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bowener 10-29-2012 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 9062740)
London is only 4 hours ahead of the east coast, so in terms of an east coast team going to London and vice versa it's only one hour more than going east-to-west coast. Problem is, it would be far too often (and even worse if the London team plays a west coast team). The only way it would work is if the London team had a special schedule where they played, say, four games at home, then four on the road in the U.S., then four games at home, then four on the road in the U.S. again. Which could be argued as being both an unfair advantage and an unfair disadvantage, thus probably balancing out. But, yeah, on the whole, it makes much more sense to start smaller with Mexico City and Toronto and then consider London down the road.
I think I know what you mean, but starting smaller would be London. Mex City is just under/over 9 million people.

Dylan 10-29-2012 01:39 PM
Mexico? Who in their right mind would buy tickets to the game.

Mexicans are living in the middle of a drug-fueled war zone.

It's almost like walking around Pakistan.

Bane 10-29-2012 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dylan (Post 9062887)
Mexico? Who in their right mind would buy tickets to the game.

Mexicans are living in the middle of a drug-fueled war zone.

It's almost like walking around Pakistan.
Or Chicago.

Dr. Johnny Fever 10-29-2012 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Dylan (Post 9062887)
Mexico? Who in their right mind would buy tickets to the game.

Mexicans are living in the middle of a drug-fueled war zone.

It's almost like walking around Pakistan.
Or Oakland

Dylan 10-29-2012 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bane (Post 9062889)
Or Chicago.
LMAO

That too. But at least in Chicago they don't kidnap, torture, cut off limbs and use a dull knife to behead.

Lord have mercy, Mexico is one of the deadliest non-war zones in the world.

Dylan 10-29-2012 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever (Post 9062896)
Or Oakland
I hear you. Good point. LMAO

NJChiefsFan 10-29-2012 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 9062740)
London is only 4 hours ahead of the east coast, so in terms of an east coast team going to London and vice versa it's only one hour more than going east-to-west coast. Problem is, it would be far too often (and even worse if the London team plays a west coast team). The only way it would work is if the London team had a special schedule where they played, say, four games at home, then four on the road in the U.S., then four games at home, then four on the road in the U.S. again. Which could be argued as being both an unfair advantage and an unfair disadvantage, thus probably balancing out. But, yeah, on the whole, it makes much more sense to start smaller with Mexico City and Toronto and then consider London down the road.
Yeah Seattle to Miami is basically traveling from NYC to London but its the amount of times a London team would have to do it. Not to mention if a West Coast team was playing them.

Bump 10-29-2012 02:01 PM
that's just STUPID

would want to play there or even in their division with all that traveling?

cosmo20002 10-29-2012 02:15 PM
Yes, it is stupid, and there are a bunch of negatives to having a team in England, but there is one thing that to the league and players that would outweigh the negatives: $$$$$

Simple as that.

cosmo20002 10-29-2012 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Bump (Post 9062931)
that's just STUPID

would want to play there or even in their division with all that traveling?
Players who get to have a job in the NFL and who are getting a cut of the extra revenue. "Want" and "will do it for the $" are different things.

Bump 10-29-2012 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 9062982)
Players who get to have a job in the NFL and who are getting a cut of the extra revenue. "Want" and "will do it for the $" are different things.
well of course. But that team would have problems competing on the road I'd think, NFL Sunday full of jet lagged players, dumb.

MahiMike 10-29-2012 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by blaise (Post 9062744)
Aren't the Jags playing like half their games there in the next couple of years?
1 game each year next 4 years.

MahiMike 10-29-2012 04:20 PM
London will have a team before LA.

BlackHelicopters 10-29-2012 04:26 PM
A team in London? Didn't Tom Brady and Peter Griffin already settle this? They did shower together.

DaFace 10-29-2012 04:28 PM
I can't see them adding a "normal" team over there like that. It'd just be too hard to have a team like that play 16 games against teams that are a minimum of a 6-hour flight away.


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