06-13-2015, 04:23 PM
(06-13-2015, 03:39 PM)Aquapod770 Wrote: While I think it's a cool idea the travel might be a bit much. East coast teams wouldn't have that far to go, but if a west coast team had to travel there it's almost half way around the world. Huge home field advantage. Maybe have the London team play all 8 home games in a row and play all away games in a row, so they wouldn't have to travel back and forth every week.
But then one has to consider the advantage of playing 8 straight home games and the disadvantage of playing 8 straight away games. Fans complain about 3 game road stretches. The logistics of the NFL schedule as is is a monster in of it's own, imagine with a team across the pond. It all boggles the mind.
I think that a franchise in London will happen eventually. I don't think it's a great idea though. I think that first on the list would be Canada, maybe Mexico. The distance is a lot. Not even for scheduling purposes but for the players and their families. I'm sure the schedule could be figured out, especially if an 18-game, two bye-week schedule came into effect with expansion teams.
