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re: Jaguars announcing picks from London
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:22 pm to SammyTiger
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:22 pm to SammyTiger
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They will go 8-8 every year because they will have to travel 16 hours via plane just to get to half their games
#1 They will play 4 game blocks home and away.
#2 They will have an east coast base of operations for their two 4 game away trips.
#3 London to NY, Boston, DC, Baltimore, Philly, Pittsburg and Buffalo (25% of the league) is no worse a flight than the west coast teams flying out east or vice versa.
#4 Both of London's 4 game away stands will begin in one of those cities.
#5 Concord style plane to make flights easier both on London players but also players and staff traveling away to play at London.
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 2:24 pm
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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#5 Concord style plane
They were grounded in 2003 and the new technology is 15+ years in the future and you're telling me my concerns are farfetched?
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
The problem is if they keep the Jags in the AFC south, then it's Houston to London, Nashville to London, Indy to London. The only chance it would have of working is if they moved a team in the NFC or AFC East or they moved the divisions around.
Moving the divisions around for something that probably won't even make money seems quite dumb. People over there don't give a frick about American football and won't consistently support a team. To me the jingoism is thinking 'Merican football is so great they have to love it if we move it there
Moving the divisions around for something that probably won't even make money seems quite dumb. People over there don't give a frick about American football and won't consistently support a team. To me the jingoism is thinking 'Merican football is so great they have to love it if we move it there
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:45 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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and it won't be nearly as hard as some think
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#1 They will play 4 game blocks home and away.
#2 They will have an east coast base of operations for their two 4 game away trips.
#4 Both of London's 4 game away stands will begin in one of those cities.
#5 Concord style plane to make flights easier both on London players but also players and staff traveling away to play at London.
So they need to go on month long trips from home twice a year, stay in a temporary base for half their season and revive a plane that hasn't flown in a dozen years. Ya I have no idea why people think it's a logistical nightmare
Also TBH it's a different discussion but I don't think there's as much growth to be had as you think. I think given the health issues football will decline in the coming decades. I truthfully think we've seen/are seeing it's peak
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 2:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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#1 They will play 4 game blocks home and away.
that solves their problem, but not teams that have to ply to london to play a team that lives there
It doesn't solve the timezone issues (London is 5 hours ahead of eastern time)
It creates a whole new set of logistical issues of a team not only being on the road for 4 weeks but also being away from their facilities for 4 weeks.
This is a fricking stupid idea.
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