Football NFL team in London? [Archive]

PizzaDoughz

10-23-2014, 01:35 AM

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/british-government-wants-nfl-team-london-173341205--nfl.html

George Osborne, the British treasury chief, told the Evening Standard newspaper on Wednesday that the government will do whatever it can ''to make this happen.''

Thoughts? The NFL has been really pushing this, they want the money.

007

10-23-2014, 01:37 AM

such a fucking stupid idea. Travel logistics alone put this potential team behind the 8 ball.

eDave

10-23-2014, 01:38 AM

Nope. It's all bullshit. Travel alone is bullshit.

FFS. Go to Mexico City first if you want less bullshit.

Must be about oil.

Does anyone talk about Vancouver?

007

10-23-2014, 01:48 AM

you know what they want to do.. Put Jacksonville there.

Chiefspants

10-23-2014, 02:05 AM

They'd have to fundamentally change how the game is scheduled. I wouldn't be surprised if the London team played 4-6 home games at a time and the league instituted a second bye week to account for the jet lag.

ThatRaceCardGuy

10-23-2014, 05:05 AM

UK_Chief

10-23-2014, 05:13 AM

Maybe Roger is just super pissed at Europe for pushing soccer in the U.S and is fighting for Merica and freedom by putting an NFL team right in their backyard. ..showing them what real "Futbal" is..giving them the middle finger and planting our sports "way of life" flag right in the heart of soccer country. ..True ****ing American.

yeah so American football evolved from rugby, which has been giving soccer the middle finger for about 150 years. But come on over anyways :thumb::thumb:

ILChief

10-23-2014, 05:23 AM

Nope. It's all bullshit. Travel alone is bullshit.

FFS. Go to Mexico City first if you want less bullshit.

Must be about oil.

Does anyone talk about Vancouver?

Seattle would fight a Vancouver team

chiefzilla1501

10-23-2014, 06:15 AM

Bugeater

10-23-2014, 06:16 AM

Fuck you George, start your own goddamn league if you want football over there.

UK_Chief

10-23-2014, 06:21 AM

Will it make money? Then Roger Goodell would do it. Nevermind that it ruins the entire integrity of the game. This is the one move that might actually get me to stop watching football. Basically every team that travels there has a huge disadvantage that week and the week following. Every home team that plays an English team has a huge advantage. So stupid.

Not saying I agree with the NFL in the UK but in lots of other sports teams play one-off games in different time zones, international and european club soccer being a good example.

chiefzilla1501

10-23-2014, 06:26 AM

Not saying I agree with the NFL in the UK but in lots of other sports teams play one-off games in different time zones, international and european club soccer being a good example.
The NFL has their one off game there. I already think that's stupid considering the importance of home field advantage and the nfls already shortened schedule. Much different story when 16 teams are impacted versus 2.

Sweet Daddy Hate

10-23-2014, 07:24 AM

http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/316-make-it-stop.jpg

scho63

10-23-2014, 07:35 AM

The NFL is getting dangerously close to Arena Football territory.....:shake:

In58men

10-23-2014, 07:49 AM

Chief fans be like.....won't happen

2bikemike

10-23-2014, 08:20 AM

I don't like the idea. I don't even like the games they take over there in the current format. It just seems like it screws up the rhythum of the schedule and puts teams at a disadvantage. I would think the players hate it.

cmh6476

11-06-2014, 11:10 AM

yeah not in favor

ptlyon

11-06-2014, 12:12 PM

Chief fans be like.....see ya

FYP

Dartgod

11-06-2014, 12:43 PM

If they do, the team must be named the Werewolves, amiright?

Sweet Daddy Hate

11-06-2014, 01:56 PM

We're going to London.

carcosa

11-07-2014, 06:42 PM

The NFL is getting dangerously close to Arena Football territory.....:shake:

yeah they had tons of teams in London, really ruined things

CoMoChief

11-07-2014, 06:48 PM

Dumb as fuck

Saulbadguy

11-07-2014, 06:48 PM

New York to London isn't that much farther than New York to San Diego.

jd1020

11-07-2014, 06:51 PM

New York to London isn't that much farther than New York to San Diego.

I'm betting its the same for San Diego to London as it is New York to London, right?

Discuss Thrower

11-07-2014, 06:54 PM

This makes as much sense as putting a premiership team in Green Bay

Saulbadguy

11-07-2014, 06:56 PM

I'm betting its the same for San Diego to London as it is New York to London, right?

6-7 extra hours. Oh noes.

jd1020

11-07-2014, 07:01 PM

6-7 extra hours. Oh noes.

LMAO

Ya... that's nothing!!!

Saulbadguy

11-07-2014, 07:02 PM

LMAO

Ya... that's nothing!!!

Yeah- NO IDEA HOW THEY CAN MANAGE THAT!

jd1020

11-07-2014, 07:07 PM

Yeah- NO IDEA HOW THEY CAN MANAGE THAT!

8 timezones covered in 1 flight. Not an issue /Saulbadguy

Sweet Daddy Hate

11-07-2014, 07:10 PM

Jesus, fans on the "usual suspects"-Chiefs outlets are crying like little bitches over this.

How horrible it is for KC to step outside of it's usual routine! Oh noes!

GloryDayz

11-07-2014, 07:33 PM

you know what they want to do.. Put Jacksonville there.

I'm listening....

KCUnited

11-07-2014, 07:36 PM

Massive NFL complex in NY. SD flies out to play east coast team, spends the week practicing at the NFL complex, flies to London, bye week. Same for LA.

beach tribe

11-07-2014, 07:45 PM

This going to happen. Sooner or later.

GloryDayz

11-07-2014, 07:47 PM

This going to happen. Sooner or later.

Can they put this on the side of a helmet?

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608048695215656679&pid=1.7

hometeam

11-07-2014, 07:56 PM

fuck london

Discuss Thrower

11-07-2014, 08:00 PM

Really sad to know I was too young to appreciate the best years of the NFL in the 1990s.

It's all downhill from here.. all thanks to the insatiable greed of the owners.

TimeForWasp

11-07-2014, 08:23 PM

I don't see how it could work unless they put 4 teams over there with their own division.

TimeForWasp

11-07-2014, 08:25 PM

eventually there will be a world league. IMHO

rico

11-07-2014, 09:09 PM

Can they put this on the side of a helmet?

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608048695215656679&pid=1.7

LMAO

cosmo20002

11-07-2014, 09:51 PM

Really sad to know I was too young to appreciate the best years of the NFL in the 1990s.

It's all downhill from here.. all thanks to the insatiable greed of the owners.

...and people 10 years older than you think you're dumb for not thinking the 1980s were the best...10 years older and they say the 1970s were the best...and so on.

Sweet Daddy Hate

11-07-2014, 09:52 PM

It's simple, actually.

The NFL pre-Goodell was the best.

chiefzilla1501

11-07-2014, 09:54 PM

...and people 10 years older than you think you're dumb for not thinking the 1980s were the best...10 years older and they say the 1970s were the best...and so on.
You are such a fucking apologist for the NFL.

No, I don't think the resentment for the NFL in the 90s even close to parallels the growing resentment in today's age. The rule changes have accelerated.

chiefzilla1501

11-07-2014, 10:02 PM

It's simple, actually.

The NFL pre-Goodell was the best.
Boom

Discuss Thrower

11-07-2014, 10:13 PM

...and people 10 years older than you think you're dumb for not thinking the 1980s were the best...10 years older and they say the 1970s were the best...and so on.

The league shouldn't have expanded to 32 teams. Makes for nice and easy scheduling, sure.. But there aren't enough quarterbacks being minted by colleges.

And this is compounded by the sheer idiocy of illegal contact and defensive holding penalties.

FloridaMan88

11-07-2014, 10:36 PM

JFC, the NFL is really trying to destroy itself.

The funny thing is the NFL is obsessed with expanding internationally by going to the capital of a country (the UK) that has negative population growth and a stagnant economy.

tk13

11-07-2014, 11:12 PM

The league shouldn't have expanded to 32 teams. Makes for nice and easy scheduling, sure.. But there aren't enough quarterbacks being minted by colleges.

And this is compounded by the sheer idiocy of illegal contact and defensive holding penalties.

The 90's featured Super Bowl appearances by Jeff Hostetler, Mark Rypien, Stan Humphries, Chris Chandler, and Neil O'Donnell. I wouldn't get too carried away.

Discuss Thrower

11-07-2014, 11:40 PM

The 90's featured Super Bowl appearances by Jeff Hostetler, Mark Rypien, Stan Humphries, Chris Chandler, and Neil O'Donnell. I wouldn't get too carried away.

Amazing what happens when defenses are actually allowed to play the game.

Sweet Daddy Hate

11-08-2014, 07:01 AM

Amazing what happens when defenses are actually allowed to play the game.

This.

Fuck offense.

GloryDayz

11-08-2014, 04:25 PM

...and people 10 years older than you think you're dumb for not thinking the 1980s were the best...10 years older and they say the 1970s were the best...and so on.

Meh, I might agree that age makes you partial to certain eras of football, but the 90s were the last time the game was true to the sport and "balance" instead of trying to grow/market the sport to, well, others and high scoring.

For me the 90s were the last point in time when defense wasn't totally fucked-over by "the (new) rules", so while the athletes have improved with each era, the rules - geared towards the need/desire for basketball'ish scores (and officiating that fully supports said scores!) - it's become less appealing.

notorious

11-08-2014, 04:39 PM

Meh, I might agree that age makes you partial to certain eras of football, but the 90s were the last time the game was true to the sport and "balance" instead of trying to grow/market the sport to, well, others and high scoring.

For me the 90s were the last point in time when defense wasn't totally ****ed-over by "the (new) rules", so while the athletes have improved with each era, the rules - geared towards the need/desire for basketball'ish scores (and officiating that fully supports said scores!) - it's become less appealing.

Real football actually died around 2004-2005. That's when Peyton Manning and Indy bitched about NE molesting their WR's.

After that illegal contact and defensive holding started to take over.

GloryDayz

11-08-2014, 05:00 PM

Real football actually died around 2004-2005. That's when Peyton Manning and Indy bitched about NE molesting their WR's.

After that illegal contact and defensive holding started to take over.

You're prolly right, but I'm good with saying "the 90s" were the last great years. If the reality is that it actually lasted until 2004-2005, that's cool...

But 1999's football was, in my opinion, better than 2014 football BY FAR. And I'm part of that "1970s" group. I love me some Jamal Charles, but I liked Earl Campbell and Christian Okoye more....

notorious

11-08-2014, 05:35 PM

You're prolly right, but I'm good with saying "the 90s" were the last great years. If the reality is that it actually lasted until 2004-2005, that's cool...

But 1999's football was, in my opinion, better than 2014 football BY FAR. And I'm part of that "1970s" group. I love me some Jamal Charles, but I liked Earl Campbell and Christian Okoye more....

It's nice to look back at the 90's since the Chiefs were actually worth a shit.

GloryDayz

11-08-2014, 05:47 PM

It's nice to look back at the 90's since the Chiefs were actually worth a shit.

Chiefs seem to , maybe, be turning the corner (again!!), but I'm not sure they've figured out that WRs (because defending them is now illegal), a QB with God-like brains and accuracy, and an O-line that's awesome is where it starts. But it's hard to find a Manning, it really is.. But if you find a Manning-like QB and not-stupid WRs, there's the 49 points you'll need to win a modern day game! After that it's defense where you have to get creative and a bit lucky.

Smith is a little less Manning-like than I'd like (so says all other 31 teams in the NFL!!!), and our WRs are fucking JOKE compared to what the need/should be. Our defense is coming around (I think), but I can't argue with their relative success this year. And can't really explain their relative success either. Who cares, they're good enough (so far). But again, our WR group is just gay, and they suck hair monkey balls compared to what they should be! Let's hope they get Alex somebody other that stone-hands Bowe so we can find out how Manning-like he can/could be.

Sweet Daddy Hate

11-08-2014, 11:14 PM

I agree, Smith definitely has worked well with what he's got. Chiefs should draft him a great or even above average wr. Manning would definitely have a lot better competition in the west if the Chiefs get Alex some better weapons

They'll draft at least one prospect and make another play for a vet.

This is why I see Bowe staying now. I don't see Alex wanting to start 3 rookie receivers, even if they were the living clones of Megatron.

And yes, I'd wager he DOES in fact get some kind of say in that arrangement.

kysirsoze

11-08-2014, 11:24 PM

you know what they want to do.. Put Jacksonville there.

The city or the team?

notorious

11-08-2014, 11:27 PM

The city or the team?

Yes.

DrunkBassGuitar

11-08-2014, 11:27 PM

eventually there will be a world league. IMHO

didn't they already try NFL Europe and it failed miserably?

do Europeans even give a shit about American football?

PizzaDoughz

11-08-2014, 11:49 PM

didn't they already try NFL Europe and it failed miserably?

do Europeans even give a shit about American football?

They care probably about as much as I care about soccer

listopencil

02-15-2015, 02:36 AM

Bump

SPchief

02-15-2015, 02:39 AM

Bump

For?

listopencil

02-15-2015, 02:44 AM

For?

This guy is deleting his posts to cheat the N00b of the Year contest.

Discuss Thrower

02-15-2015, 02:50 AM

This guy is deleting his posts to cheat the N00b of the Year contest.

:hmmm:

listopencil

02-15-2015, 02:52 AM

:hmmm:

I've been sick for a week or so, haven't been active on here all that much. I just noticed the contest. Whoever is the last one standing with pos rep left wins. He started losing and deleted his posts to cheat. To keep people from neg repping him.

Discuss Thrower

02-15-2015, 02:55 AM

I've been sick for a week or so, haven't been active on here all that much. I just noticed the contest. Whoever is the last one standing with pos rep left wins. He started losing and deleted his posts to cheat. To keep people from neg repping him.

That wasn't an emoticon directed to

you know what? Fuck it. I don't know anything about anything any more.