Looks like it may be happening in 5 years. The league wants a team there in 2022. One excerpt from the MMQB article called:
Game Plan: NFL Believes London is Ready for Team; 2022 Target is Doable
Having a team five time zones from New York and eight time zones from Los Angeles isn’t ideal, and competitive-balance issues resulting from that can’t be ignored. To ease the issues, Waller says the hope is to give a London team two facilities—one in the UK and another somewhere in the U.S. southeast.
One word perfectly describes the whole idea: STUPID. There is no reason to put a team on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Another word rather perfectly describes the whole idea as well: MONEY.
(09-22-2017, 04:33 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like it may be happening in 5 years. The league wants a team there in 2022. One excerpt from the MMQB article called:
Game Plan: NFL Believes London is Ready for Team; 2022 Target is Doable
Having a team five time zones from New York and eight time zones from Los Angeles isn’t ideal, and competitive-balance issues resulting from that can’t be ignored. To ease the issues, Waller says the hope is to give a London team two facilities—one in the UK and another somewhere in the U.S. southeast.
That is literally the stupidest idea I've ever heard. I'm sure if you give London a U.S. base in Jackson, Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama or some other city, people will show up in droves just to support a Non-American team.
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What are these guys thinking?
You want to destroy NFL fan bases, have a London team win a Super Bowl before teams like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Arizona, Detroit, Philadelphia, Tennessee, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Houston, L.A. Chargers, Minnesota or Carolina. I know as a Jags fan, I'd probably give up on watching the NFL altogether, if some non-American team won a Super Bowl before Jacksonville. That would be totally de-moralizing.
(09-23-2017, 12:38 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ] (09-22-2017, 04:33 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like it may be happening in 5 years. The league wants a team there in 2022. One excerpt from the MMQB article called:
Game Plan: NFL Believes London is Ready for Team; 2022 Target is Doable
Having a team five time zones from New York and eight time zones from Los Angeles isn’t ideal, and competitive-balance issues resulting from that can’t be ignored. To ease the issues, Waller says the hope is to give a London team two facilities—one in the UK and another somewhere in the U.S. southeast.
That is literally the stupidest idea I've ever heard. I'm sure if you give London a U.S. base in Jackson, Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama or some other city, people will show up in droves just to support a Non-American team. What are these guys thinking?
You want to destroy NFL fan bases, have a London team win a Super Bowl before teams like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Arizona, Detroit, Philadelphia, Tennessee, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Houston, L.A. Chargers, Minnesota or Carolina. I know as a Jags fan, I'd probably give up on watching the NFL altogether, if some non-American team won a Super Bowl before Jacksonville. That would be totally de-moralizing.
I somewhat agree. Its like watching some brazilian dance crew winning americas got talent.. or a russian strong man who cant even speak english. They ask what winning would mean to him and he replies "thank you very much"
If London got a team and it wasn't us, what would that mean for the Jags? Can't imagine we would be going back every year. And even if we did, we would no longer be the local favorite. We make a lot of money in London as it stands now but that could change dramatically.
(09-24-2017, 03:58 PM)rfc17 Wrote: [ -> ]If London got a team and it wasn't us, what would that mean for the Jags? Can't imagine we would be going back every year. And even if we did, we would no longer be the local favorite. We make a lot of money in London as it stands now but that could change dramatically.
I guess that means that they would have to start winning on a more consistent basis and hope to draw more local money..
LOL. London isn't getting a full time team.
After winning big, they will be the London Jaguars.
Not gonna happen.. they wouldn't get the crowds in if a team played there full-time.
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So the LA experiment is working so well they want to go full force toward London, eh?
C'mon...
It needs to be and expansion team if they do it. IMO
This team will be sold in the next 3 years. The deal is already in the works. Check out who Mr. Khan was meeting with after the game Sunday... investors... He bought it for $750 mil... its worth over $1 billion now... he's already looking to cash in Jaguar fans... do your research... London Jag-u-wars has a nice ring to it if you can't speak English...
Personally, I love the fact that London is hosting various games per season. I think that's a win-win situation for their residents because it is comprised of various NFL fan bases AND it gives fans from NYC, Baltimore, SF, etc. a 1-time chance (unique experience) to travel across the Atlantic to see their team play.
(09-25-2017, 11:34 AM)Kane Wrote: [ -> ]So the LA experiment is working so well they want to go full force toward London, eh?
C'mon...
Agreed. The reason the London thing works so well now, is because it's a novelty that only happens a couple of times a year. If they had a team on a regular basis, it would flop. People in Europe are more interested in soccer. It's just the way it is.
I am getting annoyed nfl network hosts and espn hosts have been saying man Jags play better over there move them there already....
(09-25-2017, 01:40 PM)David4499 Wrote: [ -> ]This team will be sold in the next 3 years. The deal is already in the works. Check out who Mr. Khan was meeting with after the game Sunday... investors... He bought it for $750 mil... its worth over $1 billion now... he's already looking to cash in Jaguar fans... do your research... London Jag-u-wars has a nice ring to it if you can't speak English...
Nah. I wouldn't rule it out, but that is not uncommon. Its a unique business opportunity over there, to try and grab sponsors or new investors for our team. Its a lot easier to get people on board when you are winning too. I think the Jaguars are staying in the Khan family for at least 1 more generation.
(09-25-2017, 01:40 PM)David4499 Wrote: [ -> ]This team will be sold in the next 3 years. The deal is already in the works. Check out who Mr. Khan was meeting with after the game Sunday... investors... He bought it for $750 mil... its worth over $1 billion now... he's already looking to cash in Jaguar fans... do your research... London Jag-u-wars has a nice ring to it if you can't speak English...
Dude.... you know good and well that isn't true. If you knew anything about Khan, you would know that his vision is to be the man in Jacksonville for decades AT LEAST. No business man worth his salt is going to spend all that money making all of those improvements to the stadium, build a state-of-the-art amphitheater, has plans to build a riverside mega shopping center, and then up and sells the team just because the league wants a team in London. He wouldn't make anymore money and he would no longer have much influence in Jacksonville - which again, is his main goal.
Stop trying to scare people, dude.
One more thing: the NFL doesn't allow teams to break their lease just to relocate. The league created that rule after reactivating the Browns in 99 because they don't want another 1995 Cleveland incident on their hands. Only teams that have major stadium issues are in danger of relocation - something Jacksonville doesn't have seeing as how Khan basically reconstructed our stadium.
(09-25-2017, 01:23 AM)DarloJAG84 Wrote: [ -> ]Not gonna happen.. they wouldn't get the crowds in if a team played there full-time.
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Getting the crowds hasn't been a goal for the NFL in a long, long time though. Ticket revenue is such a minuscule part of overall revenue for them. They want markets, and London is the biggest fish in the sea now. It being so darn hard from a plethora of logistical reasons is the only reason there hasn't been a permanent team moved there already. Whether they are ever able to overcome those problems is a different question, but the theory that ticket sales would fall if the NFL stopped being a part time novelty for them isn't one of those factors.