League_Champion Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 This feels almost inevitable at this point. The NFL is dying for a team in London and The NFL is pushing the Jags as London's team. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/jacksonville-jaguars-will-play-consecutive-home-games-in-london-next-season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Both of the Jags fans in Jacksonville will be sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Chief Dick said: Both of the Jags fans in Jacksonville will be sad. Haha, all 2 of them. They wouldn't even know if they left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelredd9 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 At least field conditions will be proper if they get a permanent team instead of the subpar surface of a soccer field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-fans-launch-website-organize-against-second-london-home-game/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 hours ago, michaelredd9 said: At least field conditions will be proper if they get a permanent team instead of the subpar surface of a soccer field. Wembley needs it. Tottenheim's new stadium has a 2nd Field Turf surface built in to accommodate NFL games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 9 hours ago, League_Champion said: This feels almost inevitable at this point. The NFL is dying for a team in London and The NFL is pushing the Jags as London's team. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/jacksonville-jaguars-will-play-consecutive-home-games-in-london-next-season NFL isn't pushing for anything, Jags owner Khan has volunteered to play those games in London, the only team to do so many consecutive years and make long term commitment. This is all about the money for the Jags, they get more to play in London than at home. And with several other teams that had low attendance/revenue from playing at home moving into new digs (Rams/Chargers, Raiders) they have to do something to boost their revenue. Again since people just like to bash Goodell I'll remind everybody he is not some rogue CEO who does whatever he wants, he represents the owners, and if enough of them don't like his work he'll be replaced. The NFL owners are behind this, not just Goodell, because it can boost revenue league wide. I still think a full time team in London is a long way off and has a lot of logistics issues to deal with, maybe in a few years the Jags play half a season there with two pairs of these back to back home games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I could see a Mexico or Canada team before a London team. That is going to be so hard on players in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 hours ago, DMD said: I could see a Mexico or Canada team before a London team. That is going to be so hard on players in London. The owner can't wait to get the hell out of Jacksonville. He'd probably play on the Moon if he could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNOWBOUND33 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 hours ago, DMD said: I could see a Mexico or Canada team before a London team. That is going to be so hard on players in London. The travel to London would be crazy. Plus the food and the accents suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 hours ago, stevegrab said: NFL isn't pushing for anything, Jags owner Khan has volunteered to play those games in London, the only team to do so many consecutive years and make long term commitment. This is all about the money for the Jags, they get more to play in London than at home. And with several other teams that had low attendance/revenue from playing at home moving into new digs (Rams/Chargers, Raiders) they have to do something to boost their revenue. Again since people just like to bash Goodell I'll remind everybody he is not some rogue CEO who does whatever he wants, he represents the owners, and if enough of them don't like his work he'll be replaced. The NFL owners are behind this, not just Goodell, because it can boost revenue league wide. I still think a full time team in London is a long way off and has a lot of logistics issues to deal with, maybe in a few years the Jags play half a season there with two pairs of these back to back home games. This. I'd say it's 50/50 at best that we see a full-time London team in the next 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 And why does Florida have so many Pro Football teams when they can barely support one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, League_Champion said: And why does Florida have so many Pro Football teams when they can barely support one? I didn't realize that only one team in FL has support, figure you must mean the Dolphins. I thought the Bucs did pretty well and have a solid fan base. Jags teams have sucked too much, plus their owner is part of this "lets play games in London" initiative, so there's good reason not to support them. If teams have really bad support (or a bad stadium) they eventually go elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 33 minutes ago, stevegrab said: I didn't realize that only one team in FL has support, figure you must mean the Dolphins. I thought the Bucs did pretty well and have a solid fan base. Jags teams have sucked too much, plus their owner is part of this "lets play games in London" initiative, so there's good reason not to support them. If teams have really bad support (or a bad stadium) they eventually go elsewhere. I was thinking the Bucs. I lived in Ft. Lauderdale a few years and can tell you that there is virtually no local support for the Dolphins. Florida as a whole is all about College Football. Pro Football is an afterthought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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