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Re: NFL rule changes 2015

By martinwarnett
3/28/2015 11:55 am
Gustoon wrote:
jdavidbakr wrote:
Gustoon wrote:
I also hate with a passion the International series as well and feel for the season ticket holders, and as for wanting a franchise in London? Go on Roger, do it it will be your death knell.


Definitely agree with you on this one. That and the drive to put a team in LA. I think it was 1994 when both the Rams and the Raiders moved out of LA, and while I know that's been 20 years, I seem to recall that the reason they moved is because no one in LA cared that they had a football team. And now it sounds likely that two teams will move back to the LA market. They seem to want to move there because it is such a huge TV market, but if no one there cares you aren't going to have any better viewership than you do in a smaller market like San Diego, Oakland, or St. Louis. I don't know, I do fear like you, Gus, that Godell will be the death of the NFL with the things he's doing.



It is a huge TV market and I also seem to remember the black-outs pretty much killed off what interest there was.

Goodell thinks he can turn the west coast into the football mad east coast and we all know what happened the last time, as you've pointed out.

I also don't like the way he seems to be swayed by certain 'influential' owners as well. I can't wait for him to go, maybe someone needs to buy a billboard ;)


I believe they've now removed blackouts.

It's a sport and it's a business. Ignoring one of the largest unserviced TV markets imo would be a poor business decision.

London franchise - never going to work. Wembley is a FOOTBALL stadium, not an American Football stadium. No way would games be tolerated ahead of England internationals.

Equally, would I as a Phins fan ( first team I saw on TV back in the eighties here in the UK ) think "Oh, I'll suddenly support a 'local' London franchise"? **** no. For one thing I'm Welsh not English... so it would be as at present attendances of viewers wearing team shirts of 20 different team.