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| Quote Rascal Bongo Stork="Rascal Bongo Stork"I'm not sure which of us is guilty of taking it seriously? But logistically it's just about feasible and is therefore open to some theoretical debate. Do you go around your local telling people at other tables to shut up because they're talking bollox? And if so have you ever been chased down the street by pool cue wielding beserkers?'"
It's about feasibility and it's not remotely feasible therefore it's nonsense. Yet some will cheer it under the "thinking big" label which generally means uncritically accepting any flight of fantasy. |
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Some differences:-
a) These are one-off games not an entire season
b) the NFL have some of the richest sports franchises on the planet and can afford this, London Rl has never been cashed up
c) the East coast of the USA is much closer than the East coast of Australia
but yeah apart from that totally the same.
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Some differences:-
a) These are one-off games not an entire season
b) the NFL have some of the richest sports franchises on the planet and can afford this, London Rl has never been cashed up
c) the East coast of the USA is much closer than the East coast of Australia
but yeah apart from that totally the same.
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Quote Hedgehog King="Hedgehog King"Some differences:-
a) These are one-off games not an entire season
b) the NFL have some of the richest sports franchises on the planet and can afford this, London Rl has never been cashed up
c) the East coast of the USA is much closer than the East coast of Australia
but yeah apart from that totally the same.'"
a) no there is talk of moving a franchise to London fully, see the article and see elsewhere, it's not just hype it's being touted very seriously. here's another recent article www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/jason ... e-best-fit The general understanding seems to be that if they deem it a profitable venture then the NFL will do what's necessary to make it happen
b & c) the point is not whether the individual situation is the same but rather whether the "idea" itself is "stupid" as cited by the poster I was originally responding too. i am obviously aware that there are huge differences between the NFL and NRL, between America and Australia. the "idea" of locating a franchise in London as part of a foreign-based league itself however is not something that is so "stupid" that "only RL would consider it". |
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Quote Hedgehog King="Hedgehog King"Some differences:-
a) These are one-off games not an entire season
b) the NFL have some of the richest sports franchises on the planet and can afford this, London Rl has never been cashed up
c) the East coast of the USA is much closer than the East coast of Australia
but yeah apart from that totally the same.'"
a) no there is talk of moving a franchise to London fully, see the article and see elsewhere, it's not just hype it's being touted very seriously. here's another recent article www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/jason ... e-best-fit The general understanding seems to be that if they deem it a profitable venture then the NFL will do what's necessary to make it happen
b & c) the point is not whether the individual situation is the same but rather whether the "idea" itself is "stupid" as cited by the poster I was originally responding too. i am obviously aware that there are huge differences between the NFL and NRL, between America and Australia. the "idea" of locating a franchise in London as part of a foreign-based league itself however is not something that is so "stupid" that "only RL would consider it". | |
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| Quote Hedgehog King="Hedgehog King"Some differences:-
a) These are one-off games not an entire season
b) the NFL have some of the richest sports franchises on the planet and can afford this, London Rl has never been cashed up
c) the East coast of the USA is much closer than the East coast of Australia
but yeah apart from that totally the same.'"
and to add to my comments:
b) the funding would be done by the NRL obviously who do have the cash, not NFL cash admittedly but more cash than London RL in its current state is familiar with.
c) Only 6 of 16 NFL fixtures a year are divisional, i.e. guaranteed to be played against regional teams (so East coast for any potential London franchise). There would be plenty of games against West coast teams each year as well, up to 8 I think not including potential playoff appearances (NFL fixtures rotate year-on-year by divisions and seedings). However, the shorter fixture list of the NFL season does work in a potential London team's favour in this case over a potential London NRL team. |
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| Quote poplar panther="poplar panther"The M62 will eat its children.'"
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| Steve Mascord I suspect was wetting himself as he typed that......I know I was close to doing so reading it  |
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IMHO there will be an NFL team in London within 10 years.
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| Quote Paddock Punter="Paddock Punter"IMHO there will be an NFL team in London within 10 years.'"
The same predictions were made in the 1980's
Transplanting a new sport into a new country is a difficult task. Just look at the problems RL has had moving 200 miles south, albeit not a great example.
Soccer has never really made it in the US despite all their millions and a World Cup! |
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| Quote Paddock Punter="Paddock Punter"IMHO there will be an NFL team in London within 10 years.'"
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Quote rob13="rob13"a) no there is talk of moving a franchise to London fully, see the article and see elsewhere, it's not just hype it's being touted very seriously. here's another recent article www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/jason ... e-best-fit The general understanding seems to be that if they deem it a profitable venture then the NFL will do what's necessary to make it happen
b & c) the point is not whether the individual situation is the same but rather whether the "idea" itself is "stupid" as cited by the poster I was originally responding too. i am obviously aware that there are huge differences between the NFL and NRL, between America and Australia. the "idea" of locating a franchise in London as part of a foreign-based league itself however is not something that is so "stupid" that "only RL would consider it".'"
a) It's talk nothing more
b) & c) no, it isn't stupid to have a foreign team in a domestic league; Catalans and New Zealand are not "stupid" but what is stupid is to pretend that the logistics involved are comparable to the occasional NFL game in London or a Super Rugby game between Dunedin and Durban. |
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b & c) the point is not whether the individual situation is the same but rather whether the "idea" itself is "stupid" as cited by the poster I was originally responding too. i am obviously aware that there are huge differences between the NFL and NRL, between America and Australia. the "idea" of locating a franchise in London as part of a foreign-based league itself however is not something that is so "stupid" that "only RL would consider it".'"
a) It's talk nothing more
b) & c) no, it isn't stupid to have a foreign team in a domestic league; Catalans and New Zealand are not "stupid" but what is stupid is to pretend that the logistics involved are comparable to the occasional NFL game in London or a Super Rugby game between Dunedin and Durban. | |
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