Look at it this way. It’ll be another team for you to hate when ‘your’ team plays them.

why do people in this country care so desperately to pander to Europeans?

My only problem with London is if the team could realistically compete with the intense travel strain.

Are there exemptions for say, even Canada, who routinely turns down entry into their country for people with DUIs?

Oh, and NFL, you can’t even figure out your OWN labor issues and laws, and you want to dip into international labor law?

Laughable at the very least. NFL not INFL.

“Don’t tackle ’til you see the whites in their eyes!”

#epicfail

Logistically, it can’t work and it won’t work. But by all means, Bob … press on.

Yes the NBA and NHL have more of an international reach, but it’s not because they have any teams there. It’s because they scout and recruit international players to COME HERE AND PLAY, thereby attracting fans from their home countries to be fans of the NBA/NHL. Why doesn’t the NFL consider that approach? I think it might be interesting to see some European rugby player test their metal as an NFL linebacker. But have an actual team over there? Knock it off, seriously.

And I love how these arrogant clowns equate growing their bank accounts with “growing the game”. Football was around and thriving long before the NFL came around, and it’ll still be around at the scholastic level long after the NFL has been knocked down a few pegs (or gone altogether).

Shouldn’t they be looking at why the second largest TV market in the country doesn’t have a franchise? (Los Angeles)

Not even close homer. Look for the HEAT ownership for that. After all, they’ve won Championships recently.

Fans don’t want to PAY for Exhibition games (or pay full price at least). How does that translate into fans want 2 more regular season games? Fans in Europe enjoy football… but they don’t need a team in their backyard. I’m sure there are plenty of football fans all over the USA that don’t have a team within 3 hrs of where they live. Utterly clueless.

I’m a Bengal fan, many other English NFL fans are Dolphin, Redskin, Giant or Patriot fans or wherever the hell it was where they first paid a visit to the states. My first US visit happened to be to Cincinnati.

Thats why an English based NFL franchise will not work IMO. I go to Wembley occasionally to watch the NFL as a treat, a novelty, not as a week in week out staple.

I don’t see why a Patriot fan would go watch the Rams v Cardinals or the like, and definately not eight or more times a year.

I’d much prefer a 17th or 18th game added to the schedule, to allow each franchise to play more games a neutral sites, not just in London, but also in other deserving cities like Berlin, Beijing San Antonio and Orlando. Its a long list.

I agree with Kraft that the NFL needs to make itself more ‘international’, but a London franchise IMO will not work

It ain’t broken. Don’t fix it.

And the talent pool should grow, not shrink. It’s arrogant to think Europe can add NFL caliber players to our existing pool. We’ve already see some players come from Europe without the exposure of having a local team. How many athletes chose football after we have local teams in Europe.

And I don’t add one team, I add two in England. I don’t take one from the US, I create two more. I think you need two teams to create the rivalry that makes sports worth watching. Man U. isn’t Man U. without Man City right next door.

And as a capitalist, I like money. The more NFL teams the more money that flows to the U.S..