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Title: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: MikeO on October 24, 2013, 09:27:22 am Vs the Raiders
Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: CF DolFan on October 24, 2013, 10:07:45 am They have three next year. Cowboys-Jags, Dolphins-Raiders and Lions-Falcons.
Are they trying to drum up American traffic to London or increase fan base? Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: TonyB0D on October 24, 2013, 10:10:07 am Man the last time we played in London was one of the worst football games I've ever seen in my entire life.
Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on October 24, 2013, 10:49:07 am That sucks more for the Raiders than the Dolphins. The Raider will have to fly 8 hours to play a home game. A flight from Mia to London is about the same as a flight from Mia to Oakland (which Mia would have had to do if the game was not in Oakland)
Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: Spider-Dan on October 24, 2013, 12:06:09 pm Who is designated the home team for the London game?
Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on October 24, 2013, 12:07:33 pm Who is designated the home team for the London game? Oakland Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: AZ Fins Fan 55 on October 24, 2013, 04:34:29 pm I have never been a fan of the London games. Personally I think it is a slap in the face to the fans here.
Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: Spider-Dan on October 24, 2013, 05:57:53 pm Oakland Well, there's a game I won't get to attend.Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: Dolphin-UK on October 25, 2013, 02:55:37 am Man the last time we played in London was one of the worst football games I've ever seen in my entire life. Yeah it was a pretty terrible game, and it has the dubious honour of being the first Dolphins game I ever saw live. I'm obviously going to be getting some tickets for this one. Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: Brian Fein on October 25, 2013, 10:43:33 am Wondering how long before they pick Wembley Stadium to host the Super Bowl...?
Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on October 25, 2013, 11:19:20 am Wondering how long before they pick Wembley Stadium to host the Super Bowl...? If it happens it will be AFTER a team moves to London. The 32 people who vote where the game will be held, each have a stadium that they would like to host the game. Jets/Giants got support because plenty of owners of cold weather stadiums would like to host a game too, and there is a fair amount of horse trading -- e.g. you vote for my stadium this year, I will vote for yours next year. You have some owners talking about it, but bottom line is each of them are more interested in hosting it themselves then seeing it anywhere else. However, if there is a London based team -- then the dynamic changes. There really is little to no upside to moving it. The games currently being played in London are of home teams that struggle to sell out -- so moving it overseas to increases revenue for the NFL. This has not been an issue for the Superbowl. Other issues: London games are played at 1:00 Est or 6 pm local time. Not unreasonable. The superbowl is played at 6:30 EST which is 11:30 pm local -- unreasonable. Moving it would be very very unpopular. Politicians will take advantage of that. (b/c that is what politicians do) While the tax exempt status might not change. There absolutely would be congressional hearing into why the NFL is shipping the game overseas and if doing so should change their tax status. While nothing may come of it, you can bet politicians in every state with a stadium (which are the most populous states) will be using this for political gain. There is very logical reason to move a few games every year overseas -- none to move the playoffs overseas. Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: MikeO on October 25, 2013, 11:55:12 am Wondering how long before they pick Wembley Stadium to host the Super Bowl...? Been telling you for a couple years its gonna happen eventually. Won't be till after 2020 probably but the day is coming. Just too much money over there for the NFL to ignore Title: Re: Fins playing in London in 2014 Post by: Fau Teixeira on October 25, 2013, 12:43:43 pm There is money in europe .. but it isn't for NFL games .. it's there for soccer .. in the US, football beats soccer at any level ..
In europe professional soccer beats every other sport in existence combined. nfl just can't compete with the premiere league or the spanish league, or even the french league .. much less the multi-national competitions UEFA organizes .. it's david vs. goliath and NFL is david |