Wembley, the home of American football

mmj_uk · 9 Oct 2014 at 13:16

What do people make of this then?

England could play games around country if Wembley gets NFL team

It's obvious that money is the driving factor, those international series NFL games make £3m a game apparently and England national team attendances are on the wane.

For non-London residents it's good as well, although I can't help but think the Olympic Stadium should be playing a part.

Josh · 9 Oct 2014 at 13:20

Brilliant, apart from the Cup/league finals Wembley is hardly used. (for sporting requirements)

The national team is boring as hell, NFL is a great game which is growing in popularity in the UK.

I'm all for it tbh - £3m wow that is some damn good revenue! Shame I never had the chance to play as a kid, would have loved to give it a try!

Judgeneo · 9 Oct 2014 at 13:21

Direct result of ignoring all advice that building the national stadium at wembley was a bad idea.

Mr-White · 9 Oct 2014 at 13:50

No thanks, they'll churn up the pitch.

MW

Diesel · 9 Oct 2014 at 13:56

American Football is a horrendously boring sport, after the initial interest due to the novelty I can't see a London franchise sustaining particularly big crowds.

Purdy · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:26

Wembley can finally be used for something useful more than two of three times a year

KingOfTheDaves · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:46

The NFL season only runs from September to January (or from August if you include pre season).

And if you adopt a stance of only World Cup/Euro qualifiers being at Wembley and friendlies are played at other stadiums then it seems pretty easy to accomodate.

Over that period the only England games that ever get scheduled are:
A friendly in August (if at home you can rotate to other stadiums instead of a half full Wembley)
2 games in September (1 home - 1 away. These fixtures are always before the NFL season starts so no disruption)
2 games in October (1 home - 1 away, usually both competitive internationals so 1 game will need to be at Wembley)
1 or 2 games in November (1 home - 1 away, usually friendlies but occasionally competitive internationals)

So the only occasion where there could be a potential clash would be one game in October and occasionally 1 game in November. The NFL could just have an away game on those dates.

I don't forsee any problems

jonneymendoza · 9 Oct 2014 at 15:08

american football is a dead sport.

hyped too much especially the superbowl where it was actually proven somewhere that the Champions leage final got more ratings/hits then the superbowl.

platypus · 9 Oct 2014 at 15:12

A dead sport? The monies involved would say otherwise.

jonneymendoza · 9 Oct 2014 at 15:13

big money in football also and more popular.

NFL appears bigger and more £££ because its more centric . Football is a world sport

platypus · 9 Oct 2014 at 15:15

Completely and utterly irrelevant. No one is debating it's appeal vs football. To call it a dead sport is nonsense.

K1LLSW1TCH · 9 Oct 2014 at 17:54

jonneymendoza said:
american football is a dead sport.

hyped too much especially the superbowl where it was actually proven somewhere that the Champions leage final got more ratings/hits then the superbowl.

lol. That is all.

Kemik · 9 Oct 2014 at 18:19

What really ticks me off about Brits starting to watch American Football is that there are far more interesting sports in the country very similar to American Football that doesn't contain so many adverts and breaks, and are dying - Rugby.

Both codes of Rugby needs more supporters and more people need to try it out. Granted, a lot of the blame should be put at the feet of the professional bodies who don't do enough to promote the game.

I really feel like people watch the NFL in the UK just because it's "cool" to do so.

Caseh · 9 Oct 2014 at 18:30

You get ticked off because people enjoy a sport? I'm sorry but that is one of the more ridiculous things I've read recently.

The Running Man · 9 Oct 2014 at 18:44

Forget NFL, the NHL is where it's at.

jonneymendoza · 9 Oct 2014 at 19:15

CasKirensys said:
You get ticked off because people enjoy a sport? I'm sorry but that is one of the more ridiculous things I've read recently.

because the sport in question is rubbish

Caseh · 9 Oct 2014 at 19:21

jonneymendoza said:
because the sport in question is rubbish

I don't enjoy the sport either, but that is just an opinion. I also dislike Golf, and that seems to have enough fans.

Purdy · 9 Oct 2014 at 19:22

Kemik said:
What really ticks me off about Brits starting to watch American Football is that there are far more interesting sports in the country very similar to American Football that doesn't contain so many adverts and breaks, and are dying - Rugby.

Both codes of Rugby needs more supporters and more people need to try it out. Granted, a lot of the blame should be put at the feet of the professional bodies who don't do enough to promote the game.

I really feel like people watch the NFL in the UK just because it's "cool" to do so.

I've watched plenty of rugby (mainly union as I get very bored of watching rugby league quickly) and don't find it half as entertaining as american football, that said I can somewhat enjoy it when Ireland or Ulster are doing well but only a casual interest. Once you become accustomed to the adverts and stoppages NFL is great, hard to watch on your own at times if you're just sitting on the sofa though.

Also red zone is unbelievably good, wish they'd cut out the 3pm blackouts or at least a US channel did a version of it for football we could stream of all the great plays during the 3pm kick offs and as Moses pointed out above, the value in gamepass is outstanding.

I've also got 3 other people into it, having all purchased gamepass and pretty much watching it all sunday night, don't think they're doing it 'because its cool'

jonneymendoza said:
american football is a dead sport.

hyped too much especially the superbowl where it was actually proven somewhere that the Champions leage final got more ratings/hits then the superbowl.

Top post, you managed to spell nearly every word right too

MacMiniBoy · 9 Oct 2014 at 19:48

if they want a london team play at twickers

and its Hand Egg

Loki · 9 Oct 2014 at 20:23

Kemik said:
What really ticks me off about Brits starting to watch American Football is that there are far more interesting sports in the country very similar to American Football that doesn't contain so many adverts and breaks, and are dying - Rugby.

Both codes of Rugby needs more supporters and more people need to try it out. Granted, a lot of the blame should be put at the feet of the professional bodies who don't do enough to promote the game.

I really feel like people watch the NFL in the UK just because it's "cool" to do so.

Thats a very subjective viewin regards to it being more interesting to watch.

I think some of us have been watching it before it became 'cool'

Supwerbowl XX got me into the Bears. Amercian Football has a very good Amateur set up in the UK and its a growing sport