and it's all very nice. I mean look at America, after the next election 49% of the population is going to be pissed off. We can be pissed off with the Prime Minister, but it's hard to dislike the Queen. It's like having an extra grandmother, you can imagine how nice it would be to sit and have a cup of tea with her.
>>67129150
You didn't read the post he was responding to, did you?
>>67129237
>>67129041
The Queen has no power, she's a fun figure head and she brings in vast amounts of money, more than she costs.
The only people who are disliked are the meme royal family members like Beatrice.
>>67129098
Lots of people do like the Queen, actually. I do. I'm also a pragmatist and it's so worth it, money wise, that removing her is fucking STUPID. People come to UK to visit the Palace. It's a historic institution which has no effect on the day to day life of the average person in UK. The people who want her gone are benefit scrounging liberals who think that all her money will go to them.
>>67120787
Da master race bants tho
>>67128012
every thread
>>67121947
>not naming them the London Imams
I actually don't know why they don't fund or allow an Australian team. Heaps of our rugby league players want to play NFL. Sam Burgess has a clause in his contract that he's allowed to break his commitments if he's offered the chance to play NFL. The 49ers got Jarryd Hayne last season too.
>>67129962
Hayne was fucking terrible
>>67130016
I never said he was good or that an Australian team would be good. My point is you'll probably get a lot more support out of it from Australia than fucking soccerland. Especially seeing as Australia is just America Jr these days.
>>67129133
>Colts get on board the NFL Concorde for Superb Owl LIV
>Tom Brady deflates the tires
>>67129098
>>67129237
>>67129396
Makes sense. Thanks for the insight guys.
>>67130045
>Colts get on the Concord for the SB
>Tom Brady clips it's wings a bit
>>67130016
honestly if any team other than the 2015 49ers had him he might have had a chance
>>67130043
Several problems
1. Bigger logistical problems
It's faster to get to London from LA than Sydney and travel time was one of the obstacles
2. Market size
London's metro is 3x the size of Sydney or Melbourne and the UK is nearly 3x the size of Australia and New Zealand together, population wise
3. Time zones
Part of the reason the NFL wants a team in London is because that would open up the 9:30am eastern time slot for games. Australia wouldn't open one up
Imagine the shitposting when
>we
win the superb owl
>>67121964
That's impractical
Also doesn't cover playoff games
An NFL team in Sydney would unironically get better support
>>67130271
absolute madman
>>67120559
Mexico City team when??
>>67120787
WOW
O
W
>>67128964
He turned the NHL into a literal meme league.
Southern expansion failed miserably. Every single expansion/relocation under Bettman has failed except Winnipeg and Minnesota (which never should have left in the first place).
None of those expansions should have ever happened, and yet - they want to start ANOTHER fucking team in Las Vegas.
The whole league has just become a Jew marketing gimmick. They even had a team called the fucking Mighty Ducks for a while. They literally named a team after a fucking DISNEY MOVIE.
Yes, I am salty about it.
>>67135967
That mascot is sooooo offensive. The mere idea that you would have a culture where you acknowledge and celebrate the powerful warriors of your country's ancestral people is despicable.
