Pro Bowl changes Rules

[Spider-Dan]

-They have NEVER sold out the UK game.....might want to check your facts!!! They sold out BOTH games this year http://www.nfluk.com/opinions/articles/nfl-commissioner-confirms-both-london-games-are-sold-out

My mistake... after 6 tries, they've finally managed to get a sellout.

If there is "NOTHING TO BE GAINED" why does the league keep going there every year?

Because they love to send the worst performing teams in the league, who have nowhere to go but in revenue?  Do you think it's a coincidence that the Bills are playing home games in Toronto, that the Rams were scheduled to play home games in London (until Fisher took over), then they replaced the Rams with the Jaguars?

I suggest you read up on this topic you might learn a couple things.

You know what I would love to read?

Some actual evidence to support this idle speculation.  And when I say "evidence," I don't mean unnamed some owners that are supposedly "considering" it.  I mean, a real, named person of consequence attaching his name to the quote that he would like to see the Super Bowl moved out of the country.

[MikeO]

^^^^ yeah I gave you York quote and he is co-owner/chairman of SF (well passed it off to his kid on paper but he still is involved in ownership) who is also the Chair of the NFL International Committee who said its going to happen. Funny how you ignored that quote since it blows up your entire argument. Funny how you skipped over that.

[Spider-Dan]

Direct quote from York:  "I think eventually there will be a Super Bowl outside the U.S."

I'm sorry, does that sound like an explicit endorsement of a London Super Bowl to you?  Not only is he NOT saying that he's actually in favor of it (which I specifically asked for; instead, he just says that he thinks it'll eventually happen), but his statement could just as easily be applied to Toronto.. . which would be much easier, as it has more regional gridiron football support, and faces none of the timezone challenges.

[MikeO]

Direct quote from York:  "I think eventually there will be a Super Bowl outside the U.S."

I'm sorry, does that sound like an explicit endorsement of a London Super Bowl to you?  Not only is he NOT saying that he's actually in favor of it (which I specifically asked for; instead, he just says that he thinks it'll eventually happen), but his statement could just as easily be applied to Toronto.. . which would be much easier, as it has more regional gridiron football support, and faces none of the timezone challenges.

Way to cherry pick the quote and actually misrepresent what he said by taking out one sentence and ignoring the rest. Why not show the rest of it when he was talking about London........ "“There is easily enough of a fan base over here to stage two games a season. I think eventually there will be a Super Bowl outside the U.S. I couldn’t tell you when that would be. I can see it both ways. I’m not sure what will be first, a Super Bowl over here or an NFL team, but they both seem likely to happen.”


Either learn to read or stop twisting a quote to say what you want it to say instead of what it is saying! The "over here" is London...no place else!

[Spider-Dan]

He still didn't actually endorse the idea, just expressed generalities about it "eventually" happening (before the end of time?), which is not at all the same thing.

If no one will even attach their name and take ownership of it, it isn't a serious prospect.  It's like an owner saying that a woman will eventually play in the NBA.

[MikeO]

^^ http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/04/24/nfl-confirms-talks-to-hold-super-bowl-in-london/

This is from a couple years ago but pretty much tells you where the owners and league are on this issue and have been for a while now.

If you don't want to believe this will happen or that the owners want it to happen I don't know what to tell you and you can stay inside your bubble

[Sunstroke]

I just finished reading that article, and while I admit that the NFL has talked to folks in London about the possibility. there really is nothing in that Fox News piece (or anywhere else) that has "anything" even remotely concrete.

In other ambiguous news, I'm currently engaged in "serious talks" with "sources close to" Mila Kunis, and we're "confident that the groundwork has been laid" for "exploring the possibility" of her coming to my place to suck my johnson "at some point in the future." I figure that I have the facilities to host her, I do have a functioning johnson, and according to reports, Mila does possess the capability to generate oral suction.

I'm thinking this is a done deal...

[Spider-Dan]

^^ http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/04/24/nfl-confirms-talks-to-hold-super-bowl-in-london/

This is from a couple years ago but pretty much tells you where the owners and league are on this issue and have been for a while now.

Again, more "There is a lot of interest in the possibility of blahblah" non-statements.

Call me when an actual NFL person-of-consequence says, "I am working to bring the Super Bowl to London."  I eagerly await the first time that the actual candidates for a specific, numbered Super Bowl are two American cities and London; the amount of flag-waving you will see from the politicians of those two cities will be stupefying and the NFL will quickly knuckle under.

[Sunstroke]

^^^ Can I still count on Mila Kunis at least?