The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

Interesting to see if it happens.

I've said before on another thread that it's not something I could see happening based on the fact that Ireland is so small a market for a game when you have much bigger markets in places like mainland Europe and South America as potential venues.

I'm not sure what you point is.

The NFL and the other 3* sports have franchises in Arizona in the last 30 years or so because it's was and probably still is a growing market in the US.

It's a long term strategy.

As a location for a one off, annual or bi-annual NFL game however I find Ireland a strange choice when you have the likes of Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Berlin, Lima, Rio, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City as possible locations.

The above are bigger markets than Ireland, in most cases their metros are have much bigger populations than Dublin, and some are as big and bigger than the population of Ireland itself.

A game in those places would have a much bigger marketing reach.

I'm not saying a game could not be held in Ireland, it has the infrastructure to host one no problem, I just think it's an odd choice if it is chosen.

*I'm aware the NHL team oved to Utah recently.

Just heard on the "Heed the Call" podcast that they will be collaborating with Sky Sports, like the old Around the NFL podcast did.

It's interesting that Sky are going with them rather than anything official from the NFL.

Another rugby player trying his hand with the IPP.

Not to be a cynic or anything but it's been shown to that it's almost impossible for people who have never played the game before to adapt to the skill positions.

LRZ is a perfect example, on the practice squad of one of a team with one of the worst rosters in the game.