The London Chargers?

[Raleigh PF]

The Chargers have been mentioned as a possibility to relocate to the UK. 

https://theathletic.com/1347540/?spurce=twitterhq

IF the NFL moves the Chargers, there would have to be a fairly massive realignment. They couldn't leave the Chargers in the AFC West - they would have to move to either the NFC East or AFC East. I could certainly see reasoning for bumping Miami and moving the Chargers to the AFC East. But then, what to do with Miami? The dominoes would continue to fall.

It *could* be possible that they move Miami to one of the south divisions, which could mean either Houston or New Orleans would then move to the AFC West to take the Chargers place. 

Outside of realignment, it's going to be quite the burden on teams west of the Mississippi to fit the Chargers into their away schedule. As much as there has been a disadvantage for teams traveling east, this would certain compound that issue.

[jfra78]

I thought the Bucs were already relocated there.  Honestly it's bad enough we have games over there, we don't need a team in the UK

[Mr. Scot]

I wish that Rodger Goodell would get this dumbass idea out of his mind.

[NAS]

Terrible idea - let them form their own league in the UK

[Mr. Scot]

Seriously here, how much effort did the league put into moving the Chargers to Los Angeles?

There was a whole monster fight over that move that our old owner was a big part of. And that was what, just two or three years ago.

Now they're talking about moving the whole damn team to London?

Somebody really needs to get their head out of their ass.

[Davidson Deac II]

If the owners were smart, they would just admit they screwed up moving to LA in the first place, apologize to the people of San Diego, and announce their move back.  And that they were going to invest some of their own money in either the existing stadium in SD, or build a new one with their own money.

[JawnyBlaze]

They could leave the chargers in the afc west. Makes as much sense as the cowboys in the nfc east 

[Raleigh PF]

It's all about the money. Goodell represents the owners who want to open a new market and this is their way to do it. As long as you ask yourself, how will this make the NFL more money, then you can figure out what their next moves are going to be. They are a pretty simple, petty lot, for the most part. 

[thefuzz]

I haven't looked into this idea very much, but I wonder how citizenship/work visas would work?  Income tax?  Etc.?

 

IMO this likely has no legs, but is probably a way to bilk more money from taxpayers in cities that want football.

[4Corners]

31 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I wish that Rodger Goodell would get this dumbass idea out of his mind.

This. The logistics just aren’t gonna be there for a permanent London franchise. It would be a disaster. 

[jfra78]

29 minutes ago, NAS said:

Terrible idea - let them form their own league in the UK

They already had NFL Europe

[sml1950]

NFL order of influence:

1 Owners 

2 Owners 

3 Owners 

4 TV Networks 

5 Advertisers 

6 Players

7 Fans 

Good luck on trying to influence Park Ave

[jtm]

As much as I hate the idea, make no mistake London will have a team in the next couple of years.  NFL is all about $ and they clearly want to expand the brand overseas.  It wouldn't surprise me if they added two new expansion teams and put one in London and the other in Canada.  

[jfra78]

3 minutes ago, sml1950 said:

NFL order of influence:

1 Owners 

2 Owners 

3 Owners 

4 TV Networks 

5 Advertisers 

6 Players

7 Fans 

Good luck on trying to influence Park Ave

1. Money