Report: NFL plans to put franchise in London within six years.Bye JAcksonville?

[IWunD3r]

shyt is stupid, and will destroy the league...they're better off having teams in CANADA and Mexico, or even godaman Haiti or Jamaica then the other side of the world...

 

[NatiboyB]

A London NFL team would be playing from a remarkable competitive disadvantage. From unique scheduling of their games out of necessity, to drafted players refusing to go play in England, to attracting free agents with options to come without drastic overpaying. You'd have to give London a higher salary cap from the beginning.

your right its expensive over there and Id be honest its nice to visit for about a week but after this point I can care less if I ever go to that place again.

 

[malbaker86]

could somebody 'shop a teacup and a tophat into this picture?

no dammit

 

[malbaker86]

This shyt will never ever work!

It's like having a premier league soccer team here in LA, NY, or Miami....that shyt would NOT last long term....it would be a nice little novelty at first then die off.....like NFL Europe

 

[Formerly known as...]

It's like having a premier league soccer team here in LA, NY, or Miami....that shyt would NOT last long term....it would be a nice little novelty at first then die off.....like NFL Europe :mjps:

Yeah and the home team wont have a fan base...going to a game in Wembley is hilarious! no matter who is playing there are more people with Brady, and Manning jerseys than the jerseys of the teams that are actually playing.

It will be the same with a home team, it's a novelty.

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

Some of y'all don't know but I work for the Nba helpdesk. Our company provides the software and hardware to state games and push those stats to the web. My boss told me just two days ago that it's already a done deal. Jax to London. He said it was a done deal when Shad bought the team. My boss was just at the D League showcase and was talking to some nba execs and they told him that.

I met a bunch of British people who were Jacksonville Jaguars fans.

There are a lot of them over there because the team plays in London every year.

Apparently those games sell out every year too

 

[Maschine_Man]

Maybe then they'd actually move the Dolphins to the AFC South and be forced to move the Wankuars to the AFC East.

 

[mastermind]

Veeery Unlikely, the grass just about manages the games we have over here now, so i doubt we'd want all those games on it.

It's more likely we'd either use Twickenham, our purpose Rugby stadium, or, the new Tottenham stadium, which i believe will have changable playing surfaces.


Oh also, if we do get the Jags, you're all gonna have to pronounce Jag-u-ars properly.

only reason I say Wembley is because its the only way you guys can pay for it. You need more events there.

at the end of the day, I dont believe London will have an NFL franchise until supersonic flights can happen again.

 

[Maschine_Man]

I met a bunch of British people who were Jacksonville Jaguars fans.

There are a lot of them over there because the team plays in London every year.

Apparently those games sell out every year too

they sell out every year because of the novelty of it. But would they sell out every game all year?
considering London has 8.5 Million, plus the proximity to other European cities I think they could no problem. But who knows if it would still sell after the novelty wore off.

 

[JBoy]

this is a terrible goddamn idea, for people who can make a boatload of money these high up executives sure do make some really fukkin stupid business decisions

 

[Dzali OG]

Some of y'all don't know but I work for the Nba helpdesk. Our company provides the software and hardware to state games and push those stats to the web. My boss told me just two days ago that it's already a done deal. Jax to London. He said it was a done deal when Shad bought the team. My boss was just at the D League showcase and was talking to some nba execs and they told him that.

At least 20 years from now yeah.

 

[BlackAchilles]

Again with this shyt? This is a terrible idea.

 

[Rekkapryde]

A London NFL team would be playing from a remarkable competitive disadvantage. From unique scheduling of their games out of necessity, to drafted players refusing to go play in England, to attracting free agents with options to come without drastic overpaying. You'd have to give London a higher salary cap from the beginning.

Pay em in Pounds.....

 

[Rekkapryde]

if they think they will be able to strong-arm the brits for a 1 billion plus stadium, they can think again

only 700 million pounds though

 

[KOohbt]

Jaguars are so obviously going to London. Like who didn't see this coming.