\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/otherspor...-to-London.html Representatives from the Mayor of London's office and Visit London, the city's official visitor organisation, has received assurances from the NFL that, after two sell-out regular-season games at Wembley Stadium and a third scheduled for Oct 25, there is a commitment to bring the championship game to the capital in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 So why does paragraph 1 say: The National Football League is ready to take the extraordinary step of awarding the Super Bowl, America's iconic sporting showpiece, to London within the next eight years, Telegraph Sport understands. Even Jason Peters fans can add 8 + 2009 and get a number bigger than 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Destroyers! Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 So why does paragraph 1 say: Even Jason Peters fans can add 8 + 2009 and get a number bigger than 2014. hey dumb@$$ it says within 8 years So that means UNDER 8 YEARS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quikchomp Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 So why does paragraph 1 say: Even Jason Peters fans can add 8 + 2009 and get a number bigger than 2014. Wow, it's hard to look more foolish than that. Thank God it's on the Internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Capolupo Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Stupid gimmick IMO. Wouldn't be interested in this happening. The NFL yet again finds a way to make me unhappy with the league yet again. Next thing we'll hear is that Buffalo isn't viable to have an NFL team longterm. Oh wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACTOBILLSFAN Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I think I would actually be done watching the NFL if this were to happen. What's next a world series on a neutral site in jamaica? Each country means about the same to each sport. Goodell = jackass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 what a terrible idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The only inkling of a remotely plausable idea would have been if NFL Europe still existed. Then the NFL would have moved a bit closer to a world championship, through a North American/European game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I just can't get around the idea of Lymie Bowl I, but Goodell seems bent on an international audience. Maybe we'll get 'lucky' with the Mahan calendar being right and it's all over for the planet as we know it on Dec. 21, 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 it woul dmake for a much earlier start I cant see a kickoff at midnight in london. I just dont see it happening the time zone issues alone make it insane. You either play way late at night in london and way to early on west coast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 it woul dmake for a much earlier start I cant see a kickoff at midnight in london. I just dont see it happening the time zone issues alone make it insane. You either play way late at night in london and way to early on west coast I think this is the one of the top reasons it probably won't happen. The 1:00 games being played there are night games for them. With the networks' yen for everything in prime time these days, I really don't think Fox/CBS/NBC will want a 10:00am PST Superbowl. The logistics of doing this would be a nightmare - imagine all of the corporations that wouldn't buy tickets (if they could, of course) because they can't send people overseas to watch the game, not to mention the fans who would get tickets that won't go, or the locals who don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 not so fast my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 not so fast my friend As green as Goodell is as the Commish, he is smart enough to know that the SB MUST stay here in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Dan's Revenge Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Everytime I hear about this idea, I hate it more and more. Why must professional sports leagues ALWAYS try to mess with something that is perfectly fine? This is worse than the MLB season starting in Japan at 4 AM EST in the states during the years they do that crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladiebla Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The only inkling of a remotely plausable idea would have been if NFL Europe still existed. Then the NFL would have moved a bit closer to a world championship, through a North American/European game. We used to have our own championship game named the World Bowl (NFL Europe used to be WLAF which featured 3 european teams, 6 american teams and 1 canadian team with 70-80% of the players going back or landing teams into the NFL after the WLAF folded). NFL Europe was terminated in favor of the stupid atmosphereless NFL International series. Yes it still fugging upsets me. For the record NFL Europe was costing the league financially exactly the same amount as Roger Goodell his yearly salary (without his bonusses). Ow and before you comment about there not being enough fans: (and yes noise levels were often above college levels; we were fanatic and serious about supporting our team as 12th man). Edit: !@#$ you all for even mentioning NFL Europe this is what I miss: and this and this and this and this also that clown of a Goodell didnt even have to guts to shown up and tell us himself. To all the guys worried about relocating to Toronto... I hope you never have to experience the complete closure of a league instead of the dreaded move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Enh, who cares? Who goes to the Super Bowl to see it live? It doesn't matter to me where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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