Roger Goodell's latest acid trip: a team in London

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He is trying hard to replace Bud Selig as the craziest man in pro sports. And Clark weighs in at the end:


Hype Machine in Overdrive, N.F.L. Pops Back to London

The Jacksonville Jaguars have committed to play a game here each of the next four seasons, giving rise to talk that they or another team will one day move to London and become the N.F.L.’s first franchise overseas.

“We are going to be aggressive because we see the fans’ reactions to football and we want to be there on a more regular basis,” N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in May.

“Roger has a vision for a permanent team in London, but he’s one of the very few that does,” said Marc Ganis, the president of SportsCorp, a sports advisory company that works with N.F.L. teams. “Commissioners get pie-eyed about international. What he got was an agreement to put on two games, maybe three, but he didn’t get a timeline” to establish a team in London.


Goodell has said that he hopes to turn the N.F.L. into a $25 billion business by 2027, from $10 billion now. To do that, the league would need fresh sources of income, including from overseas.

“Certainly, the league has grown substantially here in the United States and continues to do so,” said Clark Hunt, the chairman of the Kansas City Chiefs and the head of the league’s international committee. “But at some point, to keep that growth rate up, the international opportunity for the league is very important.”

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[ClevelandBronco]

Relocate the 'Skins. They were flopping like soccer sissies today and there's no one in England that would have any reason to be offended by their name.

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Relocate the 'Skins. They were flopping like soccer sissies today and there's no one in England that would have any reason to be offended by their name.

They could call themselves the London Druids, and rename Wembley Stonehenge Stadium. The fans would wear robes and beards. Their mascot could use fake foam props to do human sacrifices.