NFL talks about pulling plug on NFL Europa

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HI Guys,

I
Hi Guys,

I stay in Scotland and attended many a games in Scotland and Europe (okay Germany) It is fair to say that the crowds were bigger in Germany than Scotland or Spain but if you look at the population of Scotland, we have 5 million (give or take a few) we are big in soccer (american terms) the two top team in Scotland average 50-60 thousand the next in attendance in soccer is 13 Claymores were 10 thousand which is not to bad. What killed us of was the travel expenses.
I was born and bred in Scotland brought up playing football all through my youth and teens (scottish terms) MSL has just got David Beckam (LA Galaxy) surly you don't spend $120 million on something that will be gone in 5-10 years. BTW I was watching the tv some 25 years ago when our local tv station showed an american football game (redskins dolphins), since then i have been hooked and i would say that i prefer it to soccer

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.