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Super Bowl Heading To London?

Kevin Greene

By Kevin Greene,
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shinner Newbie

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The only thing it will affect are the folks going to the game. Frankly the flight and hotel seem reasonable considering a scalped ticket is going for 2 grand alone.

Doesn't the SB give a great kick in the ass to the economy of the host city? Imagine they'll enjoy seeing more US jobs being outsourced.

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raleigh-panther Grand Master

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There are some things that are uniquely American.

Call me an American chauvinist; but, I'm sick and tired of everything we have, from jobs, to real estate, to American landmarks, to our landmark sporting event being shopped for a price.

Its why we are in the stinking mess we are in right now.

Bad enough when Bud, Miller, and the rest got sold.

If the Panthers and the league do that, I'm done with PSLs. Let the Europeans also support the freaking preseason games we have to buy plus the regular season, if they want the glamour game, they can fund all that occurs to make the glamour game possible and I'll keep my American money in my pocket.

Nothing against London or the British at all.

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Well it would also affect the budgets of the teams having to travel to it though they aren't likely to bitch TOO much if they are in the SB. :)

It might also be too cost prohibitive altogether for a lot of the teams' fans to go overseas rather than a jaunt within the USA.

I don't think this is a good idea for them to talk about doing this now with the economy being like it is. Maybe I am way off base though, because I just HATE LOATHE AND DESPISE their playing games over there because I think it sucks for the USA fans who have season tickets and have to give up a home game and players & coaches and travel staff, etc. who have to deal with all the BS. It seems needless to me especially when season ticket holding fans of good teams already get screwed over by flex scheduling every year.

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Hypothectical Situation:

The Detroit Lions become a good team :lol: Stay with me... And the first Superbowl they get to is in London. How is that fair to all the fans of that team that now have to buy airfare, hotel reservations, food and Tickets to the game. With a struggling economy in Michigan, good luck with many of the true fans going to the game. Every fan of NFL Football needs to start boycotting as soon as the announcement is made, if it happens at all. Don't go to the games, don't buy gear, don't buy direct ticket, don't buy Madden. If it has a NFL shield on it don't buy it.

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Hypothectical Situation:

The Detroit Lions become a good team :lol: Stay with me... And the first Superbowl they get to is in London. How is that fair to all the fans of that team that now have to buy airfare, hotel reservations, food and Tickets to the game. With a struggling economy in Michigan, good luck with many of the true fans going to the game. Every fan of NFL Football needs to start boycotting as soon as the announcement is made, if it happens at all. Don't go to the games, don't buy gear, don't buy direct ticket, don't buy Madden. If it has a NFL shield on it don't buy it.

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having the super bowl in london wouldnt change much... the teams only get a very small allotment of tickets, everyone else (the vast majority) are sponsors, hospitality, ect. most of those people would go regardless of the price.

that being said, i dont understand any reason why they would move the sb out of the country. i think all it could be is a failed pr move that angers the nfl's base... as exhibited by the reaction on this board.

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If people in London want to watch the Super Bowl in person, then THEY can buy airfare and hotel rooms and tickets and come over here and see it. It makes ZERO sense to punish the true NFL fans by making it even more difficult than it already is to get to see the Super Bowl in person.

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If people in London want to watch the Super Bowl in person, then THEY can buy airfare and hotel rooms and tickets and come over here and see it. It makes ZERO sense to punish the true NFL fans by making it even more difficult than it already is to get to see the Super Bowl in person.

They want to expand the league and put teams in other countries, what's so hard to understand? Do I agree with it?, Hells no, but it's what they want to do. More money. Why do you think they removed what was a successful NFLE leage if not?...

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