Super Bowl in London? Please, no
There is a report out today that London is bidding to host the Super Bowl as soon as 2014.
This annoys me on soooo many levels it isn't funny. I guess I don't blame them for bidding, but what really annoys me is I would think this has a good chance of happening. NFL Commish Roger Goodell loves the idea of internationalizing the game, and I'm sure it would bring in huge money (while, of course, freezing out most normal fans).
Argh! A storied franchise like our Giants has absolutely zero shot at hosting a Super Bowl, but a place like London which doesn't know squat about the game will probably get one.
Here are a couple of other stories that also annoy me, since I seem to have now put myself in a crappy mood.
- That 'retired' QB I won't name seems more and more likely to be under center for the Minnesota Vikings this fall. The guy is a joke.
- Peter King has fallen in love with the Eagles draft. I have to give the Eagles credit, but I have no doubt the Giants also did well.
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Brett Favre IS a joke.
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by squid92 on May 4, 2009 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
London? WTF!
If that does happen then it will be official, Bud Selig has secretly become the commissioner of the NFL.
by John W on May 4, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
London is the worst idea
for a regular season game, now they want the SB there? At least if they said Mexico City or something like that, at least they are on the same continent. Maybe Puerto Rico or something? I don’t know, anything is better than playing in that crap agan.
As for Farve, I think he would be fine going to the Vikings. I would be forced to turn off ESPN cuz over this summer every story would be either Farve’s comback or a new story on how A-Rod did roids in the womb, by Selena Roberts…
The offseason leading up to this will be more of the joke. Last year was incredibly annoying with all the Farve coverage.
But as for the actual football, he DID play for the Jets, the one of the worst franchises in the NFL. The Vikings at least have a good team and KNOW that they are handing the ball off to AD and Chester Taylor. It could work.
by FreeBradshaw on May 4, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hope you guys don't kill me for posting here...
I hate the idea of the super bowl going to london, too…. but hey, it might be a great excuse for us to visit there as it really is a fun city. I wonder how confused people will be over there when they hear the National “Football” League is hosting the championship there. May leave some brits a little confused as to why they paid a couple hundred bucks to see the wrong sport!
Anyways, i don’t forsee this happening. I doubt London would want to fork over very much money for this sport unless they had a big fan base (which they don’t).
As for the peter king article… i think he might have blown up our spot! You guys had a great draft day too so don’t stress it too hard… just one man’s opinion.
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by #1EaglesFan on May 4, 2009 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow!!
Another reasonable Eagles fan. That’s a few of you who have dropped by lately with some reasonable opinions and not just a desire to flame the folks here. What is the world coming to when Eagles fans and Giants fans can get along? LOL!!
by Ed Valentine on May 4, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking the same thing
Super Bowl = good excuse to travel to England. Of course, as a poor student I can afford neither a trip to England nor Super Bowl tix, but maybe someday…
Still, it’s a silly idea. I get that they’re trying to build the game internationally, but a better method is probably international competition, work to make football an olympic sport or something. It worked wonders for basketball, and they never had to have the NBA title game in Lithuania.
by cjmulrain on May 4, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems Goodell has gone senile at the ripe age of 50
I am afraid to think of what will become of the NFL when he’s in his 60s (Best of 7 Super Bowls, doubleheaders?). I haven’t found a single person, from the vast blogosphere to the opinion shows on ESPN, who like this idea. For Goodell to even consider this he must be banking on everyone grudgingly accepting this. Unfortunately, if a Super Bowl was held in London I wouldn’t have it in me to boycott, I’d have to watch it like I have every other Super Bowl.
by XLII on May 4, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can you imagine the Super Bowl being played on that awful “pitch” the Giants-Dolphins game was played on?
I’m not sure which is a worse idea, playing the championship games at neutral sites, or this.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on May 4, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm tired
of the circle jerk surrounding the eagles draft.. yes it looks good on paper.. but so did the Cowboys draft last year..
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by Hoyadestroya85 on May 4, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They shouldn't take it to England
they should bring to Australia. that way ill get to see it live! If Giants go all the way again it will be just awesome
by ChuckyofNorris on May 5, 2009 5:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi, I’ve been reading this site for a while and I love what you do here. I’ve not commented on anything before and it’ll become clear why i’m popping my cherry on this subject.
i’ll start off by explaining where I come from. I’m English, I’ve supported the Giants and followed the nfl since i was a little kid (through relatives in the states, my dad and the very good coverage we get over here. Three sunday games, monday nights and any of the nfl network games). I’ve been lucky enough to go to all three of the wembley games.
I think the superbowl in london would be a terrible idea. Not because fans in europe ’don’t understand’ the game, or anything like that but because it’s taking something distinctly american away from america. I can (selfishly) live with shipping out the ‘international series’ but the superbowl? that’d be a step too far. cjmulrain got it right, you can increase the international appeal of the game without playing the championship game overseas.
It’s bad enough they only host the superbowl in domes or miami.
by Catsmeat on May 5, 2009 5:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The only plus that I can see with this potentially happening
is that the Super Bowl will be on earlier in the day. I hate being up late on a Sunday to watch a football game in all honesty (though I still do it). England is something like 5 or 6 hours ahead of the EST time zone, so that means the game would start in the 2-3 PM range, right?
by brisulph on May 5, 2009 8:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
as long as i can watch the superbowl on tv at a normal time
i dont really care where the game is played. londen wouldnt affect me or bother e much. its not like im getting a ticket either way. i dont support the idea but eh, whatever. i like the idea of mexico or the carribean better too but they dont have the facilaties that europe (and probably australia) does.
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by kendynamo on May 5, 2009 8:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate international football games
I don’t understand the NFL’s fascination with playing games overseas. Europeans don’t play football, don’t like football and have plenty of their own sports to play, (rugby, soccer, etc.). NFL Europe failed. If the NFL thinks it will expand overseas, Goodell is smoking crack. We don’t even have a franchise in LA. Football is an American sport, always will be. Its not like basketball that can relatively easily translate to other countries. The NFL should be concentrating on saving small franchises from moving, like the Bills and getting a rookie salary cap.
by lizard on May 5, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who are you kidding?
“normal fans” have been frozen out of the Super Bowl for many many years.
by JoshNY on May 6, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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