Yeah, Goodell is really starting to appear to be in over his head.

The silver lining on this at least would be that it would finally start at a reasonable hour.

Stop trying to turn NATIONAL Football League into INTERNATIONAL Football League.

If this keeps up I figure I’m going to see them marketing berets with team logos on nfl.com by 2012.

No thanks Duke!

This is the stupidest thing I ever heard.

Picture the English Premier League Championship in US.

Yes. Let’s make it even HARDER for fans of the teams involved to go. Brilliant idea, NFL.

By brilliant, I mean idiotic. And by NFL, I mean idiots.

However, the UEFA champions league has been played in odd locales. For example last year’s final was played in Moscow (Both teams were English). Other finals have been played in Greece, Yugoslavia, Scotland and Turkey (not Europe). While I’m sure most English “football” fans were disgruntled at the thought of travelling to Istanbul to watch Liverpool win its fifth European Cup, they did anyway because they are hardcore.

Let me follow that by saying if the Birds made the 2010 Super Bowl then I will be making the long flight.

In the ESPN article today (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4096559) they had this to say:

One thing the NFL is not doing is considering a Super Bowl in London. Goodell dismissed a report that “substantive talks” with officials in London were held.

“We have never looked at London or Mexico City as a site,” he said.

Any idea why the conflicting information?

As I understand it the Visit London crowd have asked what it would take to get the Superbowl & submitted a prospectus to the NFL. NFL didn’t ask for them to submit it.

I am biased but would be cool for us in UK. Stranger things have happened.

If you stop calling the Superbowl winner world champions, then I might go along with the argument.

There was a back lash when preseason games were played over here. Including two Eagles games – Only managed to watch the one against the Brown at Wembley myself. Just as there was from Giants fans when the latest batch of Wembley games started.

As for our cities – hands off, they are all franchises and money talks. I doubt it would happen in Philly but how many times have teams upped sticks and given two fingers to their loyal fans to move to a new city.

Probably more scope to nick the ProBowl in my view except our weather isn’t as good ;-)

If it is good for the development of the game globally and strengthens all franchise teams and helps the game in the US then that’s all well and good. If not, even as a UK fan I would say stick it and leave well alone. At the moment it is all speculation & pissing in the wind. Time will tell but as I said stranger things have happened like TO ending up at Buffalo ( I hope he freezes his nuts off!)

this really doesnt make any sense. isnt the time difference something like 4 hours? youd either start the game at regular US time and the game would be played at 10 PM on a sunday night in London, or you start it at 6 PM in London and the game would start at 2 O’clock in the U.S. niether of them works.

I think they should play the season opener over seas sort of like they used to do in Baseball. that way you ‘grow’ the game without forcing a team to give up a home game at a crucial point in the season.

It makes more sense with an extended NFL season:

However, in the middle of the season? I am so glad the Eagles do not have to travel to London to play a midseason game that counts like the Chargers did last year. That Dolphins game two years ago? So ugly. The grass at Wembley is made for soccer, not American football.

But even talking about such a ridiculous idea makes you wonder what other terrible ideas Goodell has rattling around in his head that will actually come to fruition.

I want the Super Bowl here, and the Champions League there.

If and a huge IF NFL Europe was a success MAYBE it would make sense but they clearly showed they don’t care about our favorite sport so Goodel would have a revolt on his hands if he tries this.

… the Super Bowl will draw a crowd no matter where it is because it’s an American institution and a destination game for us. Think about it, if we could afford it, we’d watch the Birds in the SB no matter where it was … we just figured we’d never have to travel further than Phoenix or Cali to ever have to watch one.

But by putting it there, they feel they could draw English interest that is currently lukewarm at best. Meanwhile, our interest they can basically take for granted since a lot of us can’t afford to go anyway, we’ll just watch it on TV like we always do.

I mean, honestly, if I don’t have tickets, I don’t care where it is.

But I definitely agree that there’s something unnatural about America’s Game being played somewhere else, and I think it’s a long shot at best anyway … just guessing at why they would even consider this.

I assume the London stadium is a dome?

Can you imagine what an SB would be like in Philly, Pittsburgh or Green Bay???

It’s bad enough they started having regular season games in different countries. As a season ticket holder, eight home games a year isn’t enough. Thank G-d the Birds haven’t had to lose a home game. Tickets to the Super Bowl are already thru the roof. Imagine having to pay double that to fly to London, while missing work to do so. Especially the rare chance you get to see your team in the Bowl. It’s our countries biggest sporting event. Basically, bottom line, they’re screwing the fans, cause It’s all about the money.

fish and chips are cool.
i guess.

I’m all for a superbowl in London. and yeah i’m from Europe.
as far as i can understand the stadium where the superbowl is played is filled with 90% corporate people and 10 % fans. people can’t afford to go. The ones that do, hey they can afford a plane ticket to London, which is not that expensive anyway.

I’m 19 years old and i have already flown to the US to watch several football games. It is not that hard to travel over seas people..
The UEFA champions league will be held in the US as soon as yo guys want to attend a soccer game (never gonna happen).

The biggest problem is the time differance. If the US wants the game to begin in prime time. the london game needs to kickoff at midnight.

I know it’s your sport and all that, but we all know that the NFL do not care where the money comes from, as long as there is plenty.

I’m never going to pay $1000+ to see a football game so they can play it on Mars for all I fucking care.