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10-16-2007, 03:43 PM
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NFL Commissioner: A Super Bowl in England?
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- A future NFL champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.
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"There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that."
The commissioner said London's Wembley Stadium would make a great candidate for American pro football's biggest matchup, given the opening of the stadium's lastest incarnation and enthusiasm overseas for the game.
The NFL has been expanding its overseas presence for years by televising games around the world. It's held preseason games in numerous countries in Europe, Asia, Mexico and Canada, and in 2005, the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers played the first regular-season match outside the U.S.
The game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City drew the league's largest crowd to date, 103,467.
On Oct. 28, Wembley will host the first regular-season NFL game outside North America. It took just 90 minutes to sell the first 40,000 tickets for the game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants. Goodell said event organizers have sold 95,000 tickets in all.
Goodell spoke about the possibility of a British Super Bowl after a luncheon Monday in Scottsdale sponsored by the host committee for the 2008 Super Bowl in Arizona.
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I didn't know it was so popular outside the US. Can you imagine the uproar that would happen? |
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10-16-2007, 05:33 PM
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I see it going over about as well as CFL-USA.
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10-16-2007, 11:02 PM
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Wow, such an American event being held in england. This would be preposterous.
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10-17-2007, 02:09 PM
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I was like WTF when I heard about it. Nothing against Engalnd, its just what the hells man up with that. The closest team we have to Engand is New England lol. It would make it much harder for home team fans to go and show support. Its just a weird idea all around imo.
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10-20-2007, 11:54 PM
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there is no reason why the superbowl should go to europe. it is like the soccer cup or wat ever it is called came to america for it's championship. no one would really care they would just go because it is the championship and wouldn't car who won or not except the die heart soccer fans.
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10-21-2007, 12:00 AM
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It's not like a whole lot of regular people go to the Super Bowl anyways, so I don't think it would really matter.
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