The Saints are the HOME team in the UK game

Crusader · 01-28-2008, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by WHODATNJ

I say no to playing games overseas no reason for it....... Europe is all about soccer and not football. Why should any team especiallly a team like ours give up home games to play across the pond. No way I say.......and cut the crap Goodal we need our teams to play at home. It is our National Sport so why we trying to sell ice cubes to eskimos.

Well thats not entirely true. You got amateur leauges in almost every countryu in western europe and some in eastern. I Germany people are starting to get paid to play, same thing in Austria. In Sweden we only pay the "import" players (mainly americans). the sport is growing and attracting bigger and bigger crowds.

The Saints are one of the most popular NFL teams in Europe and have been for quite some time. Can't find the link to that article so ya'll just have to believe me on that one. ME on the other hand, I will be coming to New orleans again in October. Love the people, love the city, love the team.

WhoDat205 · 01-28-2008, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Crusader

Well thats not entirely true. You got amateur leauges in almost every countryu in western europe and some in eastern. I Germany people are starting to get paid to play, same thing in Austria. In Sweden we only pay the "import" players (mainly americans). the sport is growing and attracting bigger and bigger crowds.

The Saints are one of the most popular NFL teams in Europe and have been for quite some time. Can't find the link to that article so ya'll just have to believe me on that one. ME on the other hand, I will be coming to New orleans again in October. Love the people, love the city, love the team.

Out of curiosity, are you Swedish or an American ex-pat?

If you are a Swede, how did you pick the Saints?

Why so the Saints enjoy so much European popularity?

01-28-2008, 12:15 PM	#1
Crusader Resident Swede Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Märsta, Sweden Posts: 8,051	Re: The Saints are the HOME team in the UK game Originally Posted by WHODATNJ I say no to playing games overseas no reason for it....... Europe is all about soccer and not football. Why should any team especiallly a team like ours give up home games to play across the pond. No way I say.......and cut the crap Goodal we need our teams to play at home. It is our National Sport so why we trying to sell ice cubes to eskimos. Well thats not entirely true. You got amateur leauges in almost every countryu in western europe and some in eastern. I Germany people are starting to get paid to play, same thing in Austria. In Sweden we only pay the "import" players (mainly americans). the sport is growing and attracting bigger and bigger crowds. The Saints are one of the most popular NFL teams in Europe and have been for quite some time. Can't find the link to that article so ya'll just have to believe me on that one. ME on the other hand, I will be coming to New orleans again in October. Love the people, love the city, love the team.
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01-28-2008, 01:59 PM	#2
WhoDat205 Prediction Pain Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,082 Blog Entries: 2	Re: The Saints are the HOME team in the UK game Originally Posted by Crusader Well thats not entirely true. You got amateur leauges in almost every countryu in western europe and some in eastern. I Germany people are starting to get paid to play, same thing in Austria. In Sweden we only pay the "import" players (mainly americans). the sport is growing and attracting bigger and bigger crowds. The Saints are one of the most popular NFL teams in Europe and have been for quite some time. Can't find the link to that article so ya'll just have to believe me on that one. ME on the other hand, I will be coming to New orleans again in October. Love the people, love the city, love the team. Out of curiosity, are you Swedish or an American ex-pat? If you are a Swede, how did you pick the Saints? Why so the Saints enjoy so much European popularity?