European NS'rs... how do you feel about the NFL in London?

[New Octopucta]

As an American, it's great that there is interest in the various countries of Europe, but I'd rather see a separate, sister organization, or a couple of them to handle Europe's teams. There are a lot of places in America where the closest team is several hundred miles away, and I'd rather see the NFL cover them and let Europe handle its own business.

[Great Yorkshire]

Wrong football, pretend football, retarded football, fauxball... there are many alternatives to the name American Football.

We could call it 'Kid's Football'... that would probably annoy Americans.

Wow.

This dick waving in this thread is really quite pathetic, like football period is any good.

And people think American dick wave

I might be joking... sort of fake antipathy towards something which actually doesn't effect me...

Still I think 'Kids Football' would be a nice little retaliation, since we always end up having to say 'soccer' to describe the world's sport so as to not confuse people, just because them Americans have this little regional minority sport where you don't use your feet...

[New Sapienta]

Wow.

This dick waving in this thread is really quite pathetic, like football period is any good.

And people think American dick wave

I might be joking... sort of fake antipathy towards something which actually doesn't effect me...

Still I think 'Kids Football' would be a nice little retaliation, since we always end up having to say 'soccer' to describe the world's sport so as to not confuse people, just because them Americans have this little regional minority sport where you don't use your feet...

Only American really say soccer()which I will admit I do not know why we do this).

How about, instead of insulting each other, we play the sports we like, and have fun?

Surely not that outside the scope of imagination.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

I might be joking... sort of fake antipathy towards something which actually doesn't effect me...

Still I think 'Kids Football' would be a nice little retaliation, since we always end up having to say 'soccer' to describe the world's sport so as to not confuse people, just because them Americans have this little regional minority sport where you don't use your feet...

Only American really say soccer()which I will admit I do not know why we do this).

How about, instead of insulting each other, we play the sports we like, and have fun?

Surely not that outside the scope of imagination.

thats half the fun of being a fan, insulting other teams fans

[New Sapienta]

Only American really say soccer()which I will admit I do not know why we do this).

How about, instead of insulting each other, we play the sports we like, and have fun?

Surely not that outside the scope of imagination.

thats half the fun of being a fan, insulting other teams fans

Only in the same sport though.

Patriots suck

[SaintB]

I don't understand why people can honestly hate a sport just because of its name... it seems like sports racism to me. If your not in to a sport good for you if you are into it good for you, shut up and let people play sports.

[West Sylvania]

We should really stop sending them such terrible teams/match ups. Ever year it's either a totally mismatched game or a pair of underwhelming teams.

[Great Yorkshire]

I don't understand why people can honestly hate a sport just because of its name... it seems like sports racism to me. If your not in to a sport good for you if you are into it good for you, shut up and let people play sports.

I don't hate the sport for it's name (there's a whole bunch of other reasons, play seems to be interrupted once every 5 seconds for example) but I hate the arrogance of the name.
To refuse to change the name of a sport which doesn't use the feet! despite it clashing with literally the biggest sport in the world by a massive margin! says a lot about Americans.

It's the equivalent of the Swiss inventing a left-handed pedal-powered crumpet toaster and calling it 'the internet', and whenever anyone mentions the internet saying: "Which one? The world wide web, or the crumpet toaster?"

[West Sylvania]

I don't understand why people can honestly hate a sport just because of its name... it seems like sports racism to me. If your not in to a sport good for you if you are into it good for you, shut up and let people play sports.

I don't hate the sport for it's name (there's a whole bunch of other reasons, play seems to be interrupted once every 5 seconds for example) but I hate the arrogance of the name.
To refuse to change the name of a sport which doesn't use the feet! despite it clashing with literally the biggest sport in the world by a massive margin! says a lot about Americans.

It's the equivalent of the Swiss inventing a left-handed pedal-powered crumpet toaster and calling it 'the internet', and whenever anyone mentions the internet saying: "Which one? The world wide web, or the crumpet toaster?"

Just so you know, it was named football originally because you ran with the ball rather than hitting it with a stick, and in fact the forward pass is a recent development to the game. The game used to play a lot more like rugby before they started throwing it around.

And they do use their feet. A kick can win and lose games, so saying "they don't use their feet" shows an ignorance about that which you critique.

[Great Yorkshire]

And they do use their feet. A kick can win and lose games, so saying "they don't use their feet" shows an ignorance about that which you critique.

Or hyperbole.

[United Kingdom of Poland]

thats half the fun of being a fan, insulting other teams fans

Only in the same sport though.

Patriots suck

bills,fish or yets,
how i say the last 2 should tell you who Im a fan of, and amen on the end part.

[Greed and Death]

Cheap copy of rugby imported from another continent. Feh.

So naturally it will catch on like wild fire in the UK.

People will get even more confused when discussing Football.

[Nazis in Space]

Considering that part of the attraction of European football to me is the fact that it's 22 men running around in shorts, with some of them fairly hot, I couldn't care less about a sport where the players wear scaffolding and masks.

All those tight ends and wide receivers wearing skin-tight uniforms, gathering in a huddle, trying to grab hold of each other before showering naked - together.....

On that basis I'm not sure your average American football player or fan is that interested in women anyway; let's face it, it's the most homoerotic sport on the planet.

I'm afraid that position is held by no-gi submission wrestling.

[The Nuclear Fist]

What exactly is American football? All I know is that it isn't actually football.

[Forsher]

Britain should export more rugby into America instead of the other way around.

In order for my school to play rugby, we have to travel to Sacramento in the middle of fucking no where just to play a game. Thank god rugby will be in the Olympics in 2016, so its popularity in the States will increase.

It's only Sevens.

And anyway, it'll never catch on. Firstly, it's got a heavily ingrained opposition and secondly, it'd take too much work to be competitive. The Northern Hemisphere sometimes isn't even competitive and they've been playing at top level for years.

[Condunum]

The NFL?

In Europe?!

The fuck?!

Surprisingly enough, the NFL actually has a big following in England.

[Murray land]

As an American I shall say this don't let this plague infect your continent.It is a pathetic excuse of a sport. I trained to play football for one month a couple years ago than said to myself. "This sucks" Why?
1The people involved are jurks
2It's a whole lot of standing around for what is really a small amount of play time.
3 The pads are pain in the butt to get on.
In the end I went back to playing soccer. I've since quit playing that and taken up Gaelic football. My advice to all of you in Europe stick with association football , rugby union, hockey.

[Lithatrius]

I'm a Punter and Wide Receiver for my Essex Blades, the American Football team for the University of Essex, and I think that the NFL in London is a good thing. I'd love to see the old WLAF again.

[Serrland]

The annual game at Wembley sells out right away each go-round, but I am not sure whether that's out of novelty or out of actual interest. Can London sustain a team? I don't know. I imagine it'd be a pretty empty stadium if the London Broncos, Spurs, Arsenal, and Chelsea are all playing on the same day, let alone QPR, Fulham, West Ham, and the slew of Championship sides in/around London.

And where would it play? Surely not in Wembley, right? Olympic Stadium is an option I guess, and if West Ham ends up moving there is always Upton Park.

[Ifreann]

Wrong football, pretend football, retarded football, fauxball... there are many alternatives to the name American Football.

We could call it 'Kid's Football'... that would probably annoy Americans.

Wow.

This dick waving in this thread is really quite pathetic, like football period is any good.

And people think American dick wave

They think that because you do. Some of you, at least.

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Cheap copy of rugby imported from another continent. Feh.

So naturally it will catch on like wild fire in the UK.

People will get even more confused when discussing Football.

Generally people aren't confused when discussing football, except when the offside rule comes up.

[L Ron Cupboard]

So when is this happening?

[North California]

I'm a Punter and Wide Receiver for my Essex Blades, the American Football team for the University of Essex, and I think that the NFL in London is a good thing. I'd love to see the old WLAF again.

A Brit who plays an American football?
I'm a Yank who plays rugby.

Nice to meet you!

[North California]

Britain should export more rugby into America instead of the other way around.

In order for my school to play rugby, we have to travel to Sacramento in the middle of fucking no where just to play a game. Thank god rugby will be in the Olympics in 2016, so its popularity in the States will increase.

It's only Sevens.

And anyway, it'll never catch on. Firstly, it's got a heavily ingrained opposition and secondly, it'd take too much work to be competitive. The Northern Hemisphere sometimes isn't even competitive and they've been playing at top level for years.

I'm kind of happy it's Sevens. Not to brag, but the USA kind of kicks ass at 7's

I actually think it could catch on. Each year, we get more and more interest, and high schools all over beginning to create teams. Hopefully within two years, most of the major schools in my city will have a rugby team.

[Horsefish]

I'm kind of happy it's Sevens. Not to brag, but the USA kind of kicks ass at 7's

7's is the shittier version. Too much running, not enough contact/scrums/rucks/mauls.

And anyway, it'll never catch on. Firstly, it's got a heavily ingrained opposition and secondly, it'd take too much work to be competitive. The Northern Hemisphere sometimes isn't even competitive and they've been playing at top level for years.

The majority of the southern hemisphere teams are hardly competitive in the same sense as Oz, NZ and SA. The only opposition are really the northern teams.

And your arguement is invalid anyway. We got the drop kick in what ever year it was

[Central Lothian]

I have more important things to care about rather than a game in a sport I couldn't give a sh!t about being played in a city 500+ miles away from where I live.