Comments on: Daily Links: Live From the UK

By: Bent

Bent — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:18:02 +0000

I agree having a superbowl (or a franchise) over here is probably not going to work.

The reason they’ve done it is obvious: to make money from European fans. The games have been a sell-out, but the crowd has been filled with fans who were there for the novelty value and got bored by halftime and spent the entire second half doing the wave.

That’s hardly the atmosphere an NFL player dreams of in their quest to get to the Superbowl (although I get the fact that there is always a more corporate feel to that game). Other than the halftime show, there’s no real reason that casual British fans would be any more likely to attend the Superbowl than just a regular season game, so they should just leave it at that.

NFL popularity in this country may be set to fade. We used to get 7 games a week, this year we get 3.

They had a London franchise in the old WLAF (World League of American Football) and fans went while they were unbeaten and World Bowl champions, but the support died out once they lost a few, which underlines the fact that a London franchise would struggle to put together a loyal enough fanbase to be successful. Most serious NFL fans over here already are loyal NFL fans anyway and I can’t see many of those switching allegiances to a London team.

Interestingly, they floated the idea of having one English premier league regular season soccer game in the USA a few years ago and soccer fans over here went ballistic, saying they would never watch the EPL again and that it would be a total sell out and completely unfair. I never quite understood that reaction, but it underlines SCJF’s point well.

By: supercooljetfan

supercooljetfan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:06:15 +0000

why must we go over and play games in england they dont even like football that much and to even think about having a superbowl over there is crazy its not like they will ever have a english soccer league championship game over here in the good u.s. of a….plus the euro is crushing the dollar which will make it hard for an american to go over there and watch their team play

By: supercooljetfan

supercooljetfan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:02:26 +0000

i dont think cassell is all that good and he was more of a product of n.e. system that kept him from putting the team on his shoulders…2 reasons why we shouldnt have went after cassell last off season is hes not that good and was gonna play poorly after he left the pats. and the pats will never do a deal with us after spygate especially you can bet that the jets and pats will never trade amongst eachother for a very long time…theres a reason why cassell never started a game in college

By: Wise Old Jet Fan

Wise Old Jet Fan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:18:39 +0000

Well, thanks Hank.

By: hank/naples

hank/naples — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:08:26 +0000

WiseOldJetFan:

You’re a Wise Old Jet Fan.

By: hank/naples

hank/naples — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:41:11 +0000

Bent:

Football being prodominantlhy a business (or so I hear from most TJB fans) I can’t see TannWoody not push for those market $$$$$. As I discussed with you, I can see an INT”L League sooner rather than later

By: Bent

Bent — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:29:29 +0000

Thanks for the link, Hank. None of this is news to me, because they’ve been saying these things over here for a while. I think the novelty factor is going to wear off and interest will wane before they ever get close to an NBA or NFL franchise over here, but we shall see.

I don’t think the casual fan will enjoy this year’s London game much because I don’t expect Pats-Bucs to be especially compelling!

I’d have thought the Jets would be a shoo-in for the next Mexico game because of the Sanchez factor, which hopefully reduces the chances of the Jets having to play a game in England.

By: hank/naples

hank/naples — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:12:01 +0000

Bent :

On a side note.

It looks like the NF does come in all flavors and may be comming to your neighborhood store after all.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/story/1296866.html

Mexico is also beign considered.

Wonder how Sanchez would look like in a Mexican Sombrero, you know, with all the pom,pom balls hanging off it. Hey GQ, what do you think?

By: Wise Old Jet Fan

Wise Old Jet Fan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:11:40 +0000

Jets are flying into a bad situation, the Raiders and their coach seem to have righted the ship, Seymour has accepted the trade and seems out to prove he still has it, and Russell looked a bit like an NFL QB for the first time in last weeks second half.

And the are simply a better team without forcing the ball to McDaddy.

With Jenkins out you Fantasy Football Fanatics better have Fargas active.

By: Wise Old Jet Fan

Wise Old Jet Fan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:08:46 +0000

Jets would have been better off drafting Crabtree and signing Jeff Garcia.

They could then have drafted a QB in the very deep 2010 draft and would not have needed to trade for Edwards, who may not even be here next year.