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[quote=Dan22;1068615]Neither I am.
I think there would be many issues
1/ as Glasgow Celtic said, problems for the team travelling in London. Could you imagine how tired could be the teams coming from the Western Coast like the 49ers or the Seahawks?
2/ I don't see players playing for the London team being very motivated in playing for a team which is not in their country, being far from their family and supported by a very heterogeneous public coming from various part of Europe (and obviously a public who couldn't afford to go to London at every game)

That's my humble point of view[/quote]

Yeah the logistics would be bad. But who's motivated to play in Jacksonville? No one goes to the games.

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Every time I hear about Ranger-Celtic I always think of this documentary. Granted I knew about the rivalry before I saw it but really all I knew was that it had a reputation as possibly the most intense and dangerous rivalry in the world. Not to many specifics beyond that.
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It's kind of sad. I aced an Irish History course I took on a whim in college, which I was interested in, being part Irish myself, but I'm kind of ashamed to say that I know so little about the history of Scotland. Before watching this doc I was shocked to learn that the Protestant-Catholic dynamic was even present there.

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I´m against a NFL Team over here, too, for the same reasons as mentioned before. I guess you´d find more people for it in the NFL front office than here. :)

What I´d like though: don´t throw all the overseas games (if you have/want to do them anyways) into London but also bring some to Germany.

I mean, honestly, there is a reason why in the last year(s) of the NFL Europe there were 5 Teams based in Germany and none in GB. And that was NOT because it was sooo damn popular in GB. Actually, when I was at the London game in 2008, there was virtually not a single person from England in a 15 meter radius around me. All Germans, Danes, Swedes or French.

And please don´t start with language barriers or harder to reach. I don´t think it´s any harder to get from the U.S. to Frankfurt or Berlin than to London. And there are enough people in the right positions in Germany whose English is sufficient for those negotiations. :)

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i've been all over germany and there's literally not a single place you can go in the entire country where you actually need to speak german.

top of zugspitz? english, random climbers on on the way up? english random town with a population under 1,000? english.

the scandanavian countries are the same way. paris isn't quite as fluent, but it's not bad at all there. tokyo on the other hand... good luck!

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top of zugspitz? english, random climbers on on the way up? english [/quote]

A bit off-topic, but... which way did you take up?

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I find it interesting that you guys love pigskin enough to hang out on the Warpath yet still are not in favor of a European team.

As for Germany, I agree that it is not really harder to do a game in a place like Frankfurt than it is in Wembley Stadium.

[QUOTE=Lotus;1068651]I find it interesting that you guys love pigskin enough to hang out on the Warpath yet still are not in favor of a European team.

As for Germany, I agree that it is not really harder to do a game in a place like Frankfurt than it is in Wembley Stadium.[/QUOTE]

Its not that we don't want a team its the fact it most probably fail over time.

The supporter dynamic over here may differ to what's acceptable in the us where people ditch their favourite team because a franchise is launched in their city.

Even if london got a team I would still be a redskins fan and root against the london franchise.

For example I live in england but I am still and always will be a celtic fan and go to games at paradise when I can although they play in scotland, I could never consider being a fan of a team in the english league its a part of who I am, period.

And the same goes for teams of other clubs.

[QUOTE=Dirtbag59;1068630]Every time I hear about Ranger-Celtic I always think of this documentary. Granted I knew about the rivalry before I saw it but really all I knew was that it had a reputation as possibly the most intense and dangerous rivalry in the world. Not to many specifics beyond that.
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It's kind of sad. I aced an Irish History course I took on a whim in college, which I was interested in, being part Irish myself, but I'm kind of ashamed to say that I know so little about the history of Scotland. Before watching this doc I was shocked to learn that the Protestant-Catholic dynamic was even present there.[/QUOTE]

Celtic were formed to feed the poor of glasgow's impoverished east end and beyond and to this day still a charitable concern.

They are the team of choice for most catholic soccer fans, but, its important to stress they have always been a non denominational club and welcome any players or fans of any creed or colour, its always been the clubs mission statement to be all embracing to everyone who wants to be a part of celtic all are welcome.

Rangers on the other hand employed a no catholic employment or player policy to be excusively prodestant up until as recently as the late 80s.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Now you can probably see where the hatred eminates from.

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[quote=Glasgow Celtic;1068665]Celtic were formed to feed the poor of glasgow's impoverished east end and beyond and to this day still a charitable concern.

They are the team of choice for most catholic soccer fans, but, its important to stress they have always been a non denominational club and welcome any players or fans of any creed or colour, its always been the clubs mission statement to be all embracing to everyone who wants to be a part of celtic all are welcome.

[B]Rangers on the other hand employed a no catholic employment or player policy to be excusively prodestant up until as recently as the late 80s.

Let that sink in for a minute. [/B]

Now you can probably see where the hatred eminates from.[/quote]

I understand that the Catholic-Protestant dynamic is different in the UK than in the USA. But that is still messed up. Knowing this, I shall root against Rangers even though I am not Catholic.

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[quote=Lotus;1068651]I find it interesting that you guys love pigskin enough to hang out on the Warpath yet still are not in favor of a European team.

As for Germany, I agree that it is not really harder to do a game in a place like Frankfurt than it is in Wembley Stadium.[/quote]

There [B]are[/B] European Teams. Just no European Pro Teams. By far not NFL-Caliber. I´d say the GFL (German Football League), the highest class in Germany should be able to compete at a lower collegiate level. As you probably know, Vollmer (Patriots), Kuhn (Giants) and Werner (Colts) are products of this league - even though they got sharpened in their college time in the U.S.

So even though there is no way for watching NFL level football here live in a stadium (except for London) there is plenty of opportunity for watching football.

I.e. Munich were I lived until November 2013, there were about 10 teams in a 50km circle (all German levels) and now in Vienna I can chose from several different teams.

I recall the good old days of "Are you a Billy or a Dan or an old tin can?".

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[quote=TheGuyFromOverThere;1068670]There [B]are[/B] European Teams. Just no European Pro Teams. By far not NFL-Caliber. I´d say the GFL (German Football League), the highest class in Germany should be able to compete at a lower collegiate level. As you probably know, Vollmer (Patriots), Kuhn (Giants) and Werner (Colts) are products of this league - even though they got sharpened in their college time in the U.S.

So even though there is no way for watching NFL level football here live in a stadium (except for London) there is plenty of opportunity for watching football.

I.e. Munich were I lived until November 2013, there were about 10 teams in a 50km circle (all German levels) and now in Vienna I can chose from several different teams.[/quote]

Good stuff. When I think of Vienna I think of beer, art, and Freud, not football, but I'll have to change my ways.

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Some teams are heavily influenced by the NFL.

For example, the Vienna Vikings have nearly the exact logo as the Minnessota Vikings. Berlin Adler (Eagles) have the same wings on their helmets as does that Philly scum, but in an other color scheme. Other teams are partially influenced, like Braunschweig Lions or Düsseldorf Panthers - similar names, completely different logos. And a lot of them are "independet" and have names that fit their region. Like the Schweinfurt Ball Bearings or the Traunreut Munisiers - a ball bearing factory and an ammunition factory in their towns influenced those names.

But you should never get the impression that it´s just "that big" because there are a lot of amateur teams. The average number of spectators in the GFL 2013 were about 1.300, with the highest team bringing in 4.500 and the worst 500. This does not reflect the interest in football itself though - Frankfurt Galaxy hat an average of 33.000 in 2010.

Also, the superbowl this had been watched in free TV by about 1.5 million people (be aware there are "only" 80 million people here. I don´t have the numbers for pay-TV and streams, but I guess you could easily double that. At 00:32 a.m. KickOff time at a monday morning of a workday I guess that shows a lot of interest.

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[quote=TheGuyFromOverThere;1068650]A bit off-topic, but... which way did you take up?[/quote]

i walked/climbed up, and took the lift back down (cause it's high altitude and quite a climb, my legs were sore for a week). I didn't take a jacket and i didn't realize that while it was 80 (F) at the base, it was only 50 (F) at the top. oops. I have pics somewhere from the top (above the clouds) and the chapel and all that.

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[quote=TheGuyFromOverThere;1068695]Some teams are heavily influenced by the NFL.

For example, the Vienna Vikings have nearly the exact logo as the Minnessota Vikings. Berlin Adler (Eagles) have the same wings on their helmets as does that Philly scum, but in an other color scheme. Other teams are partially influenced, like Braunschweig Lions or Düsseldorf Panthers - similar names, completely different logos. And a lot of them are "independet" and have names that fit their region. Like the Schweinfurt Ball Bearings or the Traunreut Munisiers - a ball bearing factory and an ammunition factory in their towns influenced those names.

But you should never get the impression that it´s just "that big" because there are a lot of amateur teams. The average number of spectators in the GFL 2013 were about 1.300, with the highest team bringing in 4.500 and the worst 500. This does not reflect the interest in football itself though - Frankfurt Galaxy hat an average of 33.000 in 2010.

Also, the superbowl this had been watched in free TV by about 1.5 million people (be aware there are "only" 80 million people here. I don´t have the numbers for pay-TV and streams, but I guess you could easily double that. At 00:32 a.m. KickOff time at a monday morning of a workday I guess that shows a lot of interest.[/quote]

That is so informative and interesting! The NFL needs more teams with names like "Ball Bearings."