Goodell entertaining idea of having Super Bowl in London
 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3065254

"There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that."


Yeah, um, that's a GREAT idea. gg, NFL.

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This statement is a shameless attempt to drum up publicity for a really crappy NFL game that is going to be played there in a couple weeks. You and every terrible ESPN analyst that discusses it should buy a bridge before it is too late.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3065254

"There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that."


Yeah, um, that's a GREAT idea. gg, NFL.

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Sounds like someone is channeling David Stern.

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Curious why this is a massive deal? The Super Bowl sucks generally.

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Playing the SB in a non-NFL city is far preferable to having a team give up a home game. I like.

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not sure what the deal is either. are the few people shelling out $2500+ for tickets really going to care that their plane ticket is a few hundred dollars more expensive? most people watch it on tv so it makes no difference to them. it sucks that some random us city will miss out on a major source of revenue but besides that it doesn't matter.

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I think far less US residents would be willing to go overseas for the SB than taking a flight to San Diego. But as long as it's on TV, you're right, I personally couldn't give a damn.

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It sounded terrible at first. Then I thought about it for a minute. This would bring a ton of interest to the sport and possibly spring it internationally, especially if the game was good with star players shining. I approve.

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA? While the exposure to a new market is nice, soccer will never be the #1 sport in the States, while American football will never be the #1 sport in Europe. I would bet that at least half of the people who would go watch the Super Bowl in London are Americans who made the trip across the pond. The SB is such an American tradition, this is pretty unnecessary if you ask me.

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA? While the exposure to a new market is nice, soccer will never be the #1 sport in the States, while American football will never be the #1 sport in Europe. I would bet that at least half of the people who would go watch the Super Bowl in London are Americans who made the trip across the pond. The SB is such an American tradition, this is pretty unnecessary if you ask me.

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i don't know i think having the champions league final here could generate a lot of american interest in it that wasn't there before.

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I'm pretty sure this is just a publicity stunt.

If they were to actually do it either the game would have to start at midnight local time or else the US TV time would have to be altered. Also the weather in London i january is not very nice and usually the NFL tends to favor either indoor stadiums or places with nice weather (like miami...).

/Bjorn

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If they were to actually do it either the game would have to start at midnight local time or else the US TV time would have to be altered. Also the weather in London i january is not very nice and usually the NFL tends to favor either indoor stadiums or places with nice weather (like miami...).


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That's two really obvious reasons why this is very unlikely to happen.

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game could start at 8PM in London. Thats 12PM on the West Coast and 3PM on the East.

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lol, a noon superbowl for the west coast. Yeah, no chance of that.

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Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA? While the exposure to a new market is nice, soccer will never be the #1 sport in the States, while American football will never be the #1 sport in Europe. I would bet that at least half of the people who would go watch the Super Bowl in London are Americans who made the trip across the pond. The SB is such an American tradition, this is pretty unnecessary if you ask me.

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I would cry tears of joy if the Champions League Final was in the US.

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA?

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Or moving the World Cup to a place like the US or Korea/Japan. It would never happen.

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA?

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Or moving the World Cup to a place like the US or Korea/Japan. It would never happen.

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so dumb

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA?

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Or moving the World Cup to a place like the US or Korea/Japan. It would never happen.

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Level? You probably didn't read my post properly.

National Football League (in the US) = USA
UEFA = Europe
World Cup = World

Get it?

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horrible idea, europe is gay

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terrible, terrible idea. everyone knows what the weather is like in london in february right?

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There were two things that Goodell mentioned in that speech that were far better:
1) They're working towards adding a rookie salary cap
2) They're shortening the first round of the draft from 15 to 10 minutes

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F that, let's have the Super Bowl at Soldier or Lambeau Field to scare away all the corporate pussies.

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA?

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Or moving the World Cup to a place like the US or Korea/Japan. It would never happen.

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Level? You probably didn't read my post properly.

National Football League (in the US) = USA
UEFA = Europe
World Cup = World

Get it?

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Soccer = sport Americans don't care about

American football = sport Europeans don't care about

Get it?

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F that, let's have the Super Bowl at Soldier or Lambeau Field to scare away all the corporate pussies.

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I can here NFL films now... "To the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field the corporate pussies and sycophants flocked. Not one would survive the ensuing bloodbath. This field belongs to the warriors of the gridiron; hulking specters who have no mercy on those ill preprepared for the hardships of combat"

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lol, a noon superbowl for the west coast. Yeah, no chance of that.

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Why not? It already starts at 3 on the west coast. It's not that big of a difference. (I think that moving it to the afternoon in the east would be a much bigger deal.)

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I dont think I have eer mentioned this be4 but Goddell is an idiot.

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Ya think there would be any security concerns having the Superbowl in London ?

Talk about killing two birds with one stone.

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I really like the way Goodell has handled the commissioner role, but this idea isn't good at all.

Wouldn't this be like moving the UEFA Championships over to the USA?

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Or moving the World Cup to a place like the US or Korea/Japan. It would never happen.

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Level? You probably didn't read my post properly.

National Football League (in the US) = USA
UEFA = Europe
World Cup = World

Get it?

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Soccer = sport Americans don't care about

American football = sport Europeans don't care about

Get it?

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LOOOOOOOL gusmahler you can't be serious!!!

Read my original post. You should read the whole thing before cutting off half and quoting it. You truly proved yourself to be an idiot.

PS. Get it?
Fkn idiot.

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Just echoing the statement in this thread, this is an awful idea. I'm all for making the NFL watched world-wide but bringing the biggest game of the season overseas is a horrendous idea and anyone with a sense of business would understand that.

Here are some reasons why:

For US citizens to go to the game, they need to get a passport. Now I don't know the percentage of U.S. citizens that have one but the number can't be higher than 50% (maybe 60%).

Secondly, as it was said before, the time zone issue. 8pm in london is 3pm for east coast and noon for west coast. Getting a game on for noon-3pm is .. honestly not good for advertising and I'd bet the number of ppl watching would be significantly lower than the other superbowls (even if it was a rematch of Pats/Cowboys who manage 29.1 million people watching last week. This was without the LA market as well).

Third, revenue for the city hosting the superbowl. The 2 weeks before the superbowl is great for business in the city that's holding the superbowl.

Fourth.. Climate. I'm sure the players and fans would much rather play/watch a game in 75 degree weather than 30 degree weather.

If you want to expand the league to other nations, hold something like.. the pro bowl (lol) or a few regular season games there. You can even do it when teams have bye weeks so they travel to the UK within 2 weeks and get prepared.