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10-26-2007, 04:38 PM
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NFL in London
Anyone here going or know anyone who is going to the game at Wembley Stadium? Excited or horrified that we're bringin' our McDonald's lovin', fat ass culture to your area? Any thoughts?
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10-26-2007, 04:50 PM
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i saw on espn that they built a massive robot version of some dolphins player and put it somewhere in london
looked more scray than anything
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10-26-2007, 04:55 PM
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ta
http://deadspin.com/assets/resources...asontaylor.jpg he should fight the big freddie mercury statue outside that theatre place.
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10-26-2007, 05:01 PM
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im not sure what the reaction will be. maybe they will think its too slow. thats one thing that really bothers me about the nfl. it takes for fucking ever to move sometimes.
on the reverse i doubt the english would ever let a BPL game come over and be played here. i would love it, but i think it just means a lot more to the people over in england. the fans wouldnt allow it.
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10-26-2007, 05:09 PM
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My manager is going on Sunday I think. He's been yakking about something to do with NFL for ages. I just turn up my ipod and nod occasionally.
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10-26-2007, 05:57 PM
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West Ham United chairman Egbert Magnusson was commenting on this NFL London doodah yesterday and saying that he could see English football (SOCCCURRR) teams going over to the U.S. to play Premiership games.
If that happened I would probably give up watching football (SOCCCKKEURRRR).
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10-27-2007, 01:59 AM
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I read about this yesterday and nearly started a thread called; Any UKers give a sh!t NFL is on our shores - but I didn't obviously.
Nah, I don't care for NFL. We've just lost the rugby (although deserved to) and having a simplified nursery version playing here as a big event is pretty insulting since I've heard it compared to rugby in the past. The english printing press also aren't covering it very well at all, and as the world know, the press here have NOTHING to do and will sensationalise anything so I think its "nice to know your here but fudge off" for the NFL in London.
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10-27-2007, 02:16 AM
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People keep asking me about it - I guess the presumption is that because I am American, I must be really excited. They seem really let down when I tell them I don't care and don't follow any sports in either country.
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10-27-2007, 04:04 AM
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10-27-2007, 01:54 PM
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There was an American dude on the radio talking about this and he was saying that they picked an awful pair of teams for it. He said the Dolpins were pure shite and that it was like if the Premiership went to the US and took two relegation-battling teams.
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10-27-2007, 09:59 PM
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To call the NFL a girls version of rugby is laughable. They are totally different sports. Both sports employ strategy, skill and aggression. I have grown up watching the NFL and I love the game. I have never ever thought of the players as girls. They are tough son of a guns. Football and rugby are just different sports. I have never understood bashing European Football, American Football or Rugby. I guess people have to think that their favorite sport is the best. It is all about your culture and I like college and pro football. If you grow up watching a sport you understand the nuances of the game. I don't think anyone would walk up to Brian Urlacher or Ray Lewis and call them a Mary. I also think you could easily get the best of the best NFL players and teach them the sport of Rugby and they would compete favorably against any team.
Oh, well to each there own.
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10-27-2007, 11:11 PM
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Honestly, this is a good effort on the part of the NFL. And with this push now coming to introduce the NFL to Toronto I can see how this game has a shot at leaking into other countries and being successful in the distant future.
That being said, I don't think the CFL of other major sports similar to American football will be easy to shrug off. We'll see what happens in a few years. They did pick two very uninteresting teams for this event...
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10-27-2007, 11:57 PM
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The two teams were picked before the season started, it's hard to tell that they were going to be sub-par at that point. It probably had more to do with the fact that they were New York & Miami, two of the more international cities so to speak than anything.
And for all you people from the UK who don't want the NFL in your country, guess what...we here in the US don't want the NFL in the UK, or anywhere else outside the US just as much as you. The NFL is considering hosting a future Super Bowl in London and I think it's horrible. The Super Bowl generates millions of dollars of revenue for whatever city it's held in and I think it's the NFL's ethical duty to keep that revenue in the US. Cities like New Orleans and San Diego can use that revenue more than somewhere outside our country. Keep your filthy, international hands off of our national sport.
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10-28-2007, 03:28 AM
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I think because of all the anti-american feeling to - it is seen as an American PR stunt. It'll backfire like most of these things imho. But its like when Beckham went to the US, no1 there gave a shite, it was bigger news over here. Americans don't like europeans Europeans don't like americans - we should keep it like that and sod all the good-relations stuff and we can rip on each other centuries more 
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10-28-2007, 04:33 AM
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I just think it sucks for the fans over there, who have to pay money to go watch the lowly Dolphins play. Then again I'd be pissed if my team went to play there in lieu of a home game.
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10-28-2007, 07:44 AM
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Baseball was called the national pastime, back in the '50's and '60's it was the #1 sport in America. It still has it's place in many people's hearts, but the NFL is clearly the most popular now. The Super Bowl is practically a national holiday. ...and I don't agree with the Americans don't like Europeans comment. Soccer is growing here. Many kids, mine included, are growing up playing the sport and America as a whole is learning an appreciation for the game. The US is now competitive in World Cup and International play so I think it has it's place here. I doubt if it'll ever be #1 though.
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10-28-2007, 09:51 AM
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10-28-2007, 11:10 AM
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10-28-2007, 01:26 PM
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It's ace that Americans think anyone else gives a shit about their sport.
American Football; rugby for girls Baseball; rounders The rest of the world is happy with proper football thanks.
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10-28-2007, 01:28 PM
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