London team?

[dead_poet]

Goodell says team in London is a "real possibility"
Though the league consistently has disputed rumors and reports that a Super Bowl someday will be played in London, Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledges that, in time, a franchise might be stationed there on a full-time basis.

Goodell reiterated that possibility during a Tuesday appearance on The Dan Patrick Show.

"It's realistic to me that we would play multiple games in London, regular-season games, maybe as early as next year," Goodell said. "And if that continues to have the same kind of reaction, a team playing in London on a regular basis is a real possibility."

And if that happens -- if a team moves to London -- the folks in London would necessarily have the ability to bid on hosting a Super Bowl. Indeed, it's not unreasonable to assume that, given the climate in England, a new stadium with a retractable roof (and a massive "telly" hovouring at least 30 meters from the pitch) would be necessary. As is the custom in the U.S., the promise of a Super Bowl would then be used as the carrot to help secure partial or complete public financing of the structure.

So if a team eventually moves to London, count on a Super Bowl eventually being exported there, too.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/m/ ... -possible/

[PurpleMustReign]

So then a team would have to fly all the way to London just top play a game? Sounds dmb to me... I don't have a problem with one game per season there, and a SB would be kinda cool I guess. But I don't think it is a good idea to put a team there full time.

[Demi]

Yeah, that sounds pretty stupid to me too. Mexico City? Toronto? Ok. London? WHAT?!

[Minniman]

It's crap.

London couldn't even support an NFL Europe team.

[84BreaksAnkles]

Its the N FL ........... not the IFL

Let's keep it that way dang it!

[MWNANCe]

I think the NFL is missing the logistics.. its not the teams having to fly to London 1 time a year... Its the London Team having to flyto the US 8 times in a year.

[Cliff]

I think the NFL is missing the logistics.. its not the teams having to fly to London 1 time a year... Its the London Team having to fly to the US 8 times in a year.

Yeah, it would put whichever team was in London at a *huge* disadvantage IMO.

Hell, a person would almost think one big problem with having a team in London would be calling the sport "Football" ... it's not the same thing there lol

[Samkon35]

For all of you family guy fans. The london SillyNannys lol

[hibbingviking]

i can understand canada or mexico. london????
lets get a team in LA first. jacksonville isnt supporting there team much.

[PurpleMustReign]

I think the NFL is missing the logistics.. its not the teams having to fly to London 1 time a year... Its the London Team having to flyto the US 8 times in a year.

I didn't even think of that. Good point. It seems like a stupid thing for sure.

[Laserman]

I think the NFL is missing the logistics.. its not the teams having to fly to London 1 time a year... Its the London Team having to flyto the US 8 times in a year.

Either way it's a really bad idea.

[Minniman]

How would you feel about having an NFL League in Europe that plays against the Superbowl winner for the world championship? Perhaps leagues in South America and the Pacific rim as well. I'm talking in 2020 or so.

[glg]

How would you feel about having an NFL League in Europe that plays against the Superbowl winner for the world championship? Perhaps leagues in South America and the Pacific rim as well. I'm talking in 2020 or so.

Unless american football starts really taking off globally (like basketball), there's little chance of this. Would star players go to european teams or would you see a rash of elway/eli situations?

[dead_poet]

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell remains "excited" about the possibility of a team permanently playing in London, but "doesn't care" if Los Angeles or London gets a team first.

In other words, it appears the league is still hellbent on placing a team across the pond. The league's now-annual London fixtures have proven a moderate hit in the Queen's Country, but it's still entirely unclear if there's sufficient appetite for a full-time club. The league's sense of manifest destiny seems misplaced with the concussion crisis still far from settled, but dollar signs trump all. There's a good chance London gets a team within the next 10 years.
Source: Rachel Nichols on Twitter

[Mothman]

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell remains "excited" about the possibility of a team permanently playing in London, but "doesn't care" if Los Angeles or London gets a team first.

In other words, it appears the league is still hellbent on placing a team across the pond. The league's now-annual London fixtures have proven a moderate hit in the Queen's Country, but it's still entirely unclear if there's sufficient appetite for a full-time club. The league's sense of manifest destiny seems misplaced with the concussion crisis still far from settled, but dollar signs trump all. There's a good chance London gets a team within the next 10 years.
Source: Rachel Nichols on Twitter

Didn't they say the same thing about L.A. over 10 years ago?