PATRIOTSFANINPA

Wondering of how and which team the NFL chooses to select to be the home team for the games outside of the USA other than just the normal schedule?

Is there a drawing or some kind or decision as to which of the 32 teams is the most unfortunate to have a home game taken away?

I think we are lucky because it was a 50-50 chance for NE to lose the HF game which could mean big down the road when teams want to have HFA and the 12th man rooting for them.

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Synovia

It seems to me that all of the games in London have had the team with the bigger market as the away team. (NYG, NE, Pitt, etc)

jan08

Just glad they chose the Pats this year. Can't wait to see them in the flesh

NovaScotiaPatsFan

If you're talking about home games vs away games the game is considered a road game for each team, so the Pats this year would play 8 @ the Razor, 7 on the road in the U.S. and the 1 in London.

Rossmci90

The first year and third year they went with teams that are popular in the UK (Miami, Giants and Patriots are probably the 3 most supported teams in the UK, The Buccs less so but still quite popular). After a poor game the first year (13-10), they went with two talented offensive teams the second year. Another reason behind the Pats and Buccs being chosen this year was that the Kraft and Glazer family were both very firmly supportive of this experiment and so i guess the NFL decided they had to put their money where there mouth was and with the Buccs being a smaller market team there is less uproar than there would be if the Pats were the home team.

Oh and it has always been and i assume always will be a interconference game.

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

But Tampa Bay gets fu(ked with 7 home games and 8 away games right?

For a team that is already 0-6 and not very good, taking a home game away is like adding sugar to a deep tooth cavity.

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Patspsycho

Blame it on Malcolm Glazer.. he's the one who bullied his way into buying Manchester United, so every time the Bucs make a play, expect to hear the boos.

So make that 9 home games and 7 away

jan08

I wish that were the case but 90% of the UK hates United so could either care less about the Bucs or even feel they are a team to suppot. I reckon it will be a 60/40 split this weekend and as such the players won't notice or care

Patspsycho

why is that the case?

Rossmci90

Because they are the biggest and best team. Unlike the NFL, in our football the best teams pretty much stay the best teams for decades and decades and long run of resentment is formed. There is no parity either, so they have more money then virtually every other team, so they often take smaller teams best players. (For example Man United bought my teams best player this summer for £16million)

There is also a hatred because they have so many fans all over the country. A lot of people dislike some of their players.

Bascially its the same reason why a lot of people hate the Patriots in America, they are considered one of the best teams. But the thing is, one day the Patriots will no longer be a contender and that hatred will fall, with Man United it will never fall.

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