GenoandtheJets Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 The ny jets will have the opportunity to embarrass themselves on a different continent. The International football fans will laugh at this circus of a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 who the hell even watches the NFL over there? If they want to play games elsewhere, why not play them someplace closer to home; like in Canada or Mexico. More people than you think. Panzer and Irish for two. There is already a thread of guys I played with in Italy taunting me to go. I told them sure. I will come and watch Marcus Mariota crush the 'phins. London is easiest cause it is a short flight and no language barrier unless you are Channing Crowder. It is not just the Brits that go to that game. Tons of guys from France, Germany and Italy love it. It throws them a bone. The NFL wants to expand. Europe is a big money market. Just increasing TV revenues over there is huge for them. Loved the a.m. Game this year..make it one of those and I'll go to town with a quiche!! DON'T TAKE MY MAN CARD!!!! This could be another issue. It gives an excuse for another televised game that is not in competition with the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 tailgate joe?? bangers and mash?? steak and kidney pudding?? Yeah, now I gotta figure out how to get my trailer to London, ugh. And forget that crap, if we tailgating in the UK, we doing 'merican food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 who the hell even watches the NFL over there? If they want to play games elsewhere, why not play them someplace closer to home; like in Canada or Mexico. Tons of people watch, that's why the league keeps sending teams over here to play. They broadcast an early game, late game, and night game every Sunday and MNF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Cheapest flight to see the Jets. Ever. Still think it's a f**king retarded idea though. The other London games: Bills @ Jags Lions @ Chiefs Now what the hell have the Chiefs fans done to deserve losing a home game? Ryanair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predator_05 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Tons of people watch, that's why the league keeps sending teams over here to play. They broadcast an early game, late game, and night game every Sunday and MNF. If there really was a genuine interest than why did NFL Europe go bust? The NFL is nothing more than a niche sport, much like soccer is over here. We see pre-season soccer games sell out too, but attendances at a one-off event are hardly a fair indication of the sport's popularity. I guess the NFL makes more money from selling tv rights, tickets and merchandise in London than they would in Canada or Mexico. I'm still absolutely certain that football is far more popular and widely followed in those countries than it will ever be in Europe. Chiefs fans must be furious at the thought of losing a home game to London; there is nothing to do in those parts, they build their whole week around sunday...probably tailgate a day before the game. sucks for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAR I Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 No NFL team has ever been shut out in Europe. So there's that. SAR I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Yeah, now I gotta figure out how to get my trailer to London, ugh. And forget that crap, if we tailgating in the UK, we doing 'merican food! Call Idzik. He'll be lookin for work soon. And that guy is a whiz with organizing team gear and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 No team with a shiny new stadium will ever lose a home game to London. Even if it's a $1.4B air conditioning unit. If the Rams move to Los Angeles the NFL will start to run out of teams to send over there. The London Jaguars is a very real possibility (Think of the Jaguar vehicle marketing campagin!). Though I can't see how they justify keeping a team located in Western Europe in the AFC South. I think the only way London ever gets a team is if Los Angeles gets a new franchise, and not a current team re-locating to LA. That would be 34 teams and the NFL could easily re-align the divisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 The NFL has gotten huge over here. I'm something of a trend setter. Should go to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 If there really was a genuine interest than why did NFL Europe go bust? The NFL is nothing more than a niche sport, much like soccer is over here. We see pre-season soccer games sell out too, but attendances at a one-off event are hardly a fair indication of the sport's popularity. I guess the NFL makes more money from selling tv rights, tickets and merchandise in London than they would in Canada or Mexico. I'm still absolutely certain that football is far more popular and widely followed in those countries than it will ever be in Europe. Chiefs fans must be furious at the thought of losing a home game to London; there is nothing to do in those parts, they build their whole week around sunday...probably tailgate a day before the game. sucks for them. A few things...NFL Europe, if I'm not mistaken was over 20 years ago and the league has grown by leaps and bounds since then. I played rugby for a little while out here a few years ago and sometimes I'd laugh when guys would be screwing around during practice and tuck the ball and say something like "Ladanian Tomlinson with a big run"...younger fans are paying attention. The league isn't going to move a team over here without doing their due diligence to see if a team would work. The only backlash I've heard of is that the league wants Wembley to be for the NFL team and the NFL team only. Telling brits that their national soccer team can't play on that field will not go over well and will have to be resolved. With the exchange rate being what it is, they can probably do okay even if they only sold 60% of the tickets for home games but I'm not 100% sure how that works, and if players are going to be taxed as Brits, no way they'd play in London. They'd have to work out something with that team and their salary cap if that were the case, because no way American Players would sign to play somewhere and have 40% of their money taken away by the govt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Ryanair? Yep, though the b*****ds will probably double their prices that weekend. So 40 quid for return flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmoe57 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I plan on going. Dumb or not it would be a blast. The ultimate road trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Yep, though the b*****ds will probably double their prices that weekend. So 40 quid for return flights. Can't beat it. Probably flew to Dublin a dozen times from Stanstead and never paid more than $80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 That would be 34 teams and the NFL could easily re-align the divisions. I despise the idea of expansion. 32 teams is perfect. 8 divisions with 4 teams each. 12 playoff teams makes a perfect ratio too; you know they'd be trying to expand to 14 or 16 if they added 2 more teams, which would water down the regular season tremendously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenPond Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 who the hell even watches the NFL over there? If they want to play games elsewhere, why not play them someplace closer to home; like in Canada or Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenPond Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Should rather host a game in Germany instead. Guess there is a much bigger fanbase than in England. Great to have the Jets play nearby but would much rather spend my money to fly to the US than freakin' England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TnT Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 As a SFLA resident who attends this game every year being mostly the only time to see the Jets along with half the stadium...this is s slap in the face! Makes perfect sense that it's Stephen Ross and Woody Johnson to sell a divisional game that may have playoff implications. I can stomach a bad football team. I can't stomach the bad decisions ownership makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 There goes $500 I have to spend at MetLife that I wish I wouldn't. SAR I Why not plan a $16,000 vacation and attend the game and represent. You can afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadetree Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 The NFL has gotten huge over here. I'm something of a trend setter. Should go to this. UP GALWAY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAR I Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Why not plan a $16,000 vacation and attend the game and represent. You can afford it. When you take shots at Woody Johnson for instituting PSL's you take shots at every diehard Jets fan that can afford them. That's not nice. Family of 4 attending live NFL games costs $5,000 a year. The 30 year PSL commitment means that the 18,000 PSL owners each spent $16,000+ for their PSL's as well as allocated $150,000+ in funds to buy season tickets through 2038. That's what you don't understand. For someone willing to spend $150,000+ on gameday seats, another measly $16,000 for PSL's is chump-change, it's $13 a game. And while there are 82,500 seats at MetLife, it only takes a very minimal 18,000 businessmen with nice salaries in a metropolis with over 19,800,000 people to make the PSL's a success, together we fit in that small section shown on the photo. How the wealthy spends their fun money isn't your concern. What galls you is that we appreciate what Mr. Johnson did for us, returning fairness to the season ticket location process. SAR I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Keep PSL talk off this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Actually I'm surprised. I fully expected that by the time the Jets got stuck with one of those international dates, the whole London novelty would have worn off, and they'd be sent to somewhere like Grozny, or Ouagadougou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Suspect we'll get a group to go. But the wives will probably go too-to Harrods. Could be more expensive than you think if you;re married. You aren't getting away with a total free weekend in Europe. Big pciture-i'ts a once in a lifetime thing. What the hell. Tip a few pints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Pretty slick move. Two meh teams with niche fanbases. This guarantees it's a national game with ratings without having to use a night slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC36 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I think this one is outside of my price range. But maybe I can swing it somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 My wife does want to take a trip to London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 who the hell even watches the NFL over there? If they want to play games elsewhere, why not play them someplace closer to home; like in Canada or Mexico. This has much less to do with getting the English to watch football than it does getting the 9:30 AM game back here in the U.S. on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC36 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 This has much less to do with getting the English to watch football than it does getting the 9:30 AM game back here in the U.S. on TV. I hope this is a 930 game. My buddies in LA brag about how great it is to wake up and just start watching football and I want to experience it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I hope this is a 930 game. My buddies in LA brag about how great it is to wake up and just start watching football and I want to experience it That's always been the point of the London expansion. After SNF something of this sort was the next logical step. This way they get you watching TV from the buttcrack of dawn until you go to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC36 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 That's always been the point of the London expansion. After SNF something of this sort was the next logical step. This way they get you watching TV from the buttcrack of dawn until you go to bed. I think they originally tried that with the nfl network Gameday First at 7 am and starting Gameday morning at 9. I wonder if they found people didn't want to watch 6 hours of pre-game and this is going to be an alternative if they finally get a team in London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Keep PSL talk off this thread this is what happens, this was likethe plague at JI, everything got infected with idiotic psl talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Sucks, but I'm glad it's not a home game. Not that it matters really. Kinda feel bad for Londoners having to watch the Jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Here is Jets playing in London- lets keep on topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 this is what happens, this was likethe plague at JI, everything got infected with idiotic psl talk. Gee, wonder what troll poster was at the heart of that movement (read bowel)? Same shtick different board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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