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Bullshit: "Maybe a London Super Bowl isn't such a bad idea afterall"
I don't want football to become an international sport.
It is American and should stay American. It is ours and I don't want to fucking share it with a bunch of euro fags who flop and cry when someone brushes up against them.
I just don't see how you could hold a Super Bowl in London .. aside from the obvious reasons mentioned with it being our sport and all that.. but lets say you have the game start at 6 PM London Time.. thats 1PM Eastern time and 10 AM Pacific. If you accommodate the U.S. Market (aka the main source of who is interested in the game) and push this game into primetime.. lets say the typical 6:30PM ish start .. London time you would be looking at 11:30PM for the kickoff, with the game probably ending close to 4 in the morning over there.
So either, you run the Super Bowl early in the day.. which to me kind of kills a lot of the buzz around it.. even though it'd be nice to chop down the 12 hour pregame show.. or you kick off late.. causing the players to likely be exhausted and play a shitty game.. or you play it normal, only tape delay it.. which again.. is freakin lame.
There's just no good way to have it. And because this detail can't be worked out, I don't even see the point of trying to make every other problem work too.
Originally posted by ram29jackson
I already said months ago that Seattle wasn't winning any SB
I think it's also lame that we call all of our champions (every sports, nfl, nhl, mlb, nba) the "World Champions" when they're are only teams from the US and Canada.
I think it's also lame that we call all of our champions (every sports, nfl, nhl, mlb, nba) the "World Champions" when they're are only teams from the US and Canada.
True, and since they have already gone as far as "World", why not take it a step further and say "Champions of the Universe"? Are they fearful a team of ETs will kick their ass?
True, and since they have already gone as far as "World", why not take it a step further and say "Champions of the Universe"? Are they fearful a team of ETs will kick their ass?
The game should be played in Green Bay, Kansas City, Philly, Denver, New York and Chicago long before it moves overseas.
It's time to celebrate cold weather football.
I don't want football to become an international sport.
It is American and should stay American. It is ours and I don't want to fucking share it with a bunch of euro fags who flop and cry when someone brushes up against them.
lol @ this comment .
Alot of them "euro fags" enjoy rugby too which is nearly as physical as the NFL . There is also a huge u.k base who love the NFL over here so i doubt many of the people who loving "seeing people flop all over" would even be watching it or "sharing it" with you.
And Basketball allows less contact than soccer and ive seen as much flopping and crying from Paul Pierce as i have from any soccer player on the planet.
I dont think the SB should ever come to London cause it would feel wrong but your basicly saying europeans or people in the u.k shouldnt enjoy the NFL because its american right? Stupid as fuck.
The U.K (sky sports) currently has a huge deal with the NFL so this is most probably Godell just trying to keep them sweet which i also think is dumb.
You would think that people would be happy to see the sport that they love getting more attention all over the world ... i guess not.
I know when i hear about millions and billions of people watching th soccer team that i support play i think its pretty cool.
I really have no problem with it. When I was watching the Super Bowl this year, I really would not have been able to tell if the guy in the stands was a millionaire from the US or England. Its not like I'd be able to go anyways and in many cases, you cannot even get near the area without being a ticket holder, at least that was the case when I was in Detroit.
There is really no way to do this without ruining it. With the time difference and just the fact that it is in London(no offense) it just does not seem right.
Also an overseas expansion for any sport is extremely hard and sort of pointless. Flying across the country is hard and tiring enough for players, think about having to travel overseas. Now if your going to have a pure Europe league then it could work but it would not be welcome by a lot of players. It would not make much sense for the NBA to have a Euro NBA league for the simple fact that their is basketball in Europe. If London wanted a football league they would have made one.
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