(10-31-2020, 08:22 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: Hey all. Was reading an article on the Jags website about Lot J and among the questions about the Jags extending the lease at the current stadium, the London games came up and this was Lamping's response.

13. Will the Jaguars stop playing games in London as part of this agreement?
Jacksonville is the home of the Jaguars. It has been the team's home for the past 26 seasons, and it will continue to be our home into the future.
The London game has been extremely important to the Jaguars and has also provided benefits to the Jacksonville community.However, theNFL controls the fate of all games played in London and the teams assigned to play in those games, and the Jaguars' current agreement to play games has expired. Any future decisions on London are on hold and out of the Jaguars' hands.

Now I think Khan would put us up again and I'm not sure how many other teams would want to nominate themselves.

I think the one way to get out of Londoning is to have a STH waitlist. If the franchise turns things around and gets to winning, people are going to want to come watch the games live. If Khan has hands in the businesses around the stadium, he'll also benefit from increased traffic that the home game would bring.

I don't blame him for trying to establish a consistent team visiting London each year. Had we been a good team, or even had some stability among the roster, the London locals might have embraced the Jags as a hometown team, but too often we've been a doormat, especially in our overseas outings, for anyone to truly embrace fandom. I think it can still happen, moving forward, but maybe we can alternate home and road games there each year.

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