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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2013, 06:46:50 PM »
Quote from: Badger on October 24, 2013, 06:39:34 PM
As long as we don't have to give up a home game I won't be completely annoyed.

To be honest I'm surprised the league hasn't done it to find a way to give us Both home game at the same time yet. Plus you would think they would want to expand the NY market in London. But hopefully they keep pretending we don't exist as far as London is concerned
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2013, 06:49:55 PM »
Quote from: Libero_2 on October 24, 2013, 06:46:50 PM
To be honest I'm surprised the league hasn't done it to find a way to give us Both home game at the same time yet. Plus you would think they would want to expand the NY market in London. But hopefully they keep pretending we don't exist as far as London is concerned
I guess we're right in the sweet spot - not consistently good enough to be paraded around by the league but not awful enough that few people wouldn't bitch about losing a home game since attendance sucks anyway.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2013, 06:51:00 PM »
Quote from: Badger on October 24, 2013, 06:49:55 PM
I guess we're right in the sweet spot - not consistently good enough to be paraded around by the league but not awful enough that few people wouldn't bitch about losing a home game since attendance sucks anyway.

Fair way to explain it I believe.

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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2013, 08:22:51 PM »
Quote from: Badger on October 24, 2013, 06:49:55 PM
I guess we're right in the sweet spot - not consistently good enough to be paraded around by the league but not awful enough that few people wouldn't bitch about losing a home game since attendance sucks anyway.

I imagine Woody would push back very hard against us playing a home game in London, he gets enough grief already about the PSLs that giving up a home game would be a step too far. I imagine the league is sympathetic to that as well, given MetLife is apparently (according to something I read the other day) the only stadium in the NFL built entirely without public money.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2013, 08:53:53 PM »
I think a trip to London to watch the Jets play would be pretty cool. Expensive as excrement, but pretty cool.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2013, 11:45:05 PM »
Quote from: Tommy on October 24, 2013, 08:53:53 PM
I think a trip to London to watch the Jets play would be pretty cool. Expensive as excrement, but pretty cool.

You can actually find some very reasonable rates from the East coast to Europe.  Just checked for September of next year wrapped around a weekend and you can get a non-stop round trip from Laguardia to Heathrow for just over 1K.  If you stay longer the price goes down.  If you were making a 1-2 vacation out of it the flight would be worth it.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2013, 03:12:43 PM »
Falcons v Detroit in Week 8 will kick off at 1:30 GMT. That's 8:30am EST; what a freaking ridiculous idea this whole thing is.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2013, 03:22:47 PM »
Quote from: Johnny English on December 04, 2013, 03:12:43 PM
Falcons v Detroit in Week 8 will kick off at 1:30 GMT. That's 8:30am EST; what a freaking ridiculous idea this whole thing is.

I know, right? Who wants to watch the Falcons play the Lions?!
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2013, 03:27:56 PM »
Quote from: AlioTheFool on December 04, 2013, 03:22:47 PM
I know, right? Who wants to watch the Falcons play the Lions?!
I don't know, there's a chance that Calvin Johnson has 300 yards receiving.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2013, 04:42:54 PM »
Quote from: Johnny English on December 04, 2013, 03:12:43 PM
Falcons v Detroit in Week 8 will kick off at 1:30 GMT. That's 8:30am EST; what a freaking ridiculous idea this whole thing is.

What's wrong with that?
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2013, 05:07:55 PM »
Why wouldn't it at least be at 4pm?
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2013, 05:37:56 PM »
Quote from: 624 on December 04, 2013, 04:42:54 PM
What's wrong with that?

Football without beer is not as much fun. Drinking beer at 8:30am suggests you have a problem.

I suspect it's also a dry run to test the reaction to having half a dozen games a season kicking off at 8:30am, and you know my feelings about a London franchise. Therefore, freak football kicking off at 8:30am.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2013, 05:41:08 PM »
Quote from: Johnny English on December 04, 2013, 05:37:56 PM
Football without beer is not as much fun. Drinking beer at 8:30am suggests you have a problem.

I'll be drinking around that time on Sunday.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2013, 05:54:48 PM »
Quote from: Badger on December 04, 2013, 05:41:08 PM
I'll be drinking around that time on Sunday.

Like I said.
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Re: Three London games approved for 2014
« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2013, 06:02:44 PM »
Quote from: Johnny English on December 04, 2013, 05:37:56 PM
Football without beer is not as much fun. Drinking beer at 8:30am suggests you have a problem.

I suspect it's also a dry run to test the reaction to having half a dozen games a season kicking off at 8:30am, and you know my feelings about a London franchise. Therefore, freak football kicking off at 8:30am.

Well the time is meant to cater to London, not us.


If you absolutely need beer to enjoy a football game that is also a problem.
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