NFL may expand (back) into Europe, and even internationally

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theRepublic on 31 October 2010

mrstickball said:

They're going to an uncapped league next year...

The uncapped year was this year.

Next year may be a lockout.

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Kasz216 on 31 October 2010

mrstickball said:

welshbloke said:

Pretty sure we already tried that with NFL Europe which I think died in 2007. Anyway my local team would of been the London Monarchs.

Anyway anything that helps draw attention away from the use of the word "World" for what is a domestic league has got to help.

If we are seeing a resurgence of interest in American football in Europe then I am all for it. I followed Chicago back in the day of the Fridge and that culminated in my mates choosen team the Patriots getting some serious arse kicking. That was a period of interest for the Europe which eventually ended up with the NFL Europe but it all fizzled out.

To be fair, though, the NFL Europa league was essentially a second-tier farm league. There's a reason it didn't catch on...No one of worth played in it. The NFL is talking about a real team, with a real draft. I'd think that such a team would make for it catching on better than what NFL Europe did.

It's the same reason Soccer isn't big here.

MLS is pretty much... nothing, anyone who does like Soccer here perfers premier league on tv.

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Kasz216 on 31 October 2010

theRepublic said:

mrstickball said:

They're going to an uncapped league next year...

The uncapped year was this year.

Next year may be a lockout.

Will be.... i'd say. Owners want more games.

Players won't want that... what with the injury problems they already have.

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Darc Requiem on 31 October 2010

mrstickball said:

zuvuyeay said:

i heard one of the guys in sort of charge on our radio last night and he said its down to the owners about having more games in london and which teams come,it sounds like they might end up having 2 games a season over here

in theory you could have a franchise in London but it would take a billionaire owner to pay over the odds for everything to work imo,not sure how the nfl works in that context

in reality though would the foreign franchise really be competitive in the true sense,i can't see many of the top players wanting to live in london,unless the money is too good to turn down but you have a salary cap i think

They're going to an uncapped league next year...

Here's the way I look at it:

If an owner, or a group of owners buy and build a franchise in London, they are going to have the undivided attention of every British American football fan. Rather than divide the interest between a lot of teams (like we do in the US), it'd be likely one, and only one, team in the entire nation. Comparatively, every decently large state in America has two professional teams, and a littany of college teams. This would greatly increase revenues for the London team, which would provide a lot of money for bonuses and return on investment.

Oh, and about putting an NFL team in Canada - I think the major issue with it is that they *do* have to compete with CFL, which may fragment the base. I'd think Mexico is a better target.

The Buffalo Bills would be in Toronto right now if Ralph Wilson didn't insist they stay in Buffalo. Unfortunately for the Bills fans, it's a small market and Mr. Wilson is very old. When he passes, you can bet the NFL will move them to Toronto in a blink.

Honestly I think they'd need to add two Euro teams. Why? You could put one in the AFC East and one in the NFC East. That way you could set both of those divisions to play each other for travel reasons. Since you play teams in your own divison twice, that would be 10 games plus the 5 games against the opposite eastern division. Then you'd only have to schedule one other game outside of the AFC and NFC East for each of the Euro teams. Unless they push through the ridiculous 18 game schedule which would push that total to 3. I figure they could put one team in London and one in Berlin.

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welshbloke on 31 October 2010

A true Pro team based in some of the Europeans larger cities could work. Obviously London would be a good choice but Brimingham works so does any large city with good US connections. Although the travel would be great and international travel more so this could work.

The mid to late 80s were the last time US football was big in the UK and as I said that was when we last tried anything. You could be right in so much as it was second leaguers and maybe had they committed a big team it may still be here today.

I have no doubt that if they did commit to the UK that it would be successful and it would do wonders on improving the games perception within Europe. It would however be a big gamble and cost a crapload of money but the long term rewards could be huge.

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