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Tried that. Fail.
All the teams eventually moved to Germany but the team in the Netherlands if I remember correctly.
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NFL said:Beginning in 2010, a change was made to how teams are paired in the schedule rotation to ensure that teams playing the AFC and NFC West divisions would not be required to make two west coast trips (e.g. at San Francisco and at Seattle), while other teams in their division had none (e.g. at St. Louis and at Arizona). The pairings of teams are listed in the digital version of the 2011 NFL Record and Fact Book (attached).
To just throw a single franchise into a conference without also placing an equal amount of teams in the other conference would unbalance the league.
So assume London gets a team, then Mexico City will also get a team.
With any luck, they will place the new London franchise will go to the NFC East and the new Mexico franchise will go to the AFC South.
I would HATE for either team to be added. But the almighty dollar is greater than the sport itself. Just another nail in an already tightening coffin the NFL is building for itself!
Way to go Rog!!!
And the same fans who, in response to their favorite team and player being framed and railroaded by the league, proceeded to throw more money than ever at that same league.
I'm the man, and you're the man, and he's the man as well.Well now I've got some advice for you little buddy, before you point your finger you should know that I'm the man
About the same money? Not even close, they tax the hell out of everything there, you even need to pay for a yearly permit to own a frigging tv. no really. tvlicensing.co.uk $206 a year in USD to own one.good luck to that team in attracting free agents. do i want to move my family overseas or play in my home country for about the same money?
Us 1960 Pats fans may be done with more than that in 2022
Just look at scheduling. We have a great system now. You play each in your division twice, one division in your conference on a three year rotation, the corresponding place finishers in the other two of the three in your conference, and one division in the other conference on a four year rotation. If they add any more teams or go to an 18 game schedule, how will that scheduling work? Would it be playing twice against the same place finishers in the two divisions you play?
Also, the idea that this can't both be a smart business decision and ****ty for the fans is wrong. These are the same fans that gleefully watch 4 hours of commercials with 8 minutes of gameplay sprinkled in.
Or Canada. I realize that Canada has their own league, but I haven't heard why there isn't any Toronto or Montreal team.It's such a dumb idea. The travel alone will be brutal for the team. Telling a young guy he has no choice, but to move across the Atlantic is not fair especially if he has a family. There are plenty of cities in the U.S who would love to have a team... like St. Louis for example.
I support Roger Goodell
Maybe they can relocate the Jets.
This post deserves emphasis.Update: NFL is disputing London's understanding. There's a shock.
NFL disputes characterization of Mark Waller’s London comments
End of the day, London will be the new LA since neither St. Louis nor San Diego are looking to empty their wallets to bring back an NFL team at this point (granted that the Chargers isn't official yet).
It's such a dumb idea. The travel alone will be brutal for the team. Telling a young guy he has no choice, but to move across the Atlantic is not fair especially if he has a family. There are plenty of cities in the U.S who would love to have a team... like St. Louis for example.