It's Official, The Louisiana Superdome will now be "Mercedes-Benz Superdome"

pumpkindriver · 10-04-2011, 02:14 AM

I don't like it. But I don't like selling naming rights to stadiums period. And to top it off we sold them to a foreign company from a country that doesn't know or care what American Football is.

FinSaint · 10-04-2011, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by pumpkindriver

And to top it off we sold them to a foreign company from a country that doesn't know or care what American Football is.

I'm sorry, but that's just ignorant from your part!

Germany has actually a very healthy team & fan base when it comes to American football - their national league has a 3-level divisional structure with 14 teams in division 1, 16 in div 2, and 25 teams in div 3.

Germany is currently ranked 4th by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) - behind USA, Japan and Canada - and they are the 2010 European Champions.

While American football is certainly not the biggest sport in Germany - and never will be - it has a strong following and a fairly large number of active players. To just make a blanket statement like you did really annoys me, because you clearly made no effort to actually research the fact before spewing out your ignorance in this thread.

BTW, just to rub it in Crusader's face: team Finland finally ended its losing streak against team Sweden with a 35-34 win in the annual rivalry game on Saturday.

10-04-2011, 02:14 AM	#1
pumpkindriver 500th Post Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Killeen, Tx. Posts: 932	I don't like it. But I don't like selling naming rights to stadiums period. And to top it off we sold them to a foreign company from a country that doesn't know or care what American Football is. homerj07 likes this.

10-04-2011, 03:58 AM	#2
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Originally Posted by pumpkindriver And to top it off we sold them to a foreign company from a country that doesn't know or care what American Football is. I'm sorry, but that's just ignorant from your part! Germany has actually a very healthy team & fan base when it comes to American football - their national league has a 3-level divisional structure with 14 teams in division 1, 16 in div 2, and 25 teams in div 3. Germany is currently ranked 4th by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) - behind USA, Japan and Canada - and they are the 2010 European Champions. While American football is certainly not the biggest sport in Germany - and never will be - it has a strong following and a fairly large number of active players. To just make a blanket statement like you did really annoys me, because you clearly made no effort to actually research the fact before spewing out your ignorance in this thread. BTW, just to rub it in Crusader's face: team Finland finally ended its losing streak against team Sweden with a 35-34 win in the annual rivalry game on Saturday. UK_WhoDat, Crusader and Seer1 like this.
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