get a league going where it's paid by how many games you win lol. or $ per game.

I doubt it. It's pretty much factual that, with a handful of exceptions, the best players in the world don't play in the MLS. They can make far more money elsewhere.

It is a ridiculously stupid idea with the only intention of making money instead of protecting the integrity of the game.

Which is why moron Goodell is probably going to do it.

Putting preseason games there isn't a bad idea. But keep that shit out of the regular season. No player is going to want to play there because they're going to have a terrible road record every single year.

Agreed. Same concept but put it here in the states in medium sized cities and the diehards like on here would go apeshit over it.
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I don't think there is any way in hell that you can, fairly, have one NFL team in a faraway outpost such as London or Tokyo or wherever. You'd have to get more than one team relatively nearby, probably by moving (or creating) an entire division.

Also, and I'm likely in the minority with this, I really don't see an eventual overseas Super Bowl as a travesty. It's never been a home game for anyone anyway, and it hasn't been about the diehard fans of either participant for some time now.

They could play half the season at home and half away, with every team that just played them a bye week.

Yup. The US teams goalie plays on Everton in Europe and has been over there since 2003. The US soccer scene blows dick compared to virtually anywhere else in the world. Whats our national team ranked at? Barely in the top 30? Pfffft.

The NFL would be fine in England. Its not even really Europe. Its like Diet Europe.

This crap about a team in London and a SB overseas is just stupid. :mad:

Focking stupid. The American Football Conference.

I think they are fooling themselves with the popularity of the NFL in England.

Just try it once and see the uproar. #Egypt

If this years SB isn't a blizzard in NY and more and more of these Northern Owners that have been in the league forever want and get a SB (Bears, Chiefs, Broncos, ect) kicked booted from a SB because of London?

Yea, I'd love to watch the most important game of the year from another country with fans in the stands, maybe not even sold out, who don't even fully understand the game, let alone the history of it. Cheering for the wrong reasons at the wrong time :shake:
I've waited 40 years to see the Chiefs in the SB and the NFL wants to tell me it's a good idea to promote the 'brand' to ship my ass on a plane to London to watch them in person for the championship instead of possibly hundreds of miles and a few short hours away? Are you serious?

And yes, you are the minority.

Yep, saw a stat last season about the abysmal winning percentage of West coast teams playing on the East coast in the early game slot (noon central time).

Can only be even nuttier when you add an additional 6 hours to your time change unless the London team would strictly play all their home games at night. Probably would have them do a stretch of 2 games at home and then 2 statesside to cut down on travel back & forth? Would definitely be an odd situation logisticswise... .

It was several years ago. You can find lots of studies if you google:


home field advantage distance traveled

Very interesting if London got a team. I can definitely see how the FA thing might get tricky, but really it is another team meaning 53+ more opportunities for guys to make a team and make bank. London is a huge city and even if 1/3 the populace supported the team, that's like 4 million people more than enough to support an NFL franchise.

NFL's first real problem though, is LA not having a team, to me that would bug the shit out of me if I were an owner or commissioner.