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Football (NFL) in England


Jan 31, 2014, 9:04 PM
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supposedly it is catching on pretty fast. all of the games at Wembley Stadium are sold out next year.

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From the sounds of it...I guess we'll all have to tune in to


Jan 31, 2014, 9:06 PM
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England with their English accent just to watch SOME #### FOOTBALL! ***Chris Farley voice***

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You ought to watch Australian rules football sometime


Jan 31, 2014, 9:35 PM
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They make our NFL games seem tame in comparison.

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Really? I've never seen it. What is different?


Jan 31, 2014, 9:39 PM
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We talking 'Longest Yard' kinda football? lol

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It's an entirely different beast


Jan 31, 2014, 9:55 PM
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Sort of a blend between football and rugby with a dash of soccer thrown in.

It flows more like soccer in that there are fewer distinct plays, and more free flowing action and the scoring is done by kicking the ball through upright posts which are the "goal".

No pads much like rugby, and when you run with the ball you have to dribble somewhat like basketball every few steps.

One of the cool things about growing up when I did is that ESPN started when I was in the "watch anything on TV" age. They didn't own the rights to many sports so every saturday morning they showed Aussie football for hours.

Pretty fun sport, but quite different.

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Re: Football (NFL) in England


Jan 31, 2014, 9:28 PM
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As a Brit I shall tell you that it was huge in the 80s, Wembley was sold out for preseason games, in fact the first NFL game I went to was in 1987 to see the Broncos play the Rams at Wembley. Became a Broncos fan that day because of John Elway.

In the 80s and early 90s the top "amateur" teams in the UK were also the top teams in Europe due to a large amount of funding from sponsorship which allowed teams to bring over American coaches and players. Money dried up in the 90s and 2000s and enthusiasm and participation in the game went way down, both NFL Europe franchises were relocated due to lack of attendance.

Currently the game is on the rise from the grassroots level to the amateur club level as well as the casual or intense fan now that there is more exposure to the game on TV.

Also Penn State v UCF in Ireland is a step to showing the Europeans also have an appreciation for college ball as well.

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Isn't the owner of the Jags British? I think he is really


Jan 31, 2014, 9:41 PM
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itching to move some of his games to London.

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