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Another London Article

  • Offline JaguarKick
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11-22-2013, 10:52 AM

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-e...ags-112113

 

Quote:The NFL's International Committee is involved in talks to bring a franchise, perhaps the Jacksonville Jaguars, to London, possibly as soon as 2017, sources told FOXSports.com.

However, an audible is in the works on what venue will house the team.

FOXSports.com has learned that the Olympic Stadium is being configured to work for different seating capacities for futbol and football. The retractable seating will enable greater attendance for soccer matches, while football will be significantly less.

The NFL International Committee has been working diligently on feasibility studies to gauge how successful a NFL team would be in London. Wembley has been home to the NFL International Series games since 2007. Year in and year out, Wembley has sold out NFL games, virtually every single one.

In order to continue selling out games, the NFL International Committee has been moving methodically and picking up the work load, adding games every year for an eventual eight-game slate.

According to sources, the Olympic Stadium's managing group is spending a fortune on retractable seating that would enable the capacity to shrink to 54,000 by 2016. That's when West Ham United, a Premier League soccer team, takes up residency.

Here is the math: Skeptics believe 80,000 tickets eight times a year is the magic number, but Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL international committee know they need to sell around 432,000 golden tickets per season.

 

 
 

Okay, I know this isn't actually surprising, but what the hell is with all this baseless speculation?  There are no sources cited, no ties to anything except Khan being rich and the Jags "not selling out."  So I guess the Bucs, Phins, Chargers all get swept under the rug?

 

God, the wins CANNOT come soon enough.  I cannot wait until we shut these people the hell up.

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11-22-2013, 11:07 AM

The NFL has to do things to keep the UK citizens interested in their product or else they will lose interest. This is one of those things.

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