(04-20-2018, 08:55 AM)SamusAranX Wrote:

(04-20-2018, 07:24 AM)Rico Wrote: Good God...who the hell cares?  Always something to whine about.

Because the fans have sacrificed a home game to London, and this helps the NFL and 31 other teams who don’t give up the game. And in return the NFL gives us crumbs a year after going to the AFC championship. The small market excuse doesn’t roll either as GB and KC have more games prime time. I’m not terribly upset about it, but OTH there’s no denying the NFL kind of gave Jax the shrift here

A few points:

1.  The league plays at least three games a year in London, and the Jaguars only play in one of them.  In other words, other teams have lost a true home game, too.

2.  The league has also played games in Mexico City and will this year.  This has the same impact on the fans of the teams that play south of the border.

3.  The teams do this willingly, in part because there is immediate profit to be made, and the league sees a long term interest in promoting the sport internationally.

I agree with you to an extent that the Jaguars got the short shrift if you presume prime time games are the prize.  But I submit given the teams we play this year, we'll get more exposure than a lot of teams.  KC has more nationally televised games starting out than we do.  They have three games against the LA teams, a game against San Francisco, a game against New England, and a game against Pittsburgh.  We have two games against New York teams, a game against New England, Philadelphia, Dallas, Washington, Pittsburgh, two games against Houston.  We are going to play in some really big markets/fan bases.  As long as this team performs well, we will get the exposure this year.

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