The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread

Seems faintly ridculous that he'd be looking at London when LA has no team but this is American sports and the world of nomadic teams. Who knows. I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet.

NFL players acting like gangsters again!! Will they ever learn!!

Here's an interesting graph I came across, which details the amount of arrests per team since 2000.

nerd69 wrote: »

Good find corv pretty crazy that my eagles are doing "well" with "only" 12 arrests supprised the vikes are so bad

There's quite a few surprises on that list alright.

Not surprised at all that the Bengals are top. Giants showing nicely

Arawn wrote: »

surprised gb has that man, Is that just arrests or does it include charges?

It's just an arrest chart.

TO. wrote: »

Who has their hopes up though other than Jags fans and maybe those who have no allegiance to any one NFL team. As for the idea in itself to move to London it is more believable for the Jags to bounce to London than it is to LA. Lets not forget the Rams are in turmoil with the City of St Louis over their home base also.

The biggest problem with LA is the same problem the Rams are in hot water with St Louis though. It will take a lot of private money to upgrade any of the unused stadiums to get them ready for a franchise. The coliseum needs a lot of work and the City of Los Angeles don't seem to want to spend either. If the Jags or the Rams move to LA they will have to pony up for most of the cost and lets face it NFL teams are used to the Cities helping them out with the cost.

But getting back to the Jags Khan seems like the type of owner who will jump on the London bandwagon even more now he owns Fulham. Anything to make the Jags popular.

San Antonio would certainly have to come into the reckoning if a team is looking to move city. Big/expanding market, huge demand for an NFL team and they also have an NFL ready stadium in the AlamoDome.

Chargers are another team that could find themselves on the move.

TO. wrote: »

San Antonio has come up a few times now but not a lot. I think London and LA over shadow other possible cities. LA for obvious reasons and London due to the NFL international series and the Jags. One of the issues with San Antonio that i read before is that the Rams would feel more at home staying where they are or moving to LA as they have history in both LA and St Louis. The Jags many feel will stay in Jacksonville or move to London. But again with Khan who knows what he does.

Logical arguments for both going to LA and London respectively. If any team does decide to move, then you would figure that the NFL will be pushing hugely for them to go to LA. I know people make the argument that they had their opportunity with the Rams and Raiders, but the NFL is far more marketable than it was 15-20 years ago.

I agree Khan is probably feeling out London at the moment with regards to a move. With the multiple home games, buying of Fulham and poor attendances in Jacksonville, he is clearly researching the market with regards to a potential move.

But if London was to get a franchise, then I think the Jaguars would be the wrong choice. Currently, the Jags don't have any serious appeal. The team has struggled for the past number of seasons, is only in existence for less than 20 years and is failing in its current market. Out of all the teams in the NFL, the Jags would arguably have the smallest fan base in Great Britain, so you would be hoping that the games popularity expands at such a rate that the Jags could cash in on the growth so they they would be picking up new supporters in the thousands each year they arrive to play in London.

I hope I'm wrong and the Jags can have successful future in London if the move ever occurred, I just can't see it happening.

Most Chargers fans and beat writers seem confident that the Chargers will get something done to stay in San Diego but you are right there is many who believe that they will have to up sticks and leave if they can't get a deal done on the stadium. Of the 3 teams the Chergers would be in a better position to move to San Antonio I feel even if it loses them many thousands of loyal Californian fans. But San Antonio would most likely see full stadiums week in week out.

I think the Chargers in San Antonio would actually be a nice fit. In saying that, I think the NFL could plop any team in San Antonio and it would still be a success. Out of either London or LA, its the safer market due to Texas' love of football.

Deleted User wrote: »

I think a London team would bomb badly. There's not enough home interest for a full stadium every week. Tax problems/Players not wanting to move country/jetlag/broadcast time differences etc. The list goes on, it would kill a franchise to move to London.
This is a really good article on the subject, involves the creation of a couple of new teams also.
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Interesting article there and it's the only way I could ever see a London based team becoming a possibility. The bigest NFL fan bases in the UK are the Pats, the Dolphins and the 49er's. The Packers, Giants, Bears, Eagles and Redskins follow with a similar level of support. So in an expanded league will the NFL be shipping some of these guys over every year? Because I think it would be the only way of getting the crowds establised. Especially if they do go with a 36 team NFL and a new London team.

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