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Wednesday, 21 November 2012

A LONDON TEAM?

Well whats up guys? Everythings going well in Britain? Everythings going well in America?
Good. Because I need your help. Ive been thinking about it and really why would you want to have an NFL franchise set in London? If you ask me, there's no actual point in that. For many reasons. When I went to the International series game (Yep, I'm from Britain) You had Robert Kraft, the chairman of New England Patriots one thing he said to the crowd at the fan rally was "I would like to see an NFL team in London in the next 10 years." Everyone went wild! screaming "Wow what a good idea!" Well think of it. It would never work. Here's why.
1) Division - So you've gotta have them in a division right? So how about the NFC East? No, they've got Philadelphia (WOOH!), New York (BOOOOOOH), Dallas (BOOOOH) and Washington (?). My point is these are four major teams in the NFL and your willing to end one of their franchises for an English team? OK? How about the AFC East? (LOL I'm having an imaginary conversation with myself) Urm . . . They have the N.Y. Jets, basically the founders of the AFC, New England, one of the most sucessful franchises in NFL history at the moment, Buffalo, four straight Super Bowl's? Is that not enough to stay a team? Miami, Dan Marino.
So they cant go into an East division even though there the east-est of them all. Oh Yeah! Jacksonville might be replaced by London! What? A team in West Florida, well that makes sense its Florida right down South East, but there in the AFC South. Imagine that? Going to Wembley to see the rival match of Houston @ London. Thats like San Diego being rivals with Miami! I think the division there fitted in would be a long task and they'd end up in something stupid. I guarantee it.
2) Travel - I would hate to be a player for San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle or any deep West team having to go to Wembley. Every West team that goes to England to play a road game in London would have to have a bye week after they play them every season. And what about London against them? They could probably only play one West team a year? Thats not fair on any West team. Realistically your gonna have to make to many changes to force advantages on London. Maybe if America didn't cover three time zones a London team would be a bit more probable. See everything just comes together and means it's not gonna work
3) Super Bowls - This is something I've been thinking about a lot. Imagine that? London in the Super Bowl? The Super Bowl is one of the most internationally known things about America. Its probably the most viewed event on Earth, after the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics, so I dont think that would be fair. I know that America and Canada have played in the Stanley Cup, but there literally right by each other. In the FA Cup final (Soccer Cup final in Britain) We've had England VS Wales. Imagine that a Chinese team played England in the FA Cup Final? I personally feel that if England even won, it would be like taking away America's best sport, and trust me, they've got a lotta good sports.
4) Fan Membership - Well who in America is gonna support an English team? Who in England will support an English team. Truth is, if you had a team like the Steelers, the Dolphins, the 49ers, the Patriots and the Packers playing at Wembley, everyone would support the road team. So you'd have like 20,000 people going "C'mon London" and you'd have the other 65,000 going "C'MON NEW ENGLAND." Yeah thats good. The Away games think of that, at any NFL stadium there would be about literally 150 fans. Compared to 55,000 home fans. Obviously the home team supporters would out populate the Road fans but still have about 7,500 fans compared to 50,000.

SO THIS IS WHY I DONT THINK IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO HAVE A LONDON TEAM. SHARE YOUR OPINION IN THE COMMENTS.

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