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49ers at Wembley 2013
gridiron49:
Group photo taken at the pub, "The Green Man", before the game on Sunday. Prior to every game there is a all-NFL team tailgate there....
Joe Cool at the fan rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday
Meeting Paul Kadwill at Waxy O'Connors on Saturday (prior to his picture with Maiocco)
TIM:
Grid,hojer,etc:
I saw this question on Twitter and wanted to know what your answer would be and what you think the answer of the NFL fans of London and Europe would be...
Would you rather see the Jags play 8 home games a year as the new London franchise or would you rather the League hold 8 games a year in London with 16 different teams playing per year ?
cervant:
Any team that plays entirely in London will have a hard time getting FA's I think. I've heard that some players say they'd rather retire than spend all that time traveling & acclimating. So that team may be a perennial bottom feeder.
Having
--- Quote --- the League hold 8 games a year in London with 16 different teams playing per year
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makes more sense to me & means Niners would play there every other year, and once every 4 years I would lose a local home game.
gridiron49:
The Jaguars in their current state are almost unwatchable! ;)
Even though the NFL is far more popular over here than most americans realize I do NOT believe the Jaguars would be embraced as a London team (not even if they were given favors to make them competitive ie extra cap space, draft choices)
I would never change my allegiance and most people I spoke to during the last week felt the same way.
In fact most of the brits are very surprised they keep adding games in London rather than looking at different venues in the UK or Germany.
hojer49:
--- Quote from: gridiron49 on October 31, 2013, 03:26:48 PM ---The Jaguars in their current state are almost unwatchable! ;)
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Sad but true.
I don't care for the Jags and quite frankly the match-ups in London have generally been way too dull. I seriously doubt I'm going back the next couple of years unless the niners are playing again. The games they bring to London are simply not interesting enough. I don't think teams are willing to give up home-field in key divisonal games so the only way to make the games better would be to get a team to be permanently based in London.
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