Jags to London?

[Asurfaholic]

What does N in N-F-L stand for again? 

[Seoul_Panther]

Just now, Asurfaholic said:

What does N in N-F-L stand for again? 

What does world stand for in world champions?

[Trev_GFC]

10 minutes ago, Seoul_Panther said:

There would be considerable resistance about any club team selling their stadium from it’s fans. In England, soccer is bound to community very strongly. Wembley is quite different. It’s perceived much more as a multi purpose venue and prior to its rebuild was privately owned. Soccer fans really don’t take well to sharing a perfectly groomed playing surface with another use such as concert or a rugby match.

This is why it’s perfectly possible that the FA could sell Wembley, but personally I think the FA will play the “Wembley is home” angle when in reality they know in a few years the stadium will be a huge and guaranteed money-maker given the sheer amount of events that go on there. That has to be the key reason why the Jaguars owner wants it - perhaps just as a cash inflow rather than becoming home to one of his teams? Fulham definitely won’t move there.

But still, re: franchising. I thought the Jaguars were under a revival on- and off-field, and Jacksonville looked to me at slightly less risk of losing the franchise than in the early days of the London agreement. Spurs will be the obvious choice for a franchise, so with this talk of the Jaguars’ owner liking Wembley then I wonder if another franchise will move to Spurs. Browns? Even the Chargers maybe?

[Trev_GFC]

7 minutes ago, Asurfaholic said:

What does N in N-F-L stand for again? 

Names of leagues and series mean nothing. The English Premier League has featured 2 Welsh teams recently, plus Burnley who surely come from one of your redneck states. What does the World in World Series truly mean, come to that 

If I was an American I’d probably be fuged off at a club moving to a different country.

[Asurfaholic]

22 minutes ago, Seoul_Panther said:

What does world stand for in world champions?

 

[Seoul_Panther]

19 minutes ago, Trev_GFC said:

plus Burnley who surely come from one of your redneck states. 

Haha. I went to university with a girl from Burnley. She pronounced bacon- beer can. I would say the redneck comparison holds some truth.

[Nate Dogg]

45 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

For people actually paying attention if anything football is getting more popular in the high school/college areas. Football's not even close to dying.

I have to disagree. My best friend is the head of a youth football program here in Yadkin county where folks are die hard about their high school sports. All he talks about is how hard it is to get parents to let their kids play now.They have to sign a stack of waivers the size of a text book. These massive hits and forceful blows to the head aren't only happening at the college and varsity level. There are 6th grade kids out there getting knocked senseless. With all the research that's being done on head and spinal injuries now, this cannot continue.

[Trev_GFC]

6 minutes ago, Seoul_Panther said:

Haha. I went to university with a girl from Burnley. She pronounced bacon- beer can. I would say the redneck comparison holds some truth.

Ha, I went to a soccer game there once. The fans were spitting and kicking out at anyone when you were waiting to cross a road. Lancashire’s an odd place (to a Southerner like me) - how many towns need their own word or phrase for a bun/roll?! Bamcakes?!

[Seoul_Panther]

6 minutes ago, Nate Dogg said:

I have to disagree. My best friend is the head of a youth football program here in Yadkin county where folks are die hard about their high school sports. All he talks about is how hard it is to get parents to let their kids play now.They have to sign a stack of waivers the size of a text book. These massive hits and forceful blows to the head aren't only happening at the college and varsity level. There are 6th grade kids out there getting knocked senseless. With all the research that's being done on head and spinal injuries now, this cannot continue.

 I remember my first visit to USA in 1994. I was watching a baseball practice session in Central Park. The catcher dude with the face mask pronounced that baseball was dying. Kids weren’t signing up. Interest was waning.

 People love to pronounce that things aren’t what they were. I agree that safety concerns are worrisome to parents. But there will always be a large demographic that sees it as opportunity- not necessarily people who have better options.

[Palmetto]

They should stay in Jacksonville