American Football fans.

Liverpoolphil said:
Because as i said the games there are played there 3 times a year are sold out 10 months in advance - the 3 for next year they expect will be sold out in Jan - the England football team has no relevance.

The foreign import is proving to be massively popular throughout the country.
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But the point you are missing if there is a UK franchise in the NFL there will be 8 regular season games. That's an awful lot of cash to shell out for families especially those not adjacent to Wembley and the interest wouldn't be there season on season. It's fine for one off games where fans can pick and choose which one they want to go to
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Because as i said the games there are played there 3 times a year are sold out 10 months in advance - the 3 for next year they expect will be sold out in Jan - the England football team has no relevance.

The foreign import is proving to be massively popular throughout the country.
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3 times a year? Are you sure? How long has that been happening?

Do you wish to check first before making an arse of it again?
 
HomerJSimpson said:
But the point you are missing if there is a UK franchise in the NFL there will be 8 regular season games. That's an awful lot of cash to shell out for families especially those not adjacent to Wembley and the interest wouldn't be there season on season. It's fine for one off games where fans can pick and choose which one they want to go to
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And fans can still pick and choose what games they can go too

The interest is massive - the reserve lists on the tickets for each game are over 90000 alone

The games sell out every year within the day or two - three games sold out straight away - add another 5 cheaper at ticket prices cheaper than some prem games and they get snapped up

Every year there will be a step forward to a franchise - next year is a two weeks in a row after another game 3 week previously

The research has been done - it will happen in the future and England will be the first with Germany to follow
 
Val said:
3 times a year? Are you sure? How long has that been happening?

Do you wish to check first before making an arse of it again?
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All three games this year were sold out in Jan 2014
 
Liverpoolphil said:
And fans can still pick and choose what games they can go too

The interest is massive - the reserve lists on the tickets for each game are over 90000 alone

The games sell out every year within the day or two - three games sold out straight away - add another 5 cheaper at ticket prices cheaper than some prem games and they get snapped up

Every year there will be a step forward to a franchise - next year is a two weeks in a row after another game 3 week previously

The research has been done - it will happen in the future and England will be the first with Germany to follow
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But the point you are still deliberately missing is these are still one offs. Imagine your side is struggling (as a Redskin fan I know that feeling), who is really going to pay big bucks. It does has big appeal for limited events but once the initial razzamatazz has gone and the team struggles fans won't travel big distances and fork out big bucks. The Europa league proved that in minature
 
Liverpoolphil said:
And fans can still pick and choose what games they can go too

The interest is massive - the reserve lists on the tickets for each game are over 90000 alone

The games sell out every year within the day or two - three games sold out straight away - add another 5 cheaper at ticket prices cheaper than some prem games and they get snapped up

Every year there will be a step forward to a franchise - next year is a two weeks in a row after another game 3 week previously

The research has been done - it will happen in the future and England will be the first with Germany to follow
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And how do you get round the jet lag and scheduling issues, the free agency and the draft problems?
 
HomerJSimpson said:
But the point you are still deliberately missing is these are still one offs. Imagine your side is struggling (as a Redskin fan I know that feeling), who is really going to pay big bucks. It does has big appeal for limited events but once the initial razzamatazz has gone and the team struggles fans won't travel big distances and fork out big bucks. The Europa league proved that in minature
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Europa league ? What relevance is that ?

Again the people who are dealing with this are doing their research - they wont be going into without indepth research.
 
Paul_Stewart said:
And how do you get round the jet lag and scheduling issues, the free agency and the draft problems?
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How do they get over the jet lag now whilst teams travel to and from the US

What about teams that have to travel across the US through multiple time zones - teams get byes etc etc it will be worked out

And what about the draft - the players dreams are to play in the NFL - playing in London will be playing in the NFL - players travel across the US to play - are you saying they are that precious they must stay in the US to play ?
 
Val said:
What about the three games every year the last 4 years, did they get sold out as you suggested in a previous post.
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Ok it was two games before that and one game before that etc etc - happy now - pat on the back for yourself that my post was ntexactly specific and you can show to everyone how you proved me wrong

Now we are past that - every NFL game at Wemberly sold out within days - some within a day - the amount of games is increasing every year and is selling out quicker and quicker with big reserve lists.

It appears the NFL fans in the UK are talkign with their feet and showing the appeal for the sport in this country
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Ok it was two games before that and one game before that etc etc - happy now - pat on the back for yourself that my post was ntexactly specific and you can show to everyone how you proved me wrong

Now we are past that - every NFL game at Wemberly sold out within days - some within a day - the amount of games is increasing every year and is selling out quicker and quicker with big reserve lists.

It appears the NFL fans in the UK are talkign with their feet and showing the appeal for the sport in this country
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No need for a pat on the back, if you are going to argue a point at least get it right and save yourself looking stupid.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Can we stick to the thread instead of posting cheap little jibes.
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Liverpoolphil said:
Ok it was two games before that and one game before that etc etc - happy now - pat on the back for yourself that my post was ntexactly specific and you can show to everyone how you proved me wrong
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You were saying something about cheap jibes :whistle:
 
The fact remains that players won't uproots to travel across the Atlantic. There will be huge issues with rosters and jet lag, far more so than merely travelling from one side of the states to the other. What about the journey time for the Raiders and Chargers as two examples who would be perhaps as geographically disadvantaged
 
HomerJSimpson said:
The fact remains that players won't uproots to travel across the Atlantic. There will be huge issues with rosters and jet lag, far more so than merely travelling from one side of the states to the other. What about the journey time for the Raiders and Chargers as two examples who would be perhaps as geographically disadvantaged
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Can you show me this fact then ?
 
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