This is the thing that will cause players to go against a proposed move. Taxes are ridiculous out there. Imagine having to pay taxes to US and EnglandPaying British taxes
What NFL players are going to want to live in freaking London!?
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Real live Black Americans in London playing a novelty sport? They'd eat well
They made songs about us
but that bytch ugly as shyt tho
Every year, the best high school players in America line up to play football in Alabama.
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Team in London just won't work.
London is an expensive place to live and them taxes! Players will not want to come live here and play here trust me. Desperate players will but if you have any option to play elsewhere they will play elsewhere.
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The London fan base will be horrible, home games will be filled with fans wearing jerseys of pretty much every team in the L.
I went to the chargers-saints game in London a few years ago with my friend who is a chargers fan and I saw more Brady jerseys than saints and chargers combined!
London is an expensive place to live and them taxes! Players will not want to come live here and play here trust me. Desperate players will but if you have any option to play elsewhere they will play elsewhere.
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The London fan base will be horrible, home games will be filled with fans wearing jerseys of pretty much every team in the L.
I went to the chargers-saints game in London a few years ago with my friend who is a chargers fan and I saw more Brady jerseys than saints and chargers combined!
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Yeah, you may run into some "I don't want to live there" at first, but when the alternative is Buffalo, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kansas City etc you better believe once the word gets out about how dope London is and how close France is dudes wouldn't have any objections to living there.
London is a world class city, only NYC compares to it in the US.
How close France is? You think players gonna spend a decent amount of their time flying over to Paris? Off season they are on a flight straight back home and or to Vegas.
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I don't get the jersey argument. Maybe they're wearing the jerseys of those teams now because they don't have their own team yet ??
whats the tax rate in london compared to say america?
Players will play wherever.
Just like in the nba when it came to canada no one wanted to play in toronto or vancouver, but the players who actually did ended up loving the city (ex michael dikkerson still lives in vancouver) and a bunch of ex raptors still maintain residence in toronto
same thign would happen in london nikkaz would fall in love have familieis, move and love it etc. if it were to happen
Players will play wherever.
Just like in the nba when it came to canada no one wanted to play in toronto or vancouver, but the players who actually did ended up loving the city (ex michael dikkerson still lives in vancouver) and a bunch of ex raptors still maintain residence in toronto
same thign would happen in london nikkaz would fall in love have familieis, move and love it etc. if it were to happen
During the season you can bet dudes would spend time in France, 2 hours by train and 1 hour by plane isn't much for rich young dudes.
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My point is, it's a novelty! They turn out because it's American football and it's not common to have a game in London. Trust me, people will not latch onto a London based team. Actual NFL fans in London have supported their teams for years and will probably only watch the London team when their team are against them.
Imagine say Liverpool football team up and moved to Chicago....you think anybody gonna give a fukk after that early novelty goes?
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I know you're a Euro bruv, but that would all be new to Americans, especially for the dudes from some more back water states. And they don't need to live there, to me Miami is only good for a week, yet people are there all the time.
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Serious question. Are US taxes really that more favourable than these?
Basic rate: 20% - £0 to £31,865
Higher rate: 40% - £31,866 to £150,000
Additional rate: 45% - Over £150,000
Basic rate: 20% - £0 to £31,865
Higher rate: 40% - £31,866 to £150,000
Additional rate: 45% - Over £150,000
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LOL @ this bullshyt. How many big time free agents have signed to play with a Canadian team? Remember when Steve Francis was drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies and forced them to trade him because he didn't want to play in Canada? How come whenever the Toronto Raptors get a star player they leave at the first chance (Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Chris Bosh). When people have the choice they choose not to live in Canada.
What you Canadians and Euros don't understand is that Americans love living in America. They love American culture and American food and American clubs and American women. Do you really think Peyton Manning wants to live in fukking London with a bunch of Pakistanis and Bengalis and Afghanis and Punjabis and go to clubs to dance to house music? fukk that shyt.
Traveling to foreign cities is a great experience but the overwhelming majority of people want to live in their home country with their home culture. The thread starter is 100% right when he says most NFL players would not be interested in playing in London.