NFL Expansion... London?

[Mile High Mania]

I get the reasons why the NFL wants to expand into new markets, but London? How far away are we from having teams in Mexico and Canada as well?

I think it's a mistake, personally and something that would damage what they have rolling right now with the league. Keep having your games overseas, but a franchise?

C'mon man!

[bowener]

Originally Posted by JD10367

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Dylan

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]

Originally Posted by Dylan

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]

Originally Posted by Bane

Or Chicago.

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]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

Or Oakland

I hear you. Good point.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by JD10367

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]

that's just STUPID

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

[cosmo20002]

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]

Originally Posted by Bump

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]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

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]

Originally Posted by blaise

Aren't the Jags playing like half their games there in the next couple of years?

1 game each year next 4 years.

[MahiMike]

London will have a team before LA.

[BlackHelicopters]

A team in London? Didn't Tom Brady and Peter Griffin already settle this? They did shower together.

[DaFace]

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.