American Football (NFL)
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I've seen a couple of other schedule leaks. Jets/49ers first Monday Night game,which,when,considering what happened last year when the Jets opened the first MNF game, should have some pretty high ratings,not to mention Saleh will be playing against his old team for the first time. And The Chiefs second Revenge Game,(for the other team)is Sunday Sept.15th against The Bengals at Arrowhead. Should be fun.
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Let’s see if Aaron Rodger’s can last more than 4 snaps…
Also games in Munich (NYG v CAR) and São Paulo (GBP v PHI)
#JustStopCrocs
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@Nocturama Absolutely love the Shoulda bought a hat joke. Been telling it a lot lately.
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@Nocturama 3 London games this year!? The market must be doing well cross the pond.
I asked this before but didn’t hear anything, any of you Brits can chime in on the vibe the NFL is having amongst the population over there? Is it gaining steam?
In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...
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@Mizmazzle said in American Football (NFL):
@Nocturama 3 London games this year!? The market must be doing well cross the pond.
I asked this before but didn’t hear anything, any of you Brits can chime in on the vibe the NFL is having amongst the population over there? Is it gaining steam?
There have been multiple games a year for years, mate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_International_Series#London_Games
I'm not sure if I would say it is still gaining steam, but you can see from the increase in games over time, and the attendence stats on the link above that all the games are typically sell outs, and NFL in general is pretty popular.
They were talking about moving a franchise here for a while (the Jags - see how often they have been the "home" team) but that idea lost traction when they started doing well in like 2016/17, and I think people underestimate the time difference's impact on players. Would be tough for teams from the west coast to travel to London often, for example.
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@Alex right. I knew the NFL had been playing there. (I thought there was only two games a season up until now). Also that talks of moving a team over potentially was being discussed. I agree. It would be really unfair for any team that had to take that on.
Guess I’ve been more wondering how it’s being received over there. I know the NFL will pump unlimited money into expanding. Wasn’t sure if tickets were being offered for cheap to help promote it all or if there was genuinely a huge interest from the British population.
Games in Mexico are on the rise. And now a first in Brazil. I’ve been curious how much is the NFL agenda or actual interest from the expansion country’s population.
I was just curious to hear a real life countryman’s take on the situation.
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@Mizmazzle said in American Football (NFL):
Wasn’t sure if tickets were being offered for cheap to help promote it all or if there was genuinely a huge interest from the British population.
No, I don't think this is the case, there is genuine interest to get the games to sell out. I have been to at least one game every year since 2009, tickets have been anything from £50-250 over the course of time, and how good the seats were which is in the same sort of bracket that tickets to the Saints cost me a couple of years ago from memory
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