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An entire NFL Division overseas?

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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Sucks for the players who will be forced to become immigrants.

The question would be, how would the black players relate to the white audience whom they don't even share a commonality with. At least in the states they have the American thing in common. A lot of homesickness, bad performances and a terrible idea. Canada maybe, but Europe is too damn far. Not always about the money.
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Where they would face major issues is free agency. Can't imagine a lot of big time FAs voluntarily signing to move oversea. It's hard enough dealing with certain Americans sometimes. lol

I think the nfl sees the success in multiculturalism in some of the soccer league and think that could work in football, which is made mostly of African American. Unbeknownst to them that not all situations are created equal. The Africans who participate in those soccer leagues are there in search of better opportunity so they'll deal with any vile racism from the audience. European sports events are known for that. Unlike the African Americans who will not stand for that. Can't imagine Sherman, for example, dealing with that. The racial dynamic has to be considered by the league else this will be an utter failure.
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nfl will just up the cap for the teams over the pond; the states 133 million, yuck place 170 million. plus extra draft picks too, all sort of ways to help the balance.

 

it going to happen, nfl has already tapped out the market here in the states, i still remember per-pink thong for women/men. once the nfl opened the women and latino market, thats it. womans mech added anywhere form 3-10% on the over profit(which is a shiit ton when you make billions). that was a few years ago, no more growth. the beyond dumb breast cancer month is a money making cash cow, pink everything......... in business if you aint growing, you dying. 

 

 

in 2087 the nfl will have a team on the moon!!!11!!! greed is a god to all.

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I know this sounds a bit dismissive but a lot of the issues mentioned in this forum have been addressed and handled already by other companies that have expats overseas.  Most of these come with compensation enhancements, additional expense consideration (housing, schooling for children, moving and repatriation,etc...)  There are probably collective bargaining considerations that need to be hashed out but I believe this can be overcome. 

 

I think the really big issues are

 

1.  Cultural

2.  Scheduling

3.  Market Sustainability

 

I am not so sure I would like this but it is interesting to consider, especially in June when nothing else is going on. 

 

 

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in 2087 the nfl will have a team on the moon!!!11!!! greed is a god to all.

 

once we have transporter technology we can have teams wherever humans can go.

 

http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/08/12/breaking-bad-star-trek/

 

When the scene begins, Badger and Skinny Pete are having an argument about the nature of the transporter technology used throughout the Trek universe. Badger prefers the conventional wisdom that the transporter is, well, a transporter, beaming human beings (and other species) from one place to another. Skinny Pete, however, has a more insidious theory. “The transporters are breakin’ you apart, man! Down to your molecules and bones! They’re makin’a copy! The dude comin’ out on the other side? That dude isn’t you. It’s a color Xerox.” Badger responds, stupefied: “So you’re tellin’ me that every time Kirk went into the transporter, he was killing himself? So over the whole series, there was 147 Kirks?” Essentially, Skinny Pete is putting forward the idea that every episode of Star Trek featured Kirk’s death and rebirth — and that, with each rebirth, Kirk became a xerox copy of yet another xerox copy, moving further and further away from the original Ur-Kirk.

 

 

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nfl will just up the cap for the teams over the pond; the states 133 million, yuck place 170 million. plus extra draft picks too, all sort of ways to help the balance.

it going to happen, nfl has already tapped out the market here in the states, i still remember per-pink thong for women/men. once the nfl opened the women and latino market, thats it. womans mech added anywhere form 3-10% on the over profit(which is a shiit ton when you make billions). that was a few years ago, no more growth. the beyond dumb breast cancer month is a money making cash cow, pink everything......... in business if you aint growing, you dying.

in 2087 the nfl will have a team on the moon!!!11!!! greed is a god to all.

Nazism and white supremacy is the culture of Europe right now. Exporting a 'black sport'(in Charles Barkley's words) there will not work. It's all fine and dandy when we visit there and play a game but taking permanent residency there is not ideal. Unless the NFL can create a successful team made mostly of locals. Which is as plausible as your team on the moon idea.
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