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2011-10-20 22:49:23
5 votes, rating 4.2
5 votes, rating 4.2
More NFL in London Progress
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/20/british-government-wants-full-time-nfl-team/
I don't pretend to understand Brittish politics but it seems like this is a step in the right direction.
The Bucs are not a bad team and I can't help but think there would be a good market for it. If they made the move across the pond they'd be the only (NFL) game in town. Shouldn't be hard to sell tickets if your market is all of Europe yes?
I don't pretend to understand Brittish politics but it seems like this is a step in the right direction.
The Bucs are not a bad team and I can't help but think there would be a good market for it. If they made the move across the pond they'd be the only (NFL) game in town. Shouldn't be hard to sell tickets if your market is all of Europe yes?
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Posted by pythrr on 2011-10-20 22:56:32
the UK is broke
they have no money for this
they have no money for this
Posted by eisen on 2011-10-20 23:01:17
Bah, if your going to have an americian football team then you have to start using americian economics too. Never let being broke stop you from buying expensive things!
Posted by koadah on 2011-10-20 23:22:05
Hmm. "All-Party Parliamentary Group". That sounds like an excuse for a bunch of tubby politicians to go on a "fact finding mission" to somewhere warn and sunny over the winter. At tax payers expense of course.
Would the Buccs be able to compete for fans against Team Manchester?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingerie_Football_League#LFL_Europe
Would the Buccs be able to compete for fans against Team Manchester?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingerie_Football_League#LFL_Europe
Posted by gjopie on 2011-10-20 23:33:20
I agree with koadah that an "All-Party Parliamentary Group" doesn't sound like it'd get much done. I'd be (very mildly) interested to see who is in the group.
And besides, I think the possibility of an NFL team in London has very little to do with politics and very much to do with business. Although the government putting a bit of money into grass-roots stuff sounds like quite a good start.
And besides, I think the possibility of an NFL team in London has very little to do with politics and very much to do with business. Although the government putting a bit of money into grass-roots stuff sounds like quite a good start.
Posted by Nightbird on 2011-10-20 23:36:48
If I'm not mistaken the group that owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers also owns Manchester United. So indeed it would seem a good fit for that particular team to move over seas if any were going to. However, I'm very skeptical that the NFL will ever succeed in the UK regardless of how much Goodell pushes it on them.
Posted by lizvis on 2011-10-21 01:04:56
i don't think the Glazers are very popular in england, even with man u fans
Posted by garyt1 on 2011-10-21 09:35:29
If the UK is broke then I'm not sure what the US is with that debt mountain :o)
Having an NFL team abroad sounds bizarre but a good moneymaker.
Having an NFL team abroad sounds bizarre but a good moneymaker.
Posted by garyt1 on 2011-10-21 09:36:48
The Glazers are indeed unpopular.
Posted by blocknroll on 2011-10-21 13:19:15
the glazers are only unpopular with a certain section of man ure fans, who see it as "their club" despite the fact it was floated on the stock exchange 20 years ago. their fears havent exactly come true either, last time i checked they hadnt sold the stadium to develop into housing or a supermarket, asset stripped all their best players and turned them into a team that cant win anything. In fact they are also the most valuable sports team in the world according to forbes.
Posted by gjopie on 2011-10-21 18:36:55
Agreed blocknroll, but football fans are rarely rational, or even reasonable. They are generally suspicious of rich, and especially foreign, owners.
I was thinking about this earlier, actually. Can you imagine the uproar if they spoke about relocating even a not very succesful football team abroad? I don't even think they should have moved a team to Milton Keynes!
So I can understand why so many Americans are against "exporting" the NFL.
I was thinking about this earlier, actually. Can you imagine the uproar if they spoke about relocating even a not very succesful football team abroad? I don't even think they should have moved a team to Milton Keynes!
So I can understand why so many Americans are against "exporting" the NFL.
Posted by koadah on 2011-10-22 12:10:44
It's not that uncommon for American sports teams to pack up an move to another city.
It seems bizarre that a huge market like LA has no teams when they used to have TWO.
It is interesting that two of the teams with the lowest attendances are those that left LA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_attendance
Buccs only had 49,314 last year but they had 68,756 the previous year when they played one game in London.
So I can see that moving one Buccs game to London every year might make sense to them. If fans still don't come out in Tampa they can threaten to make it two games. ;)
The Packers used to play some games in Milwaukee, the Bills play in Toronto. So to be the permanent International Series home team is not unprecedented.
But that is a long, long way from becoming an eight home game London franchise.
It seems bizarre that a huge market like LA has no teams when they used to have TWO.
It is interesting that two of the teams with the lowest attendances are those that left LA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_attendance
Buccs only had 49,314 last year but they had 68,756 the previous year when they played one game in London.
So I can see that moving one Buccs game to London every year might make sense to them. If fans still don't come out in Tampa they can threaten to make it two games. ;)
The Packers used to play some games in Milwaukee, the Bills play in Toronto. So to be the permanent International Series home team is not unprecedented.
But that is a long, long way from becoming an eight home game London franchise.
Posted by shadow46x2 on 2011-10-23 01:55:22
the world league called...they said they missed playing football...
right after that...nfl europe called and said they're still hemorrhaging money...
point being...there's already been 2 american football leagues, both of which were backed by the NFL, and neither of them survived...
what makes you think it would work this time?
right after that...nfl europe called and said they're still hemorrhaging money...
point being...there's already been 2 american football leagues, both of which were backed by the NFL, and neither of them survived...
what makes you think it would work this time?