If the city does have its own team in the near future, what do you think it should be called?
Assuming they don't just resurrect the old Monarchs name that is.
Assuming they don't just resurrect the old Monarchs name that is.
A London NFL franchise.
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LA can't even get a team so I doubt London will anytime soon.
That's not what you said in the keepthenfloutofengland.com forum.
I vote for The Cockney Wankers.
The London Sillinannies
The Congestion Chargers
The London Undeserved Sense of Superiority.
Purely going by the mood music you hear from journos on both sides of the pond.
There'll be another 90,000 at Wembley a couple of weeks from now.
I haven't heard anything new on that front in a while.
LA will probably get one within the next 3 years, with an existing team moving there. I don't think we'll see a London franchise within the next decade, if at all.
Yeah, annual games between well-established teams with well-established stars and well-established UK fans. Will be a bit different eight times a season with a completely new franchise and players who might not want to spend their whole career in London. Wembley definitely wouldn't be getting 90k a week, that's for sure.
Does london actually have a big NFL following to warrant a team being set up there?
based on the feeling on NFL over here I can't see it being overly successful outside of america. Sure people watch the one off games like the superbowl, but very few people actually follow the sport closely enough to go to games regularly other than one of games between established teams.
based on the feeling on NFL over here I can't see it being overly successful outside of america. Sure people watch the one off games like the superbowl, but very few people actually follow the sport closely enough to go to games regularly other than one of games between established teams.
Would be fantastic if it happened, and I'm inclined to believe it will at some point, as the NFL will try to expand its popularity base after years of exhibition and pre-season games in other countries. The only problem would be the difference and getting American audiences to tune into London games.
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I find it ludicrous. Let's expand the Premiership into the US as well.
I could see the NFL only working in Canada and Mexico (granted players may not want to play/reside in Mexico City either) outside the US. Logistics would be a nightmare for clubs traveling to London and the London club to the US. Then the exchange rate and taxes for players based in England. How would that work out? And I find that London would struggle in the free agency department as most players would prefer to play/reside in the US.
And to give a franchise to a European city while deserving cities in the US miss out is ridiculous. Cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Portland, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, an actual team in New York city, or Toronto if going abroad.
I could see the NFL only working in Canada and Mexico (granted players may not want to play/reside in Mexico City either) outside the US. Logistics would be a nightmare for clubs traveling to London and the London club to the US. Then the exchange rate and taxes for players based in England. How would that work out? And I find that London would struggle in the free agency department as most players would prefer to play/reside in the US.
And to give a franchise to a European city while deserving cities in the US miss out is ridiculous. Cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Portland, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, an actual team in New York city, or Toronto if going abroad.
Can't we just move the Seahawks to Oklahoma City?
http://www.nfluk.com/opinions/articles/vikings-and-steelers-play-wembley-september-29-2013
Two NFL games to be held in London next season
Two NFL games to be held in London next season
They gonna rename it the IFL?
Will be interesting if both NFL games sell out next year and if they continue with 2 games in London or have 1 in London and 1 elsewhere.
I don't think a team based in London playing full-time will be workable. Too many issues would need to be resolved and I also think they (NFL) need to consider whether UK based fans would buy season-tickets and sell out the majority of games. It's fine when you only have 1-2 games each year, but I doubt the stadium will be 75%+ full for the majority of a 16 game season.
Plus, I think they need a team in LA before they go international.
I don't think a team based in London playing full-time will be workable. Too many issues would need to be resolved and I also think they (NFL) need to consider whether UK based fans would buy season-tickets and sell out the majority of games. It's fine when you only have 1-2 games each year, but I doubt the stadium will be 75%+ full for the majority of a 16 game season.
Plus, I think they need a team in LA before they go international.
I find it difficult to believe that anyone that has had interest in the NFL over a long period of time and probably followed a team, will have an attachment to this new hypothetical franchise. It is these fans that make games here worthwhile in the first place. You may get a group of people who take up the game due to the new opportunity and latch on to this team but I don’t think the sport is popular enough for it to take off long term. I it did, it would be a very long process. Probably better to explore some of the venues MrMarcello talked about.
That said, I will probably go to both of the games next year to see certain players in the flesh and have my ticket for the game this month. So I would pick and choose games to travel down for if it did happen. That would be as a fan of the game in general though, not to support the new franchise in particular. I get the same thing from the International Series.
That said, I will probably go to both of the games next year to see certain players in the flesh and have my ticket for the game this month. So I would pick and choose games to travel down for if it did happen. That would be as a fan of the game in general though, not to support the new franchise in particular. I get the same thing from the International Series.
I thought the Steelers were a logical choice to play in Ireland.
The second game should have been there or Wales.
The second game should have been there or Wales.
IF it was to happen (which I seriously doubt), I imagine the teams training camp would be based somewhere on the East Coast of America, and would only travel to London for games. Only 8 home games a season so makes sense.
And tour the country, Old Trafford, St James etc. London and Wembley won't get full crowds every week
And tour the country, Old Trafford, St James etc. London and Wembley won't get full crowds every week
Why? Location?
Dan Rooney is the US Ambassador to Ireland and a supporter of the idea.
Croke Park was a rumoured destination for the second game for a while, as well as the Millennium Stadium.
Croke Park was a rumoured destination for the second game for a while, as well as the Millennium Stadium.
The GAA would never allow a game in Croke Park, trying to persuade them to allow football and rugby while Lansdowne Road was transformed to the crappy Aviva shithole was a chore enough. If there is to be a game in Ireland it will be the Aviva for sure.