kurtsimonw Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 3 games next year! Jags, Falcons and Raiders to host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Please please PLEASE be Seahawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Seahawks do play @ Oakland next season... EDIT: My bad, they play @ Seattle so that's a no go. Edited October 8, 2013 by kurtsimonw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 where is the 2014 schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 where is the 2014 schedule? Not out yet, but NFL schedules work on a rotation, AFC West and NFC West play each other next year and Oakland hosted last time, so you'll be hosting the matchup next year. Pretty sure that's how it works anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted October 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2013 Yep.And the NFC West is rotating against the NFC East next year, as well; so unless the Seahawks and Falcons finish in the same place in their divisions, they won't play each other next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Will those home teams fly out all their season ticket holders for the game? It's good news for fans in Britain, but a disaster for American fans who only have 8 home games a year to attend. Why three games? Really, why any regular season games at all? Preseason should suffice. Actually, what could make sense is having the Super Bowl at Wembley. A neutral ground, plenty of corporate amenities, large capacity, and if Goodell really wants to "sell" the game to Brits, that would be the best way. Three games in London is just way over the top, IMO, it's getting ridiculous now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) Not a fan of this. Let the Americans keep their home-games. If the NFL wants games in London, get a permanent franchise there. edit: as above really Edited October 9, 2013 by Tegis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Any chance of the Browns being involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 9, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2013 Not surprised to see the Raiders coming over. They've a mahoosive fanbase over this neck of the woods based on their bad boy image going back as far as I can remember. Obviously more to do with their merchandise than their exploits on the field. Makes total sense to come over and replenish their brand though. Plus they look like they're about to not completely suck again, which is a bonus for them. I wonder who the opponent will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 After doing some digging it looks like the Browns are scheduled to play at the Jags and Falcons next season............. pretty please Mr Commiss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Not a fan of this. Let the Americans keep their home-games. If the NFL wants games in London, get a permanent franchise there. edit: as above really yeah it isnt really fair on home fans who probably pay big money for tickets. Its sort of like when Premier League wanted to play 39th game abroad which got a bit of uproar. is their no complaints from fans about this or do they just accept it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Actually, what could make sense is having the Super Bowl at Wembley. A neutral ground, plenty of corporate amenities, large capacity, and if Goodell really wants to "sell" the game to Brits, that would be the best way. think this wouldnt be able to work due to time difference. Doubt police authorities would allow a late start in UK to suit television in USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Not a fan of this. Let the Americans keep their home-games. If the NFL wants games in London, get a permanent franchise there. edit: as above really yeah it isnt really fair on home fans who probably pay big money for tickets. Its sort of like when Premier League wanted to play 39th game abroad which got a bit of uproar. is their no complaints from fans about this or do they just accept it? Pretty sure that the season ticket price reflects the loss of a home game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Will those home teams fly out all their season ticket holders for the game? It's good news for fans in Britain, but a disaster for American fans who only have 8 home games a year to attend. Why three games? Really, why any regular season games at all? Preseason should suffice. Actually, what could make sense is having the Super Bowl at Wembley. A neutral ground, plenty of corporate amenities, large capacity, and if Goodell really wants to "sell" the game to Brits, that would be the best way. Three games in London is just way over the top, IMO, it's getting ridiculous now. Yeah, while I like it as it's given me an opportunity to see the Giants (beat my brothers Dolphins in a SB winning season, no less!) I don't think it's all that fair to the home fans. I'd be pissed off if Villa lost a home game to play over there and hey have less than half the games we do! As the Super Bowl seems like it's not really for the fans and it's a corporate event, a Super Bowl here would probably serve the purpose better without really pissing off all that many US fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Actually, what could make sense is having the Super Bowl at Wembley. A neutral ground, plenty of corporate amenities, large capacity, and if Goodell really wants to "sell" the game to Brits, that would be the best way. think this wouldnt be able to work due to time difference. Doubt police authorities would allow a late start in UK to suit television in USA You just made the argument against expansion to London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted October 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2013 A London franchise could play 6pm Sunday games (which would be 1pm Eastern)Super Bowl, though would be a 12:30am kickoff.Preseason has been tried. The British NFL fan (unlike the German) is too sophisticated to accept inferior product (thus the decrease in interest over the years in the American Bowls and in NFL Europe).Maybe the Pro Bowl works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 6, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 6, 2013 Lions @ Falcons will be a 130 GMT kickoff (930am in the eastern US, 630am on the West Coast) and shown nationally on Fox. That means a quadruple-header! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 That's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2013 Showing a certain amount of balls to go directly against a PL game (especially since, since the IS began, the PL has often scheduled a major game for that day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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