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Direckshun 03-31-2023 12:24 PM

There are so many good North American locations, I don't know why they need to go foreign.

Like, Mexico City is maybe the largest city on the planet is bananas about the NFL. Football hasn't caught on in St. Louis like it perhaps should have, but St. Louis makes a ton of sense to me, San Antonio, another California city or two like San Jose or bringing a team back to Oakland.

Austin is surprisingly large, or El Paso, or Portland.

So I don't know why they don't expand more in America.

wazu 03-31-2023 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 16884104)
If the league gets watered down, that means even more Super Bowl wins for the team with the best quarterback.

Had same thought. If you add 4 more teams, at this point that's going to mean 4 more teams with dogshit at QB.

Gravedigger 03-31-2023 12:27 PM

They'd live on the East coast, likely New York or Florida area, and fly over throughout the week from one of the hub airports. Their family would remain in USA most likely and they'd just travel for work more often. It's basically the NFL saying to the players, "We know you'll pretty much do anything to play in the league following college, and with little to no competition it's either us, or the real world and your public speaking degree with no experience. Good luck." As far as FAs, they'd fly back and forth, you also have to deal with green cards and dual citizenship etc, so there's a good amount of annoyances to the whole thing. You have athletes who do it within the United States, live on a coast, play on the opposite coast, get to go back home in the offseason and relax. I think it's a bad idea, but we all knew the NFL was going towards this path eventually. Especially with them having games in multiple European cities now. So we can pretty much put England and Germany down as new teams, wonder where they'd put the other two teams, Italy and Spain?

htismaqe 03-31-2023 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 16884156)
There are so many good North American locations, I don't know why they need to go foreign.

Like, Mexico City is maybe the largest city on the planet is bananas about the NFL. Football hasn't caught on in St. Louis like it perhaps should have, but St. Louis makes a ton of sense to me, San Antonio, another California city or two like San Jose or bringing a team back to Oakland.

Austin is surprisingly large, or El Paso, or Portland.

So I don't know why they don't expand more in America.

Football already failed in San Antonio. It failed in St. Louis twice.

No, there really aren't any great markets left in the US for something the size of the NFL.

Europe is a new frontier in terms of product saturation.

smithandrew051 03-31-2023 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dunerdr (Post 16884138)
**** that imagine a 36 team draft. It spreads the talent out even further and adds 4 more Goff/Cousins turds to an already sliding product. Also Bill O'Brien, come on down.

A developmental league thats seasonal would make more sense. Let the undrafted, practice squad and tryout guys go play a summer league to try to get some film out.

I’d love a Spring/Summer league to bridge the gap of the offseason.

It’d be a lot of fun to watch the late round picks and practice squad guys play.

Maybe even let the Assistant Coaches get a shot at being head coaches too. See how a Bieniemy does without Reid.

Rain Man 03-31-2023 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravedigger (Post 16884165)
They'd live on the East coast, likely New York or Florida area, and fly over throughout the week from one of the hub airports. Their family would remain in USA most likely and they'd just travel for work more often. It's basically the NFL saying to the players, "We know you'll pretty much do anything to play in the league following college, and with little to no competition it's either us, or the real world and your public speaking degree with no experience. Good luck." As far as FAs, they'd fly back and forth, you also have to deal with green cards and dual citizenship etc, so there's a good amount of annoyances to the whole thing. You have athletes who do it within the United States, live on a coast, play on the opposite coast, get to go back home in the offseason and relax. I think it's a bad idea, but we all knew the NFL was going towards this path eventually. Especially with them having games in multiple European cities now. So we can pretty much put England and Germany down as new teams, wonder where they'd put the other two teams, Italy and Spain?

As Americans, we shall not send a valuable strategic asset like Patrick Mahomes II into Russia. Buechele will be quarterbacking any games against the Moscow Vlads.

AdolfOliverBush 03-31-2023 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 16884156)
There are so many good North American locations, I don't know why they need to go foreign.

Like, Mexico City is maybe the largest city on the planet is bananas about the NFL. Football hasn't caught on in St. Louis like it perhaps should have, but St. Louis makes a ton of sense to me, San Antonio, another California city or two like San Jose or bringing a team back to Oakland.

Austin is surprisingly large, or El Paso, or Portland.

So I don't know why they don't expand more in America.

This. Of course the CFL would object, but why not move into Canada too? Toronto makes perfect sense.

Locating teams in Europe is a terrible idea.

LoneWolf 03-31-2023 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 16884156)
There are so many good North American locations, I don't know why they need to go foreign.

Like, Mexico City is maybe the largest city on the planet is bananas about the NFL. Football hasn't caught on in St. Louis like it perhaps should have, but St. Louis makes a ton of sense to me, San Antonio, another California city or two like San Jose or bringing a team back to Oakland.

Austin is surprisingly large, or El Paso, or Portland.

So I don't know why they don't expand more in America.

Californians don't even support or care about the 3 teams they already have. **** putting more teams in that state.

Rainbarrel 03-31-2023 12:44 PM

I guess teams could go on, an up to, 4 game road trip

Hammock Parties 03-31-2023 12:47 PM

anything to stop the mahomes dynasty

oldman 03-31-2023 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 16884119)
London Limeys
Berlin Battletoads

FYP - Southampton Snaggleteeth

Dante84 03-31-2023 12:51 PM

Looking forward to drafting 40th every year.

ChiefsCountry 03-31-2023 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainbarrel (Post 16884223)
I guess teams could go on, an up to, 4 game road trip

It would be a two game trip when teams go over to Europe.

ptlyon 03-31-2023 12:53 PM

The West Virginia Mountinqueers

comochiefsfan 03-31-2023 12:54 PM

The NFL is trying it’s hardest to kill the golden goose.


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