NFL commissioner Roger Goodell continues to talk favorably about London, apparently with eyes toward eventually having an NFL franchise in jolly old England in the not too distant future. CBS Sports' Jason LaCanfora speculates that that franchise could eventually be the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are scheduled to face the San Francisco 49ers in Wembley Stadium this year. The Jaguars are in a small market, and in the past have had issues with ticket sales, though that has greatly stabilized over the past couple of years. Still, they are third banana in their own home state, and have often been mentioned as a prime candidate for a move, even in the speculation of relocating a team to Los Angeles. Moving an NFL team to London would be a bold move, whether it is the Jaguars or anyone else. Source: National Football Post
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' yep, they have been my prime suspect since goodell first hinted that he would like a team there. from a geographic standpoint, the London team would make more sense in one of the East divisions of the league, though. Indy, Tenn, and Houston have to travel an extra 1000 miles to get to London every year than the teams in the Northeast part of the country. If they do this, I know it would be weird, but it would almost make sense to flip-flop divisions with the dolphins and the london jaguars. speaking of which, does something like this need to be approved by the NFLPA ? I know the players do not even like the one game a year travel to England. What if there were 8 games a year there? And think about the total mileage that the london team would be traveling. geez, they would be in a constant state of jet lag throughout the entire season.
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' You raise a lot of important questions, things I think will obviously make it a really rocky, unpopular move..
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' I've gotta think they'd do something like big blocks of games at home to alleviate that, maybe even all 8 in one run and then stay stateside for 8? That would be crazy but I can't see them hopping the pond every other week or two, as you said, the jetlag would be murderous.
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' Imagne how many bonus-miles they will collect. Godell will never have to pay for a flight again, if they all will be added to his account :icon_mrgreen:
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' That would definitely help. At the very least, like you say, do 4/4/4/4 and make sure their bye is during one of their return trips back to England since eastward travel is typically worse with the jet lag. they could have their practice facility in london when they are playing games over there and then have a U.S. practice facility when they are over here, positioned somewhere close to their division rivals for less travel.
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' Not to mention a young draft pick gets selected and "shipped" to London...where they have basically no family and no "support" group because of it.
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Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' eh, owners have changed their minds many times in the past. especially considering goodell would probably encourage an owner to move their team to London by offering to give them some extra league money to do so. i hope they don't expand in order to do this. i think 32 teams is plenty.
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' For some young players, it would be better if they didn't have their support group around :icon_wink:
Re: Speculation Increases That The Jags Could Be The 'London Team' Was more of a "rolling my eyes at that thread" than anything else...
