Superbowl in London?

[some18mybrain]

NFL commissioner says Super Bowl may someday be held in London

By CHRIS KAHN, Associated Press Writer
October 15, 2007

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A future Super Bowl champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.

"There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that."

The commissioner said London's new Wembley Stadium would make a great candidate for pro football's biggest matchup, given the enthusiasm overseas for the game.

The NFL has been expanding its overseas presence for years by televising games around the world. It's held preseason games in numerous countries in Europe, Asia, Mexico and Canada, and in 2005, the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers played the first regular-season match outside the United States.

The game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City drew the league's largest crowd to date, 103,467.

On Oct. 28, Wembley will host the first regular-season NFL game outside North America. It took just 90 minutes to sell the first 40,000 tickets for the game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants. Goodell said event organizers have sold 95,000 tickets in all.

Goodell spoke about the possibility of a British Super Bowl after a luncheon Monday in Scottsdale sponsored by the host committee for the 2008 Super Bowl in Arizona.

[scotsboyuk]

I went along to see an American football game with some mates a few years ago; it was a local side we saw, but they have American players (I think they play during their time off from their American teams). I have to admit that I didn't really understand what was going on, the game seemed to last forever and kept stopping and starting. The padding is a bit much too in my opinion, less padding might liven things up a tad. It was interesting though and of course the best part was the cheerleaders! :p

[some18mybrain]

Yes, the cheerleaders are nice :)

[kulnet]

Eh. I think this would be a bad idea. After all, it is AMERICAN football.

[Wayne 1]

Eh. I think this would be a bad idea. After all, it is AMERICAN football.


I agree, at least for the Superbowl!:huh:

[south8carolina]

This would probably never happen because the NFL and would take too much critizism and not to mention funding! i cant ever see this happening.

[wearmaize]

Can you imagine-- everyone looks forward to a Super bowl, and then sees it on TV on a soccer field which is horrible for American football, and the most loyal soccer fans see their hallowed ground of Wembley stadium disgraced.

Shame.

[clh]

Maybe the bright idea'd folks could come up with an Islamic Terrorist team that we could play in London.I think the British people would be more into that(after what happened in London)and it would probably draw a bigger world audience!

(sometimes my sarcasm gets the better of me)