Superbowl in London???

[jchocolate82]

I know its old news and has been talked about for awhile since we've been playing games over there but I just feel it's the dumbest move on the NFL's part. Having a team in London I think is idiotic and a logistics nightmare but to actually have a superbowl in that country is beyond idiotic. Superbowl Sunday is the biggest unofficial holiday in the US. To me to play the superbowl in London is like celebrating our 4th of July over there just doesnt make sense. There's no reason to bring our game to Europe when LA is a huge market that needs a team and Canada has more than enough large market cities to have a team especially with them already use to football. The NFL's greed is just going to ruin and water damn this wonderful game that is football. When Goodell became commissioner he said his goal was to help strengthen the shield doing this is just watering it down.

 

[tomson75]

I wish they'd stop trying to market the NFL where it isn't wanted....at least by many.

This would be about as successful as the hoopla they made over that idiot model/washed up soccer player signing with the LA Galaxy (MLS) a few years ago....

WAAAAYYY too soon for this.

 

[SDCowboy]

It won't happen. The fan outrage would be huge. And it's the NFL, not the International Football League. Just make a European NFL is the demand is that big.

 

[tomson75]

It won't happen. The fan outrage would be huge. And it's the NFL, not the International Football League. Just make a European NFL is the demand is that big.

Been there. Done that.

 

[Alumni2k11]

I vote for the super bowl to be in South Africa.

 

[SDCowboy]

Been there. Done that.

Exactly my point. If football was popular at all there (and not just to ex-pats), there would be a league that could survive.

 

[67CowboysFan]

I know its old news and has been talked about for awhile since we've been playing games over there but I just feel it's the dumbest move on the NFL's part. Having a team in London I think is idiotic and a logistics nightmare but to actually have a superbowl in that country is beyond idiotic. Superbowl Sunday is the biggest unofficial holiday in the US. To me to play the superbowl in London is like celebrating our 4th of July over there just doesnt make sense. There's no reason to bring our game to Europe when LA is a huge market that needs a team and Canada has more than enough large market cities to have a team especially with them already use to football. The NFL's greed is just going to ruin and water damn this wonderful game that is football. When Goodell became commissioner he said his goal was to help strengthen the shield doing this is just watering it down.

Don't forget Mexico City. That place would go nuts if they got an NFL team.

 

[tomson75]

Don't forget Mexico City. That place would go nuts if they got an NFL team.

The logistics behind this would be ridiculous.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I vote for the super bowl to be in South Africa.

Hmm... I was just thinking that myself...

 

[dolphinphin128]

Just to Play Devil's Advocate...

The Super Bowl is a Television Event anyway. The only people who would be inconvenienced would be the media, really. The fans that can actually afford to buy Super Bowl Tickets here in the States would for the most part still be able to afford the additional airfare it takes to get the London to see the game and might appreciate the change of scenery.

From a pure television perspective its a moderate plus because the time difference means that the game will probably start earlier (probably 3:15 CT which would 9:15 GMT) which means less meaningless pregame banter, which is always good.

As far as the football on the field is concerned, the teams will likely get the a week in advance so the teams will not have to really worry about jet lag...AND hopefully have to put on a better show the the teams that went over there in the regular season, and maybe grow the brand

IDK maybe I'm just upset the cowboys are only on #2 on the Forbes list...

BTW a team in London would never work

 

[SDCowboy]

Just to Play Devil's Advocate...

The Super Bowl is a Television Event anyway. The only people who would be inconvenienced would be the media, really. The fans that can actually afford to buy Super Bowl Tickets here in the States would for the most part still be able to afford the additional airfare it takes to get the London to see the game and might appreciate the change of scenery.

It is FAR from just a telivision event. It brings in an umbeleivable amount of money into the city/state it's held in. It is an American event, in an American league. It needs to stay in the US. Hell, they'd have to change the name of the league also if they added a foreign team. Nothing good comes from this.

 

[casmith07]

If they play the Super Bowl in London, I will stop watching the NFL.

 

[casmith07]

Don't forget Mexico City. That place would go nuts if they got an NFL team.

Mexico City would go absolutely bananas if they got an NFL franchise. But with the way Juarez is right now, I wouldn't sniff close to mainland Mexico for anything, haha.

Who would've thought that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 for PS3 and XBox 360 would come true?

 

[casmith07]

It won't happen. The fan outrage would be huge. And it's the NFL, not the International Football League. Just make a European NFL is the demand is that big.

Been there. Done that.

Yeah it was great. :laugh1:

 

[rysko]

such a terrible idea lol. america's favorite sport's championship being held in another country

 

[jchocolate82]

one of the networks like nfl or espn needs to do a poll on this because I really doubt this would go over well with the public. Is there a way to email any of those guys on NFL network cause I think that this needs to really be debated on how the fan would like this I havent seen the fan point of view argued at all yet

 

[Bigdog]

Has Hos seen this post yet? It would probably be played at Wembley Stadium where all of the big soccer matches are played. Hos is probably shaking his head. I know that the NFL is trying to make the game more global but this down right dumb. Isn't there like a 6 hour time different? What time will the game be then?

 

[jchocolate82]

Has Hos seen this post yet? It would probably be played at Wembley Stadium where all of the big soccer matches are played. Hos is probably shaking his head. I know that the NFL is trying to make the game more global but this down right dumb. Isn't there like a 6 hour time different? What time will the game be then?

I really dont know what they think they're gonna accomplish over there either. The British have way to many other sports that they are passionate about with Soccer and cricket so I just dont see it panning out the way the NFL envisions it

 

[LeonDixson]

I vote for the super bowl to be in South Africa.

Those horns drove me bonkers during the one game I watched as a captive audience. (At a friends house.)

 

[Jed_70]

This is just another case of Goodell trying to fix something that's not broken.

American football does not have a global appeal and the NFL is largely responsible for that. Their thing has always been to market the team/league and not the individual.

The average UK citizen probably doesn't give a damn about the average NFL team. They may know of the elite franchises like Dallas, NE, and Pittsburgh; but I doubt they know what an Atlanta Falcon is; and I doubt they could name a single Falcon player.

I look at it like this. The reason the NBA was able to expand globally is because for they longest they've stressed marketing the individual. Plus they were able to put their product on the world stage beginning in the 1992 Olympics.

Unfortunately for Goodell, there is no world stage for his product. He can send a team to London but I seriously doubt league popularity skyrockets across Europe simply because the NFL jettisons some struggling franchise, like the Jaguars, across the pond.

There will be the initial surge and hype, akin to teams that open new stadiums, but once the games start and that new car smell wears off, the fans will lose interest and the franchise will start hemorrhaging money. Then in roughly 6-9 years the team will be relocated back stateside.

IMO, you have to sell the individual when you're breaking into a new market. The NBA sold the best they had to offer; Jordan, Magic, Barkely, etc. To somewhat borrow a phrase from Seinfeld, basically the NFL is trying to market laundry. The only time that works is if an elite franchise is involved and that goes back to the Lakers, Yankees, and Cowboys of the world.

They could round up 22 of us, throw us in some Cowboy gear and sell us to the Brits and they'd lap it up because they're getting to see "The Dallas Cowboys". One of America's premier sports teams.

And I bet the 22 of us dressed in Cowboys gear would outdraw the real San Diego Chargers. The Chargers are a good team. They win 11 or 12 games every year, and have Pro Bowlers up and down the roster. But this is the NFL. And the NFL chose to market the laundry rather than the individual. So the average yahoo from London will be more willing to fork over their hard earned money to come watch me, BrainPaint, DCFanatic, Chocolate Lab, and others, than to watch Rivers, Jackson, Merriman, Castillo, and co.