London Calling

[Ram65]

I think The Bangkok Dangerous has a better ring to it.

The Bangkok Dragons!

Forget London and keep the US with a game or two games in London/Mexico.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Mexico City has been documented by some to be the seventh largest football fan base in North America*.
Yet the NFL has only hosted there twice in 10 years.


*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-23-other-nfl-markets/?utm_term=.7003df869e73

 

[Loyal]

The one new development in commercial aviation, is a new supersonic commercial jet that shortens the London to NYC flight to 3 hours and 5 hours from Tokyo to LA.. The NFL could own 2 such jets, or charter them for the London team or their opponents. The Concorde used to do this years ago, but this is a new thing, which would by and large solve the travel problem.

 

[Mojo Ram]

The one new development in commercial aviation, is a new supersonic commercial jet that shortens the London to NYC flight to 3 hours and 5 hours from Tokyo to LA.. The NFL could own 2 such jets, or charter them for the London team or their opponents. The Concorde used to do this years ago, but this is a new thing, which would by and large solve the travel problem.

 

[Ramrasta]

I think The Bangkok Dangerous has a better ring to it.

Also moving the Seahawks to Siberia.

 

[Loyal]

BOOM jet, Mojo..learn it..live it...love it.
https://gma.yahoo.com/boom-technology-picks-33-million-221313554.html

 

[Mikey Ram]

The logistics don't work. Period.
But the want and greed will overcome that fact eventually.

The answer is clearly Mexico, but the NFL doesn't see enough dollar signs there...and then there's the political bullcrap which opens a whole new can of worms.

Agreed...Mexico or even Toronto is feasible, London is not. IMO...

 

[shovelpass]

Up next we have the London Jaguars facing off against the Hong Kong Bengals for a change to play the Sydney Titans in the Super World Bowl.

The Bengal Tigers? There could be a lot of fun to be had matching teams with locations.

 

[bnw]

Agreed...Mexico or even Toronto is feasible, London is not. IMO...

If it weren't for the CFL then Toronto or Montreal would be no brainers.

 

[bnw]

Explanation, please.

 

[den-the-coach]

I got the name and logo

 

[BeefJurky]

Just give London the Jags. Its not like they have any fans here anyways.
And rename them to the Archers or something dumb like that.

 

[Debacled]

London getting and NFL team is just a dumb as the US getting a premier league team.

Its stupid. And just something the NFL brass would try chasing the $. If they do it, hope they lose their asses on it.

 

[UKram]

I'm with FLV the only way id support the London franchise if it was the rams that moved here honestly the only time id go see them would be the if the rams were playing them

i don't want an NFL franchise here .. but itll happen its all about the $$

 

[Ramhusker]

Two teams in England might have a chance of working. Always start the season on a two game road trip, then two game road trips before or after two bye weeks. Move the Jaguars and Jets over there and let Jaguars and Dolphins swap divisions. That might work. Change the names to the Royals and Redcoats or Beefeaters and Hussars.

 

[shaunpinney]

Why not just have a European league, Oceania league, Canadian etc where all teams including those in the NFL are seeded and entered into a World Series every 4 years. Players can be grouped according to seeding then.

Lets say for example the World Series contains 20 teams, the first 12 seeds will automatically qualify, and the next 6 will be made up of the top 2 teams from each of the European, Canadian and Oceania leagues. which takes us up to 18 with the final spot being decided in wild-card type games between the next highest available seed and the 4th placed runners up from the European / Canadian / Oceania leagues.

The teams could then be grouped together like:

• Group 1, made up of the top 4 automatic qualifiers, (1–4)
• Group 2, made up of the next 4 automatic qualifiers, (5–8)
• Group 3, made up of the next 4 automatic qualifiers (9–12)
• Group 4, made up of Canada 1, Europe 1, Oceania 1 and Wild-card Winner
• Group 5, made up of Canada 2, Europe 2, Oceania 2 and Wild-card Runner-up

So if we have 4 groups/divisions teams could be selected at random e.g.

Division A: Seed (1); Seed (8); Seed (9); Wild-Card Winner; Oceania (2)
Division B: Seed (4); Seed (5); Seed (12); Europe (1); Europe (2)
Division C: Seed (2); Seed (6); Seed (10); Canada (1); Wild-Card Runner Up
Division D: Seed (3); Seed (7); Seed (11); Oceania (1); Canada (2)

The top 2 from each division would then qualify for a knockout stage (similar to the NFLs playoffs) culminating in the World Series Final.

Now it's highly likely that you'll get the top seeds going though as the top 2 in each division, but every now and then you'll get a team putting a spanner in the works

Having a World league would allow fringe players to have a platform to be playing on a weekly basis and not 3rd on a roster waiting for their chance. It's the type of thing that someone who'r 'Raw' and needs that extra playing time to get up to speed would benefit from, or someone like Mannion, who was 3rd on our depth chart last year to get some reps in as a decision making starter.

All-in-all I'm for it.

It would be even better if there was a team based in Wales