NFL to play regular season game in London

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I think it should count as a road game for both teams. That way each team still gets 10 home games and the season ticket holders arent screwed.

Are you planning on having them host college teams to make up for the imbalance of home games that would cause?

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Are you planning on having them host college teams to make up for the imbalance of home games that would cause?

How would it cause an imbalance?

We spread baseball, basketball, the NFL wants more talent as much as any other team sport. You got to explore possible future markets. Im not saying Europe will fall in love with football, it has not in the past. But things change. Europeans are fond of physical violence in sports, the Rugby may not be enough.

Heck we are also stupid enough to give outrageous sums of money to a now mediocre soccer player to get soccer going, again?... I dont know how many times this has been tried and failed. Probe, probe and probe again. Then up through the ground comes a bubblin crude. Or the well is dry. Its a business decision.

Get used to it old timers, the world is joined by information. And now we have exploding economies in places we would not have imagined 30 years ago. Same goes for the entertainment industry, including sports.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

How would it cause an imbalance?

There are 256 games played each season in the NFL with 256 home teams and 256 away teams. If you try and make one game count as a road game for both teams then you have an imbalance. You can take my word on that or you can spend your next week trying to draw up a balanced schedule where both teams that play in London are credited with an away game before coming to the realization that it isn't possible without another game where both teams count as the home team.

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

There are 256 games played each season in the NFL with 256 home teams and 256 away teams. If you try and make one game count as a road game for both teams then you have an imbalance. You can take my word on that or you can spend your next week trying to draw up a balanced schedule where both teams that play in London are credited with an away game before coming to the realization that it isn't possible without another game where both teams count as the home team.

If you say so.

All you will need to do is to give those two teams an extra buy week--which they prob should do anyway.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

All you will need to do is to give those two teams an extra buy week--which they prob should do anyway.

So now they will only play 15 games or are you planning on expanding the season to 18 weeks so they can get 16 games and 2 bye weeks in which case everyone will get 2 bye weeks and we are right back where we started.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

All you will need to do is to give those two teams an extra buy week--which they prob should do anyway.

It is actually mathematically and logically impossible for two teams to both be the "away" team in the same game, and still have a balanced schedule. yep, it will cost someone a home game.

[ddthetide]

the explanation i heard on espn radio was. nfl is goin to europe to increase pp veiw and sell more gear. part of the reason given, nfl europe in germany is a big hit by europe standards. playing in london cuts the travel and uses the bigger stadium.
MY guess is that most of the attendence will be US Military personal ? if thats the case then good for the nfl.

teams will get the week off before they go and have home games when they get back. they figure the travel is not as bad as the pre-season game in japan. (which i think is a joke)

i agree with you guys, play the games in the usa.