London game not fair to Washington fans near Cincinnati

[BengalFanInNJ]

(10-24-2016, 03:07 AM)BengalYankee Wrote: In fact, wtf is the NFL doing when it schedules an AFC vs NFC game overseas???

A team from an opposing conference gets to play a home game once every eight years against the opposing conference.

For instance, the Redskins visit Cincinnati every eight years, this year instead of the game being played in Cincinnati, the game is played in London. That is ridiculous, because people[Redskin fans] who were willing to visit Paul Brown Stadium to see their Redskins play the Bengals are shut out. There are fans of the Redskins that live near Paul Brown Stadium that were waiting years to see their team play here`rather then in London. It would be like me living in the NY area wanting to see the Bengals play the Giants after eight years since the Bengals played the Giants in NY, only to have the game played in London instead. Who the $%&# schedules these games. I understand a division rivalry or even teams from the same conference, because you have a good chance of playing the same conference team soon. But two teams from opposing conferences is unacceptable.
Consider any Bengal moving to a city where the NFL team is a NFC team eg. Atlanta, you would be shut out if the game in Atlanta [Bengals @ Atlanta] was played overseas. Luckily, I can see the Bengals play @ the Jets in NY, or else, I would only be able to see the Bengals in NY, once every eight years unless they played their game in London, then it's once every sixteen years!!!!

First off, they would play the Giants and Jets in New Jersey. The only team New York has are the Bills

Secondly, Goodell et. al. no longer care about the fan in the United States. The NFL wants to go out and make more $ globally and will sell out Americans to do so. They already have us deep in their pockets.

Lastly, you make a good point about the games they decide to play outside of the US. However, if the NFL HAS to put games in other countries, putting teams from different conferences against each other that rarely play each other is the way to go. There is no way they will put the Bengals-Steelers, Pats-Jets, Giants-Eagles, Bears-Packers, etc. in London.

I agree with you that it sucks for a guy who is a fan of an outside team that misses a chance to see his team play locally. Hell, I was that guy for 30 years being a Bengal fan born an raised in New Jersey, so I guess I would be pissed to miss a Bengals-Giants game because it would be played in London. I'm surprised they don't take the team with the worst home attendance and make them play in London the following year.