Sources: NFL to play regular season game in China in 2018

RelocatedPatFan · Jul 12, 2016

Seems a better location than Rio right now,

Angelpats · Jul 12, 2016

Jackson 2 said:
I'm talking about the Time Zone that has the most viewers: Eastern. Hell, no one in California watches any sports when they're prime time there. It's why Monday Night Football airs there when everyone is commuting home at 5:30 pm and here it's 8:30 pm when everyone is home, fed and right in front of their TVs. Oh, and 6:00 am isn't 1:00 am. The 6:00 west coast start you refer to is 9:00 am Eastern: Breakfast with the NFL with a full day of NFL to follow. No NFL game has ever started at 1:00 am in any US time zone and never will.

The league office just haven't had a chance start a game at 1am yet. I think you may be underestimating Goodell and his crew. For all we know they may think since some games end at midnight they might as well continue with another game.

Jackson 2 · Jul 12, 2016

Angelpats said:
The league office just haven't had a chance start a game at 1am yet. I think you may be underestimating Goodell and his crew. For all we know they may think since some games end at midnight they might as well continue with another game.

Whatever makes money. Don't get me wrong. Time of games is meaningless to them except for how much money will be made. My point was that the times will always be reflective of the size of the audience and accompanying $$.

Tunescribe · Jul 12, 2016

This could prove a real dilemma for Goodell by hurting TV ratings and marketing in the Philippines:

South China Sea: Hague rules in favor of Philippines over China in maritime dispute - CNN.com

Maybe a game in Manila instead? Better yet, just send the Jets and Jaguars on an old-time NFL multi-game barnstorming tour of eastern Asia.

Ross12 · Jul 12, 2016

Sounds crazy, logistically. I think the only way it could really work is if they did a "Sunday Night Football" double-header with one game at 7 pm and the second game (China game) at 10 pm, with the players in China playing at 10 am there.

Tunescribe · Jul 12, 2016

Ross12 said:
Sounds crazy, logistically. I think the only way it could really work is if they did a "Sunday Night Football" double-header with one game at 7 pm and the second game (China game) at 10 pm, with the players in China playing at 10 am there.

It's crazy, period. China is a communist nation with a woeful human rights record. But I'm sure the NFL won't let principle interfere with profit.

@Patjew: Do the mainland Chinese give a rat's ass about NFL football?

Tony2046 · Jul 12, 2016

Tunescribe said:
It's crazy, period. China is a communist nation with a woeful human rights record. But I'm sure the NFL won't let principle interfere with profit.

@Patjew: Do the mainland Chinese give a rat's ass about NFL football?

I lived over there for a couple of years. I could imagine that they would pack the stadium because it would be something new and interesting. The players would be treated well as the Chinese are incredibly hospitable but everything peripheral to the game would have a Chinese touch to it. Pregame and the halftime show would be interesting.

I don't know if many would become actual fanatics but I could imagine them easily packing the stadium once a year.

Froob · Jul 12, 2016

Hoodie said:
Don't the Patriots have a Patriots.com website in Chinese? The NFL had better not plan to send the Pats. Kraft should say a definitive no.

I'm confident Kraft would stand up to the league. He's always had our back.

Tony2046 · Jul 12, 2016

This is going to be tough on the players. 15 hour flight + jet lag + play a game in the morning + 15 hour flight back.

And about half the people I know usually get a serious case of the squirts because some kind of bacteria or the lack thereof in our stomachs which takes time to adapt.

Good times.

Tony2046 · Jul 12, 2016

Froob said:
I'm confident Kraft would stand up to the league. He's always had our back.

And to think we were worried about Hartford. Beijing?

Angelpats · Jul 12, 2016

Jackson 2 said:
Whatever makes money. Don't get me wrong. Time of games is meaningless to them except for how much money will be made. My point was that the times will always be reflective of the size of the audience and accompanying $$.

I think it's going to be a failure and hope it's the last piece that gets goodell fired. I'm Chinese and visit China yearly. They don't really like American football or know much of anything about it.

XLIX · Jul 12, 2016

Hoodie said:
Don't the Patriots have a Patriots.com website in Chinese? The NFL had better not plan to send the Pats. Kraft should say a definitive no.

The Patriots were scheduled to play a preseason game in China almost 10 years ago. It got cancelled for some reason or another, but I think that is why they made the website in Chinese.

XLIX · Jul 12, 2016

Tony2046 said:
This is going to be tough on the players. 15 hour flight + jet lag + play a game in the morning + 15 hour flight back.

And about half the people I know usually get a serious case of the squirts because some kind of bacteria or the lack thereof in our stomachs which takes time to adapt.

Good times.

It really isn't all that different in terms of jet lag or flight time from the west coast to China as it is from the east coast to London, and they've done that before. They'll do the usual routine of giving each the team the bye week afterwards.

XLIX · Jul 12, 2016

Angelpats said:
I think it's going to be a failure and hope it's the last piece that gets goodell fired. I'm Chinese and visit China yearly. They don't really like American football or know much of anything about it.

I like your thinking, but I don't see how in the world this could result in Goodell getting fired.

jmt57 · Jul 13, 2016

XLIX said:
It really isn't all that different in terms of jet lag or flight time from the west coast to China as it is from the east coast to London, and they've done that before. They'll do the usual routine of giving each the team the bye week afterwards.

Since this is being proposed as a season opener, I am guessing it would be played prior to the first weekend of games - perhaps as the second half of a Thursday night doubleheader following the game involving the previous year's super bowl winner.

Otherwise the two teams involved would have their bye in week two, which would blow chunks for them.

Tunescribe · Jul 13, 2016

Tony2046 said:
This is going to be tough on the players. 15 hour flight + jet lag + play a game in the morning + 15 hour flight back.

And about half the people I know usually get a serious case of the squirts because some kind of bacteria or the lack thereof in our stomachs which takes time to adapt.

Good times.

The NFL sees players as expendable interchangeable parts, that much is obvious. Just remember what they've done to their BEST player.

Clonamery · Jul 13, 2016

Jackson 2 said:
That certainly wasn't my intention.

I'm over it.

Everyone gets what the NFL values....#integritie$

Patjew · Jul 13, 2016

Tunescribe said:
It's crazy, period. China is a communist nation with a woeful human rights record. But I'm sure the NFL won't let principle interfere with profit.

@Patjew: Do the mainland Chinese give a rat's ass about NFL football?

Nope... Not at all. Some expats are into it, of course, but I never met a local who even understood what it's all about.

Disco Volante · Jul 13, 2016

Proposed future NFL ideas...

-18 game regular season
-14 team playoff / eliminating bye-week for the #2 seed
-London franchise
-Adding a second team in LA
-More emphasis on eliminating defense, in turn also inflating the passing records in a way PEDs inflated home run records

We have seen the peak of the NFL, it's only going to get worse and worse, sadly.

Brady_to_Moss · Jul 14, 2016

Well we know where the LA Rams will play one of their home games

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