Don’t we ship enough money overseas? Keep it in the US and generate revenue domestically.
OT: Hosting the Super Bowl in London?
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No, Bobb-o, it really doesn't.
And if the NFL thinks it can make an extra $3 doing it, it'll happen.
Don't fret, you can revert to fist-at-the sky "boycott everything" mode!
Goodell just got a contract extension for 3 years.
I'm anticipating the B1G/SEC Pro League in the future
The amateur kabuki is over and bags of money are on the horizon.
"The economic framework of Goodell's new deal is not known, but it is expected to be incentive-laden and, considering the league's financial success, the most lucrative deal ever given to any commissioner in any sport.
Goodell, whose deal was set to expire in spring 2024, reportedly earned $63.9 million annually for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons."
I'm anticipating the B1G/SEC Pro League in the future
The amateur kabuki is over and bags of money are on the horizon.
"The economic framework of Goodell's new deal is not known, but it is expected to be incentive-laden and, considering the league's financial success, the most lucrative deal ever given to any commissioner in any sport.
Goodell, whose deal was set to expire in spring 2024, reportedly earned $63.9 million annually for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons."
That is not as big as a factor nowadays.
One more team over ethereal only means one more game over there for that team.
If I were the kind of person who was
Why not have a AFC Europe division. Move Jacksonville to London and create 3 more expansion teams in Europe. The Colts can we rejoin the AFC east, Titans to the AFC north, and Texans to the West. Now those European teams will only have to travel outside of Europe 5-6 times a year.
There used to be a thing called NFL Europe. It was, from a local fanbase / attendance perspective, wildly successful.
It was costing the League $10M a year. Roger killed it.
Did I mention that Roger is a c*nt?
IIRC while the attendance was better than expected it did not reach NFL levels. It operated as almost the equivalent of AAA baseball. Big leap to put 70,000 into the stands on a consistent basis.
Some of the venues were small - Amsterdam and Cologne played in what would basically be our equivalent of an FCS stadium.
The Barcelona Dragons played their home games in the Olympic stadium shared with Barcelona FC. They often outdrew the soccer team.
Old RU fans will get a chill when reminded that the head coach of the Dragons was Jack Bicknell. I was in Frankfurt one weekend when Rutgers was playing Boston College. Walking through the lobby before the game I saw Jack and knew it was an omen - we were going to lose. We did. I wrote an article about it for the old RutgersFan site, after the game.
My point is this - for whatever interest Europe as a whole may have in American football, that interest can easily be satisfied by recreating NFLE as a "junior league", with occasional added appearances by NFL teams a couple of times a year.
Incidentally - Jack Bicknell once told me that the best quarterback he'd ever coached was Scott Erney.
Just move it Saturday. Oh wait the nfl doesn't care that you have a job to go to Monday.
I don’t watch pro football, pro Basketball and the past several years MLB. Give me college sports every time.
If you put up enough money they would do it in February in Fargo if you'd like.
Unless Pyonyang offers more money for the rights. The Dear Leader could do the coin toss.