NFL talks about pulling plug on NFL Europa

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Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

All they had was basically Germany in terms of teams and fans, and a lot of those fans probably were US servicemen/women who missed seeing AMerican football. I watched some games when it was still the WFL with Barcelona and the Scotland Monarchs still around. It was OK, but nothing too spectacular. The NFL has to be taking a real hit also paying out NFL contracts with only half filled soccer stadiums. FIFA is king in Europe anyway, just like the NFL is king here in the States, which is why MSL is probably going to fade away within 5-10 years.

Good points. I just wanted to add a little tid bit. Another contributing factor to money lost in the league is due to the drastic downsizing of the Military in Europe. As you pointed out alot of the fans we servicemembers and those numbers are taking hits. There are only going to be two Military bases in Germany by 2010 occupied by the Army and Air Force. I also believe that the installations in Italy and the UK will stay open, but that is hardly enough fan base for American Football in Europe.