Hosting a Super Bowl will include giving up home game for London

WhoDat!656 · 10-14-2014, 07:28 PM

A decision made last week points toward the notion of getting more teams to sacrifice home games for the benefit of feeding the increasing English appetite for American football. Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal reports that the owners voted to require any team that hosts a Super Bowl to give up a home game to London at some point over a five-year period.

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ScottF · 10-14-2014, 07:39 PM

I thought Jaxville was the designated London home team

SloMotion · 10-15-2014, 06:34 AM

IDK, do the teams like travelling to London for those games? I would think most franchises wouldn't mind giving up the London game as prerequisite to hosting a SuperBowl. Game time for DET/ATL in London is something like 0930 ET ... where in the heck do ya' find a good sports bar open at 0930?

Halo · 10-15-2014, 10:12 AM

I hate Roger Goodell

SloMotion · 10-15-2014, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Halo

I hate Roger Goodell

Yep. Kinda' sums it all up right there.

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Mardigras9 · 10-15-2014, 03:48 PM

Maybe they could just move the Raiders to London and be done with it.

QBREES9 · 10-16-2014, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Halo

I hate Roger Goodell

We all do.

SaintsBro · 10-16-2014, 04:28 PM

So let's punish the paying fans in order to line the owners' and NFL's pockets?

This is a TERRIBLE idea that stinks to high heaven. Completely shafting the ordinary season-ticket-holding people, who support their teams rain or shine, in order to push Goodell's international agenda.

QBREES9 · 10-16-2014, 11:57 PM

Just say NOOOOOOOOO

lee909 · 10-17-2014, 01:57 AM

A full time team over here will not work long term. The best viewing figures we get are around 120/130k for games on tv. If a team moves here expect a attendance of 40-50k within a few years once the novelty wears off.

Who will want to watch a team that wont attract players in FA, will constantly loose its best players and have to vastly overpay players. Thats before tax implications and players getting visa issues with criminal records.

Its called the NATIONAL football league for a reason.

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SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Hosting a Super Bowl will include giving up home game for London IDK, do the teams like travelling to London for those games? I would think most franchises wouldn't mind giving up the London game as prerequisite to hosting a SuperBowl. Game time for DET/ATL in London is something like 0930 ET ... where in the heck do ya' find a good sports bar open at 0930? teddybarexxx likes this.

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lee909 Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Watford England Posts: 8,803 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hosting a Super Bowl will include giving up home game for London A full time team over here will not work long term. The best viewing figures we get are around 120/130k for games on tv. If a team moves here expect a attendance of 40-50k within a few years once the novelty wears off. Who will want to watch a team that wont attract players in FA, will constantly loose its best players and have to vastly overpay players. Thats before tax implications and players getting visa issues with criminal records. Its called the NATIONAL football league for a reason. SloMotion likes this.

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