[Football] league matches in the usa?

[Rookie]

Three NFL teams give up 1/8 of their home matches so UK can have in season games.

And? They let their clubs move states, don’t have the same tribal feeling as football

 

[Hamilton]

I’ve got a better idea. Why don’t we just let rich men buy clubs and relocate them to the cities they want them to be in? All this community rubbish, it’s not paying its way.

 

[heathgate]

Don't the FA have a golden share, ie they can veto something they don't believe is in the interest of football?

They sanctioned VAR didn't they?

 

[Sussexscots]

The NFL expanded the schedule to 17 regular season games in 2021. As I understood it, up to four teams from the conference whose teams are eligible for a ninth regular season home game are nominated for a neutral site international game. So supporters will always retain eight regular season home games.

I'm sure that was the case when the Packers (who will never leave Green Bay) played at WHL in 2022. I was delighted to have the opportunity to see the Pack live, Covid restrictions having screwed my plans for a trip to Wisconsin in 2020.

Increasingly, everything football is done for the benefit of TV and not the match going fan. Can see things going the same way with the PL.

 

[RandyWanger]

Pretends to be outraged while registering for NFL tickets

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

The more people make comparisons to the NFL, the more I'm against the idea.

 

[GT49er]

The Packers have ended up in Sao Paulo this year. The NFL is expanding abroad all the time (as an aside, the Premier League would benefit from the wage cap imposed in the States).

Whether it's 5, 10 or 20 years the Premier league will go the same way. The players are Global, we see Global fans at the Amex and the league is watched Globally. It's a logical next step whether we like it or not.

NFL is totally different. It's an American sport, with very litte involvement outside the USA - yes,I know there are fans in this country, but compared to the number of football fans? A drop in the ocean!
Football, on the other hand, is a global sport, probably the biggest sport in the world. While the NFL is trying to broaden its worldwide profile, football has no such need. On the other hand, football is run (and mostly owned) by money-grabbing ******s.

 

[philgull25]

It’s the future, unfortunately. I suspect the American tour last year was all part of the plan to get to that point.

If so, some clubs will already be in on it, others like ourselves won’t be, just like with project big picture.

Our football teams aren’t clubs any more, they are brands solely to be used for commercial gain by the super rich investors.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

The world’s gone mad.
At least at the end of all this there will be local football and hopefully it will get a resurgence with the pro game having got too big for its boots and too remote from the common fan.

 

[Muzzman]

Any of our matches should be played in Brighton, New Jersey in the county of Sussex

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I've been scouring google maps, but doesn't look like they have any stadia close by, they don't even have any High Schools. Would have been nice to find a playing field with a running track around it, but alas, I don't think one exists in this county.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

NFL is totally different. It's an American sport, with very litte involvement outside the USA - yes,I know there are fans in this country, but compared to the number of football fans? A drop in the ocean!
Football, on the other hand, is a global sport, probably the biggest sport in the world. While the NFL is trying to broaden its worldwide profile, football has no such need. On the other hand, football is run (and mostly owned) by money-grabbing ******s.

When you look at the income streams for NFL or football neither sports "needs" it but that won't stop them. NFL has the odd number of games which makes it easier to export fixtures than football but they will find a way. My prediction is that the Spanish league will export fixtures first. That'll panic the PL and they will follow suit through not wishing to be left behind. Firstly, with the Charity shield.

 

[Albion my Albion]

NFL is totally different. It's an American sport, with very litte involvement outside the USA - yes,I know there are fans in this country, but compared to the number of football fans? A drop in the ocean!
Football, on the other hand, is a global sport, probably the biggest sport in the world. While the NFL is trying to broaden its worldwide profile, football has no such need. On the other hand, football is run (and mostly owned) by money-grabbing ******s.

OTOH, "Football" still has a lot of growth room in the US and still the greatest economy in the world by far is worth going after by "Football."

Now as far as being the greatest Democracy in the world that is shirley waning and I hope reverses soon. I'm not shir yet if or when it will happen.

 

[beorhthelm]

OTOH, "Football" still has a lot of growth room in the US and still the greatest economy in the world by far is worth going after by "Football."

Now as far as being the greatest Democracy in the world that is shirley waning and I hope reverses soon. I'm not shir yet if or when it will happen.

not sure the US market is ready to jump on football as a sport and foreign clubs at the same time.

otoh, i suppose you only need a small % interested to make it worthwhile.

 

[philgull25]

The world’s gone mad.
At least at the end of all this there will be local football and hopefully it will get a resurgence with the pro game having got too big for its boots and too remote from the common fan.

I’ve got into watching a lot more non league football in the last couple of years. It’s better in so many ways.

Standard of football is so much better than it was 10/15 years ago, it’s cheaper, friendlier and you’re able to watch the game with a beer.

 

[Albion my Albion]

The NFL expanded the schedule to 17 regular season games in 2021. As I understood it, up to four teams from the conference whose teams are eligible for a ninth regular season home game are nominated for a neutral site international game. So supporters will always retain eight regular season home games.

Okay, it's 1/9 of their home schedule. It still doesn't change the fact that there are teams that got 9 home games and others that were due 9 home games and traveled to UK for one of their possible home games.

 

[TomandJerry]

The Liverpool chairman, Tom Werner, says he is determined to see a Premier League match played in New York and wants fixtures moved to different locations around the world.



“I’m determined one day to have a Premier League game be played in New York City,” Werner told the Financial Times. “I even have the sort of crazy idea that there would be a day where we play one game in Tokyo, one game a few hours later in Los Angeles, one game a few hours later in Rio, one game a few hours later in Riyadh and make it sort of a day where football, where the Premier League, is celebrated.”

 

[fly high]

The Liverpool chairman, Tom Werner, says he is determined to see a Premier League match played in New York and wants fixtures moved to different locations around the world.



“I’m determined one day to have a Premier League game be played in New York City,” Werner told the Financial Times. “I even have the sort of crazy idea that there would be a day where we play one game in Tokyo, one game a few hours later in Los Angeles, one game a few hours later in Rio, one game a few hours later in Riyadh and make it sort of a day where football, where the Premier League, is celebrated.”

Therein lays the problem with so many Yanks owning EPL clubs. What other rule changes will these wankers want?

 

[TomandJerry]

Therein lays the problem with so many Yanks owning EPL clubs. What other rule changes will these wankers want?

Hopefully the independent football regulator comes into effect before they try things like this

 

[dwayne]

I think it would be pretty cool as long as it was one fixture. Seen all the fat yanks walking round Trafalgar square yesterday here for the baseball.

 

[Justice]

I’m open to watching a game on Mars, what time would the supporters coach leave the Amex?