06-14-2015, 02:46 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.
Having another TV window to show games at 9:30 am ET in the US would be very enticing to NFL team owners. I enjoyed watching the Falcons vs. Lions last year in the morning.
Maybe they could have stretches of 3 games, 3 games and 2 games on the road during the year. Also, they could have a home base in the U.S. during those road swings where they could practice between road games without flying all the way back. The travel isn't as overwhelming when you consider that the east coast to London is about the same as Miami or Tampa Bay to Seattle.
I wouldn't mind seeing Jacksonville move there since they seem to be the de facto NFL international team right now. If they have enough interest to sellout the Buffalo/Jacksonville game months in advance, a franchise is likely within 5-10 years.
