Pats’ Robert Kraft wants NFL team in London: “We’re starting to tap out in the U.S.”

Tobias-Reiper · 06-29-2012, 01:08 AM

Again with the London NFL team ...

While I am sure there are a number of hardcore American football fans in Europe, just planting a team in London is not going to bring in massive numbers of fans. I doubt the market would support a bona fide NFL team. Sure it may be an attraction for a while (like NFL Europe), but that is just it, an attraction.

Never mind the passion for Soccer, the NFL is going to have an issue with fans identifying with the team: should the NFL put a team in Europe, it'd have to be with American players. There is no way you can field a competitive NFL team with European players. Sure they may throw in the token English dude to play special teams, but the skill players would have to be from the US. Think about it: would people in the US be as passionate about football if all the players were foreigners?

06-29-2012, 01:08 AM	#13
Tobias-Reiper Merces Letifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,161	Again with the London NFL team ... While I am sure there are a number of hardcore American football fans in Europe, just planting a team in London is not going to bring in massive numbers of fans. I doubt the market would support a bona fide NFL team. Sure it may be an attraction for a while (like NFL Europe), but that is just it, an attraction. Never mind the passion for Soccer, the NFL is going to have an issue with fans identifying with the team: should the NFL put a team in Europe, it'd have to be with American players. There is no way you can field a competitive NFL team with European players. Sure they may throw in the token English dude to play special teams, but the skill players would have to be from the US. Think about it: would people in the US be as passionate about football if all the players were foreigners?
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