BuffettNews.com

APLATillman wrote:Stafford agrees to deal w/ lions...6 yr $41.7 mill...will be no. 1 pick

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4097641

bestseller92 wrote:Stafford and Sanchez are both guys who were hyped up because there were no first round quality (let alone first overall pick quality) QBs in this draft class.

If either Sam Bradford or Colt McCoy had come out, they would've been the consensus #1 overall pick.

I predict that Stafford joins the likes of Couch, Carr, Smith and Russell here in a few years.

bestseller92 wrote:You want Jake Delhomme or Tim Couch?

Tom Brady or David Carr?

Tony Romo or Alex Smith?

'Nuff said.

I predict Rhett Bomar will have a more successful NFL career than Matthew Stafford.

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League will reportedly move its marquee game outside the United States for the first time within the next eight years.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the NFL has assured London officials that their city will host the Super Bowl as early as 2014. An official announcement is expected at some point in the next 12 months.

Football's title game would be held at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted two sellout regular season games thus far and will welcome the Patriots and Buccaneers for a regular season matchup next season.

Bid packages for the 2014 Super Bowl must be released by November, and a final decision on the location will be made at the following spring meeting.

London is already the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is attempting to secure the 2018 World Cup. The report states that the Super Bowl could bring upwards of 350 million pounds in revenue to the city.

C-Dawg wrote:

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League will reportedly move its marquee game outside the United States for the first time within the next eight years.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the NFL has assured London officials that their city will host the Super Bowl as early as 2014. An official announcement is expected at some point in the next 12 months.

Football's title game would be held at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted two sellout regular season games thus far and will welcome the Patriots and Buccaneers for a regular season matchup next season.

Bid packages for the 2014 Super Bowl must be released by November, and a final decision on the location will be made at the following spring meeting.

London is already the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is attempting to secure the 2018 World Cup. The report states that the Super Bowl could bring upwards of 350 million pounds in revenue to the city.

Personally, I think this is BS...it's bad enough that the average fan can't get tickets to a Superbowl without mortgaging their home, but now they go a step further and move it overseas, making it even harder and more expensive....not to mention the time difference. Preseason games are one thing, but regular season, playoffs and the Superbowl should be in the US.

aeroparrot wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League will reportedly move its marquee game outside the United States for the first time within the next eight years.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the NFL has assured London officials that their city will host the Super Bowl as early as 2014. An official announcement is expected at some point in the next 12 months.

Football's title game would be held at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted two sellout regular season games thus far and will welcome the Patriots and Buccaneers for a regular season matchup next season.

Bid packages for the 2014 Super Bowl must be released by November, and a final decision on the location will be made at the following spring meeting.

London is already the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is attempting to secure the 2018 World Cup. The report states that the Super Bowl could bring upwards of 350 million pounds in revenue to the city.

Personally, I think this is BS...it's bad enough that the average fan can't get tickets to a Superbowl without mortgaging their home, but now they go a step further and move it overseas, making it even harder and more expensive....not to mention the time difference. Preseason games are one thing, but regular season, playoffs and the Superbowl should be in the US.

If they do give the Super Bowl to London, I heard there may be a clause that states that they would be possibly getting expansion team. I forget where I heard this but I have. It could be only a rumor someone heard.

C-Dawg wrote:

aeroparrot wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League will reportedly move its marquee game outside the United States for the first time within the next eight years.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the NFL has assured London officials that their city will host the Super Bowl as early as 2014. An official announcement is expected at some point in the next 12 months.

Football's title game would be held at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted two sellout regular season games thus far and will welcome the Patriots and Buccaneers for a regular season matchup next season.

Bid packages for the 2014 Super Bowl must be released by November, and a final decision on the location will be made at the following spring meeting.

London is already the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is attempting to secure the 2018 World Cup. The report states that the Super Bowl could bring upwards of 350 million pounds in revenue to the city.

Personally, I think this is BS...it's bad enough that the average fan can't get tickets to a Superbowl without mortgaging their home, but now they go a step further and move it overseas, making it even harder and more expensive....not to mention the time difference. Preseason games are one thing, but regular season, playoffs and the Superbowl should be in the US.

If they do give the Super Bowl to London, I heard there may be a clause that states that they would be possibly getting expansion team. I forget where I heard this but I have. It could be only a rumor someone heard.

The only way they should get an expansion team is if the former NFL Europe cities get one too and the NFL makes it another conference. It's too hard on the players to go back and forth across the Atlantic to play a single team over there. Imagine the Chargers having a Monday night game at home and then having to fly to London for a Sunday game. The home team would have a huge advantage as the Chargers would need a day or two to get over jet lag and less time to practice due to the flying time.
If they're going to do this, there needs to be at least 3 or 4 teams over there where they can go over and play multiple games before coming back home.
Bottomline, if the NHL can't do it with the popularity of hockey in Europe and a large percentage of European players in the NHL, I doubt the NFL can pull it off either. It's stupid idea that already failed once. I'd rather see the NFL move into Canada and Mexico and keep the league in North America

aeroparrot wrote:The only two soccer teams here, that I know of, that share the stadium with NFL Teams are the Red Bulls of New York (Giants Stadium) and the Revolution.

aeroparrot wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

aeroparrot wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League will reportedly move its marquee game outside the United States for the first time within the next eight years.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the NFL has assured London officials that their city will host the Super Bowl as early as 2014. An official announcement is expected at some point in the next 12 months.

Football's title game would be held at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted two sellout regular season games thus far and will welcome the Patriots and Buccaneers for a regular season matchup next season.

Bid packages for the 2014 Super Bowl must be released by November, and a final decision on the location will be made at the following spring meeting.

London is already the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is attempting to secure the 2018 World Cup. The report states that the Super Bowl could bring upwards of 350 million pounds in revenue to the city.

Personally, I think this is BS...it's bad enough that the average fan can't get tickets to a Superbowl without mortgaging their home, but now they go a step further and move it overseas, making it even harder and more expensive....not to mention the time difference. Preseason games are one thing, but regular season, playoffs and the Superbowl should be in the US.

If they do give the Super Bowl to London, I heard there may be a clause that states that they would be possibly getting expansion team. I forget where I heard this but I have. It could be only a rumor someone heard.

The only way they should get an expansion team is if the former NFL Europe cities get one too and the NFL makes it another conference. It's too hard on the players to go back and forth across the Atlantic to play a single team over there. Imagine the Chargers having a Monday night game at home and then having to fly to London for a Sunday game. The home team would have a huge advantage as the Chargers would need a day or two to get over jet lag and less time to practice due to the flying time.
If they're going to do this, there needs to be at least 3 or 4 teams over there where they can go over and play multiple games before coming back home.
Bottomline, if the NHL can't do it with the popularity of hockey in Europe and a large percentage of European players in the NHL, I doubt the NFL can pull it off either. It's stupid idea that already failed once. I'd rather see the NFL move into Canada and Mexico and keep the league in North America

Same could be said for the European teams to play here with the same situation. Either that, they should re-open the NFL Europe and merge it so they would play in the fall. The only issue I could see is how many of those teams currently play in the soccer stadiums and would they be able to use it for 10 Sundays? The only two soccer teams here, that I know of, that share the stadium with NFL Teams are the Red Bulls of New York (Giants Stadium) and the Revolution.

One thing they haven't considered is what would be the start time for the Super Bowl if it is in London? If they keep it at around 6 PM Eastern US Time, that would be around 11 PM over there. How many people in London would go to it that late on a Sunday night?

I mentioned that in my initial post......my guess is a mid afternoon Superbowl for the East Coast with a noon kickoff for the West Coast.......talk about a one finger salute to traditional fans from the NFL

C-Dawg wrote:

aeroparrot wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

aeroparrot wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Football League will reportedly move its marquee game outside the United States for the first time within the next eight years.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the NFL has assured London officials that their city will host the Super Bowl as early as 2014. An official announcement is expected at some point in the next 12 months.

Football's title game would be held at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted two sellout regular season games thus far and will welcome the Patriots and Buccaneers for a regular season matchup next season.

Bid packages for the 2014 Super Bowl must be released by November, and a final decision on the location will be made at the following spring meeting.

London is already the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is attempting to secure the 2018 World Cup. The report states that the Super Bowl could bring upwards of 350 million pounds in revenue to the city.

Personally, I think this is BS...it's bad enough that the average fan can't get tickets to a Superbowl without mortgaging their home, but now they go a step further and move it overseas, making it even harder and more expensive....not to mention the time difference. Preseason games are one thing, but regular season, playoffs and the Superbowl should be in the US.

If they do give the Super Bowl to London, I heard there may be a clause that states that they would be possibly getting expansion team. I forget where I heard this but I have. It could be only a rumor someone heard.

The only way they should get an expansion team is if the former NFL Europe cities get one too and the NFL makes it another conference. It's too hard on the players to go back and forth across the Atlantic to play a single team over there. Imagine the Chargers having a Monday night game at home and then having to fly to London for a Sunday game. The home team would have a huge advantage as the Chargers would need a day or two to get over jet lag and less time to practice due to the flying time.
If they're going to do this, there needs to be at least 3 or 4 teams over there where they can go over and play multiple games before coming back home.
Bottomline, if the NHL can't do it with the popularity of hockey in Europe and a large percentage of European players in the NHL, I doubt the NFL can pull it off either. It's stupid idea that already failed once. I'd rather see the NFL move into Canada and Mexico and keep the league in North America

Same could be said for the European teams to play here with the same situation. Either that, they should re-open the NFL Europe and merge it so they would play in the fall. The only issue I could see is how many of those teams currently play in the soccer stadiums and would they be able to use it for 10 Sundays? The only two soccer teams here, that I know of, that share the stadium with NFL Teams are the Red Bulls of New York (Giants Stadium) and the Revolution.

One thing they haven't considered is what would be the start time for the Super Bowl if it is in London? If they keep it at around 6 PM Eastern US Time, that would be around 11 PM over there. How many people in London would go to it that late on a Sunday night?

I mentioned that in my initial post......my guess is a mid afternoon Superbowl for the East Coast with a noon kickoff for the West Coast.......talk about a one finger salute to traditional fans from the NFL

Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week that the league is not considering playing its championship game in London. He shot down a BBC Sport report that "'substantive talks" were under way between the NFL and London officials.

"We have never looked at London or Mexico City as a site," he said.

The NFL again issued a denial Sunday that a Super Bowl outside the United States was being considered, this time via Twitter.

Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of corporate communications, tweeted: "Re: story from UK. We are not pursuing idea of putting a Super Bowl in London or anywhere outside US. Reports last week/today inaccurate."

C-Dawg wrote:Here's another report about the Superbowl being played in London...hope this one is the truth

Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week that the league is not considering playing its championship game in London. He shot down a BBC Sport report that "'substantive talks" were under way between the NFL and London officials.

"We have never looked at London or Mexico City as a site," he said.

The NFL again issued a denial Sunday that a Super Bowl outside the United States was being considered, this time via Twitter.

Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of corporate communications, tweeted: "Re: story from UK. We are not pursuing idea of putting a Super Bowl in London or anywhere outside US. Reports last week/today inaccurate."

C-Dawg wrote:Here's another report about the Superbowl being played in London...hope this one is the truth

Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week that the league is not considering playing its championship game in London. He shot down a BBC Sport report that "'substantive talks" were under way between the NFL and London officials.

"We have never looked at London or Mexico City as a site," he said.

The NFL again issued a denial Sunday that a Super Bowl outside the United States was being considered, this time via Twitter.

Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of corporate communications, tweeted: "Re: story from UK. We are not pursuing idea of putting a Super Bowl in London or anywhere outside US. Reports last week/today inaccurate."