NFL game in london? WTF?

m1rr0r dash · 10.28.2007, 06:28 PM

...i don't really care much about sports in general.... but don't they already have a much better version of football in england and the rest of the world?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/sp...giants.html?hp

N.F.L. officials have floated vague but aggressive plans to stage 16 international games a year (to include every team annually) and to play the Super Bowl in foreign cities.

But this was the first big leap toward that uncertain future. All the planning came to an end as darkness fell on London, as if one phase of the process actually ended with the bang of pregame fireworks.

girlgun · 10.28.2007, 07:31 PM

"foreigners" don't care about stupid (american) football. that's some seriously retarded shit.

!@#$%! · 10.28.2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

...i don't really care much about sports in general.... but don't they already have a much better version of football in england and the rest of the world?

yes. 90 minutes of uninterrupted game without commercials, with only a 15' break in between.

ThePits · 10.28.2007, 07:41 PM

American football is just rugby for those to soft to play without padding and a crash helmet

Kylerobert · 10.28.2007, 08:27 PM

or it's just a competetive game a lot of people enjoy playing and watching?

the ikara cult · 10.28.2007, 08:50 PM

NFL is really big in the UK, i always thought Basketball was the most popular of the 4 US sports, but especially in the Universities NFL is very popular.

m1rr0r dash · 10.28.2007, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

NFL is really big in the UK, i always thought Basketball was the most popular of the 4 US sports, but especially in the Universities NFL is very popular.

...it will end with this.

Kylerobert · 10.28.2007, 09:07 PM

atari 2600 · 10.28.2007, 10:07 PM

Prats that wank on about how soccer is incomparably better can slag off. I'm a yank that happens to love soccer, but cheers to the NFL.

Let's raise a pint to the NFL, lads!

m1rr0r dash · 10.28.2007, 10:59 PM

don't be such a git.

Savage Clone · 10.28.2007, 11:01 PM

Spectator sports can all choke on a giant bag of dicks.

EDIT:
OK, that was unduly harsh.
But I do wish they would at least take the sports sections out of the broadcast news.
It's a GAME.
And sports have enough other media outlets that they don't need to be included with actual news.

Rob Instigator · 10.29.2007, 09:40 AM

I love football. I think there are a lot of brits into it as well. it is the complexity of chess with VIOLENCE. It is my favorite sport of all.

rugby is a rough rough contact sport, but it is not a collission sport, and if you do not know what I mean or believe it, then get yr ass to the sideline of an NFL game and listen to how LOUD and violent the hits are on each and every single play. There is no comparison in any sport.

sumo guys hit hard but they have no stamina, and their matches rarely last longer than 3 minutes.

Rob Instigator · 10.29.2007, 09:43 AM

The United States hosts many european league and mexican league and latin american league matches, to try and increase the exposure to high quality futbol/soccer here. That is great. There is no difference betwene this and having NFL teams play in places like UK and germany and Canada and Mexico where there are a good number of fans.

did anyone see the game? i did. The Giants and the Diolphins tore up that field so bad! just shredded it up. I love games in the rain but that field was not used to 320 lb man-giants trodding upon it!

atari 2600 · 10.29.2007, 10:10 AM

saw the game, most of it. i was flipping back and forth between Giants-Dolphins, Colts-Panthers, and Eagles-Vikings.

i posted about this yesterday in a soccer thread
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...ghlight=mighty

tesla69 · 10.29.2007, 10:41 AM

its all about expanding markets and that delicious sound of foreign currency accumulating in NFL's coffers...the radio said the stadium was sold out and could have sold 3x the tickets...

ThePits · 10.29.2007, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

rugby is a rough rough contact sport, but it is not a collission sport, and if you do not know what I mean or believe it, then get yr ass to the sideline of an NFL game and listen to how LOUD and violent the hits are on each and every single play. There is no comparison in any sport.

Rugby isnt a collission sport?

What rugby games have you been to?

Wapping Pigeon Fanciers Second 11??

Players have ears torn off in rugby, bones broken, players crippled and even the odd death

Tackles are every bit as violent as those in american football

On the subject of UK football, you cant really compare it to american football, they are as alike as apples and oranges

I think some while ago a rugby team actually played an american football team but I cant find the result, anyone know what it was

sonicl · 10.29.2007, 12:14 PM

I vaguely recall what you're talking about. I have a feeling that they played a game of Rugby and a game of American Football. I've no idea as to the outcome though.

Rob Instigator · 10.29.2007, 12:16 PM

I have been to many rugby games, and while there are several violent collissions in each game, most of it is more wrestling and shoving than straight up collissions between players, which in american football happen between half the players on every single play.

sonicl · 10.29.2007, 12:17 PM

My dad had several ribs broken playing rugby. Put me right off the game.

Rob Instigator · 10.29.2007, 01:01 PM

like I said, it is a rough contact sport.

the middle of a scrum is the last place I wanna be!

10.28.2007, 06:28 PM	#1
m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	...i don't really care much about sports in general.... but don't they already have a much better version of football in england and the rest of the world? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/sp...giants.html?hp N.F.L. officials have floated vague but aggressive plans to stage 16 international games a year (to include every team annually) and to play the Super Bowl in foreign cities. But this was the first big leap toward that uncertain future. All the planning came to an end as darkness fell on London, as if one phase of the process actually ended with the bang of pregame fireworks. __________________
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10.28.2007, 07:31 PM	#2
girlgun invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,906	"foreigners" don't care about stupid (american) football. that's some seriously retarded shit.
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10.28.2007, 07:41 PM	#4
ThePits stalker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London Posts: 505	American football is just rugby for those to soft to play without padding and a crash helmet
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Kylerobert bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 224	or it's just a competetive game a lot of people enjoy playing and watching?
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	NFL is really big in the UK, i always thought Basketball was the most popular of the 4 US sports, but especially in the Universities NFL is very popular.
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Kylerobert bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 224	ewww
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Prats that wank on about how soccer is incomparably better can slag off. I'm a yank that happens to love soccer, but cheers to the NFL. Let's raise a pint to the NFL, lads!
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m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	don't be such a git. __________________
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10.28.2007, 11:01 PM	#11
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Spectator sports can all choke on a giant bag of dicks. EDIT: OK, that was unduly harsh. But I do wish they would at least take the sports sections out of the broadcast news. It's a GAME. And sports have enough other media outlets that they don't need to be included with actual news.
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10.29.2007, 09:40 AM	#12
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I love football. I think there are a lot of brits into it as well. it is the complexity of chess with VIOLENCE. It is my favorite sport of all. rugby is a rough rough contact sport, but it is not a collission sport, and if you do not know what I mean or believe it, then get yr ass to the sideline of an NFL game and listen to how LOUD and violent the hits are on each and every single play. There is no comparison in any sport. sumo guys hit hard but they have no stamina, and their matches rarely last longer than 3 minutes. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.29.2007, 09:43 AM	#13
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	The United States hosts many european league and mexican league and latin american league matches, to try and increase the exposure to high quality futbol/soccer here. That is great. There is no difference betwene this and having NFL teams play in places like UK and germany and Canada and Mexico where there are a good number of fans. did anyone see the game? i did. The Giants and the Diolphins tore up that field so bad! just shredded it up. I love games in the rain but that field was not used to 320 lb man-giants trodding upon it! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.29.2007, 10:10 AM	#14
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	saw the game, most of it. i was flipping back and forth between Giants-Dolphins, Colts-Panthers, and Eagles-Vikings. i posted about this yesterday in a soccer thread http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...ghlight=mighty
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10.29.2007, 10:41 AM	#15
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	its all about expanding markets and that delicious sound of foreign currency accumulating in NFL's coffers...the radio said the stadium was sold out and could have sold 3x the tickets...
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10.29.2007, 12:14 PM	#17
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I vaguely recall what you're talking about. I have a feeling that they played a game of Rugby and a game of American Football. I've no idea as to the outcome though.
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10.29.2007, 12:16 PM	#18
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I have been to many rugby games, and while there are several violent collissions in each game, most of it is more wrestling and shoving than straight up collissions between players, which in american football happen between half the players on every single play. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.29.2007, 12:17 PM	#19
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	My dad had several ribs broken playing rugby. Put me right off the game.
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10.29.2007, 01:01 PM	#20
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	like I said, it is a rough contact sport. the middle of a scrum is the last place I wanna be! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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