Mr. Brightside Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I would actively support every team that played the London franchise. With the exceptions of the Pats and Cowboys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said: I would actively support every team that played the London franchise. With the exceptions of the Pats and Cowboys. Why? 16 minutes ago, steelmen said: Imagine they get to the play offs, teams won't be happy travleing all the way to London and then back for the next one. the AFC/NFC Championship game being held at 6am in the states wouldn't go down well either. That's why it is called home field advantage. Not much different from Miami playing Seattle or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I wouldn't, but I'd rather they were a "British" team, even if in name only. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) It'd be a very long game they'd have to play. As said most UK fans already have a team, many won't change but some might over time, however their main target will be to grow the sport and catch the people fairly new to it. I'd suspect during the first 10 years or so a London team would have a very similar feel to it as I'd expect the Las Vegas Raiders would, an assortment of travelling fans making up a general support as opposed to typical "home" fans. Edit: I for one, would not change. Edited October 26, 2016 by Spain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Maybe. What was it like when, say, Arizona first got a team?Presumably they all supported other teams before the Cardinals turned up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I've never quite understood how it works when teams move in the US. For example.. Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis and Baltimore are without a team until the Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore and become the Ravens.. so do people in Baltimore support the Indianapolis Colts for 10 years or so or just not support anyone? If it happened here and St Mirren moved to Dundee or something there is no way I'd continue to support them even if the name/strip/colours etc were the same.. just wouldn't feel like my club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 It would depend for me. If a club moved out of necessity and not too far, as was the case with Clyde, I could continue to support them.If a club abandoned a perfectly good set-up and moved hundreds of miles away they could GTF. I'd just cheer for the inevitable "Phoenix Club" that would end up in the lower reaches of non-league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, irvine_buddie said: I've never quite understood how it works when teams move in the US. For example.. Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis and Baltimore are without a team until the Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore and become the Ravens.. so do people in Baltimore support the Indianapolis Colts for 10 years or so or just not support anyone? If it happened here and St Mirren moved to Dundee or something there is no way I'd continue to support them even if the name/strip/colours etc were the same.. just wouldn't feel like my club. Like now, they mainly supported the Washington Redskins Edited October 26, 2016 by Antiochas III 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 5 hours ago, irvine_buddie said: Why? That's why it is called home field advantage. Not much different from Miami playing Seattle or something. there is a huge difference, Seattle playing in london would be one long journey. Up until this season whoever had the game in London has had their bye week straight after, to allow them to recover from the trip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 10 hours ago, steelmen said: there is a huge difference, Seattle playing in london would be one long journey. Up until this season whoever had the game in London has had their bye week straight after, to allow them to recover from the trip. Yes but the Colts chose not to and won the next game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 There's no issue with American teams coming to Britain, for a one-off game, as far as I'm concerned. Even without a subsequent bye week.If you can play in Seattle on a Sunday then Jacksonville on a Thursday, there's no reason why you can't play in London one Sunday and America the Sunday after. A far bigger problem for a franchise would be organising it so that the London team weren't totally exhausted from their eight trips to the US each season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 That's true but I suppose that's something a team would need to accept if moving the franchise to London. Most likely they would have 3-4 home games in a row and then 3-4 away games and just train somewhere in the US but it's not ideal to be away from your base for so long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 5 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: There's no issue with American teams coming to Britain, for a one-off game, as far as I'm concerned. Even without a subsequent bye week. If you can play in Seattle on a Sunday then Jacksonville on a Thursday, there's no reason why you can't play in London one Sunday and America the Sunday after. A far bigger problem for a franchise would be organising it so that the London team weren't totally exhausted from their eight trips to the US each season. I suspect even a London team would probably train in the US and the players would live there. They'd probably only travel to London themselves for the games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Entirely possible. The closest I can think of is Anzhi Makakhala (sp?) who live and train in Moscow but fly into war-torn Dagestan for every home game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just to provide a little clarity on the matter of the Standing Bowl: There will be no participation in the Standing Bowl from any UK based teams for as long as I am Commish. Hope this sets everyone's mind at ease. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Well you do like to oppress folk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 7 hours ago, Spain said: I suspect even a London team would probably train in the US and the players would live there. They'd probably only travel to London themselves for the games. That would a real possibility. One alternative would be to have one training base in the UK for home games and another in the US for away games. The schedule could have two home games followed by two away games to minimise travelling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Hope they go 0-16 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 41 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: That would a real possibility. One alternative would be to have one training base in the UK for home games and another in the US for away games. The schedule could have two home games followed by two away games to minimise travelling. Not a bad idea. Because lets be honest, the NFL season itself is pretty short so they'd only really need to be in London for 8 weeks of the year (excluding any promo stuff and any potential playoff games). Basing themselves largely in the US and only coming over when needed will help them from losing out on top players that wouldn't want to move all the way over here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 5 minutes ago, Spain said: Not a bad idea. Because lets be honest, the NFL season itself is pretty short so they'd only really need to be in London for 8 weeks of the year (excluding any promo stuff and any potential playoff games). Basing themselves largely in the US and only coming over when needed will help them from losing out on top players that wouldn't want to move all the way over here. That's logical. The players and staff would not need to live in the UK. They would only come to London for the home games. Pre-season training could take place in the US. The only question is whether such a set-up would have an adverse effect on fan support and loyalty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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