(10-05-2017, 02:45 PM)JagsFanSince95 Wrote: I think when a team, any team, moves to London it would be a big blow to my interest in the N(NATIONAL)FL. Its not what it was even 10 years ago, and adding such a logistical nightmare in the name of the dollar would be a huge turnoff in terms of competitive play/advantage for the team having to play 16 games traveling as much as a London team would. Maybe in a few decades it makes more sense, but I just don't see it working out for any team that would call London home. London is a soccer town, and the NFL is already getting diluted with dumb rule changes, politically charged nonsense, regardless of what side you're on, and the softening of the game would all just pile on and I think a team in London(especially if its our team) would be it for me.

I tend to agree with a lot of this..

The market is visibly growing in the UK for the NFL. However; I don't think moving a team to, or creating a team in, London would be hugely successful. England is, and always will be, predominantly a soccer country, London especially so (12 professional teams, of which 5 are in the Premier League).. Also, anyone who is already an NFL fan over here has their team already. Even if we had a UK based expansion team, the Jaguars would still be MY team and I think most UK based NFL fans would be of the same mindset for their respective teams, of course.

I'm not sure there would be enough call for an expansion team over here. I don't think it would be on the level that it would be in the US, it would be far from it. Also, where would they play? I don't think any of the soccer teams would share their stadiums with an NFL team. I certainly don't see Wembley allowing a team to 'move in' to that stadium, and I think building a stadium just for a team is far fetched.. Now, I know Tottenham Hotspur (North London) are building a partnership deal to host NFL games at their new stadium (I'd read it will have a retractable soccer pitch with an NFL Field Turf field underneath), but I'd imagine this would replace the Twickenham games as there are mumblings that Twickenham (The Home of Rugby) don't like hosting NFL games.

All in all, I think we would still see the NFL bringing games over here (possibly even more in the future) but I can't see a team being based here, be it an expansion team or a relocated one.

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