Sect309Fan
05-13-2009, 08:43 AM
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8104650e&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After seeing fans jam London's Wembley Stadium the past two years to watch an NFL game, the league is considering sending a second regular-season contest overseas in time for the 2010 season.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that the second game also could be played in London or another location in the United Kingdom. The issue will be discussed at next week's league meetings and could be included in a larger plan to add up to two regular-season games to the NFL schedule.
"The fan reaction we've had in London has been extraordinary. We would like to feed that passion," Goodell said after speaking at the Charlotte Touchdown Club. "We have a great fan base in the UK. There have been discussions of taking the second game and playing it in another market in the UK. That's something that we'll evaluate."
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I seem to remember that when the NFL agreed to do foreign regular season games, there would be 3 years of a single game, and after that it would be two games a year. So this is right on schedule.
However, I am still against this, especially in today's economy. While the owner doesn't suffer, the people that work on gamedays certainly do (as well as ticket holders getting the package reduced by a game).
But Goodell isn't dumb. I think he wants the backlash so he can promote his 17 or 18 game schedule. Fans won't complain as much if they still get 8 regular season home games, with a 9th game in a foreign country. I just hate this slippery slope the NFL is on. :mad:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After seeing fans jam London's Wembley Stadium the past two years to watch an NFL game, the league is considering sending a second regular-season contest overseas in time for the 2010 season.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that the second game also could be played in London or another location in the United Kingdom. The issue will be discussed at next week's league meetings and could be included in a larger plan to add up to two regular-season games to the NFL schedule.
"The fan reaction we've had in London has been extraordinary. We would like to feed that passion," Goodell said after speaking at the Charlotte Touchdown Club. "We have a great fan base in the UK. There have been discussions of taking the second game and playing it in another market in the UK. That's something that we'll evaluate."
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I seem to remember that when the NFL agreed to do foreign regular season games, there would be 3 years of a single game, and after that it would be two games a year. So this is right on schedule.
However, I am still against this, especially in today's economy. While the owner doesn't suffer, the people that work on gamedays certainly do (as well as ticket holders getting the package reduced by a game).
But Goodell isn't dumb. I think he wants the backlash so he can promote his 17 or 18 game schedule. Fans won't complain as much if they still get 8 regular season home games, with a 9th game in a foreign country. I just hate this slippery slope the NFL is on. :mad: