Buccaneers To "Host" Patriots In London Next Season

At least the Broncos won't have to travel that far to play next season.....

7 months ago John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) Comment 16 comments 0 recs |

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=( I'd love to see Denver play in London...

Or way better in Germany! Why the f***in’ hell doesn’t the NFL move a game to Germany? -.-

by DjBroncos on Dec 1, 2008 12:42 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I know it would be exciting...

for you guys and gals over seas for the team to come over…..I’m sure it will happen sooner rather than later.

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by John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) on Dec 1, 2008 12:54 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep Guru!

They have to! =) I’d pay any prize for tickets…

by DjBroncos on Dec 1, 2008 1:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, you Germans

were dominating the NFL Europe – you should get a game. Hamburg maybe (thats as close to Denmark as it gets :D)

Remember: New England won 18 last year; Oakland's won 19 in a half-decade
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Dec 1, 2008 1:10 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

hehe Yeah!

And then we’ll meet there and scream the Broncos to a huge W! ;)

by DjBroncos on Dec 1, 2008 1:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

As long as it is a Denver road game.

I really don’t want the Broncos to lose a home game if they ever play over there.

I have never really been a fan of regular season games being played overseas because it isn’t fair to the team that loses one of their home games. I understand Goodell is trying to promote the NFL internationally, yet in Europe the NFL will never be bigger than soccer (or futbol). Preseason, yes………regular season, no.

"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan

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by weazel on Dec 1, 2008 6:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

whew!!!

I know the day is probably coming that Denver has to play over seas. That any team has to go to London or Germany or anywhere else outside of the U.S., really sucks! I don’t like it at all. Sorry DJ. Have never liked it and probably never will. The only reason I’ve heard for doing it is the attempt to “globalize” the game. I understand that reason. I’m all for growing your business. That is a lot easier for MLB and the NBA. The seasons are so long that the regular seasons don’t mean as much. I’ll be damned if I want a home game being taken away from us (although it would seem to help this year)! There are other reasons too that I don’t have time to go in to now.

I had to voice my opinion on this one because I really dislike the whole playing overseas thing. To me it’s just a bad idea.

I don't believe we can win every game, just the next one. - Lou Holtz
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.-Bill Gates

by orangeblood on Dec 1, 2008 1:22 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I know that I would say the exact same thing if I were a fan living in the US...

by DjBroncos on Dec 1, 2008 1:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

Over-seas games is a bad idea, objectively.

Having 60-80 thousand europeans watch a game live will not help “globalize” the game. The 80.000 already are fans of the NFL, so nothing there.

What would really, really help globalize the game would be playing a 1-o-clock game on saturday. I know it will probably collide with the college games. I could go on for hours about this,, but having games that won’t collide with soccer games, and wont keep kids up on school-nights would be huuuge! If it doesn’t fly with the NCAA – a late-nighter on fridays does a great job of avoiding soccer, and a decent job avoiding tired schoolers.

The target should be teenagers-to-university sholars, they have time on their hands to learn the finer aspects of an unknown game – the NFL has no chance with adults living a life with 9-to-5s and family-visits in the weekends…

Remember: New England won 18 last year; Oakland's won 19 in a half-decade
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Dec 1, 2008 1:53 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I hate this whole overseas CRAP

I really do, for so many reasons. It really screws the home fans the most. Just my two cents. Oh did I mention I really hate the games over seas…..

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by Earthtiger24 on Dec 1, 2008 2:23 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I agree

I really don’t need the NFL to be a global brand like the NBA. If we are bound and determined to play games in other countries, at least lets do it in Canada or Mexico where it will be in the normal time zone. I thought the Mexico City game was nice, but Europe doesn’t care about the NFL, and I don’t care about Europe.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Dec 1, 2008 2:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

wow, classy

Besides the timezone won’t even matter. The game is played at 1.00 pm EST either way…

Remember: New England won 18 last year; Oakland's won 19 in a half-decade
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Dec 1, 2008 3:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

The teams have to travel to different time zones, playing it at the same time (EST)

doesn’t stop a team from getting messed up with their internal clocks. And sorry, but I really don’t care what the NFL appeal is overseas, the NFL has built it’s tradition through growing teams in regions, and getting regional appeal, having teams play oversees is a slap in the face of the people who paid the taxes to build stadiums here and buy the season tickets, why should eurpoe benefit off my tax dollar? I am fine with overseas preseason games, although I think it is a waste, but the NFL should worry about North Amercia first.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Dec 1, 2008 5:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't go there

eurpoe benefit off my tax dollar

Good thing you’re about to end the dark hole my tax-money is disappearing into…

Remember: New England won 18 last year; Oakland's won 19 in a half-decade
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Dec 1, 2008 6:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

This makes sense,

The Buc’s owner also owns Manchester United if i am not mistaken, and the Pat’s owner is big time overseas and has been pushing the globalization thing for a long time. But really i don’t see them bringing Premiere League games over here, cause we would probably care about as much as they do about American Football, I think this is a better idea for NBA and NHL, but hey smarter guys than I are making these decisions and I hope it works out.

by GreasyQtip on Dec 1, 2008 4:36 PM MST reply actions 0 recs