Super Bowl may someday be held in London

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Super Bowl may someday be held in London 

Post#1 » by Posey H8er » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:55 pm

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A future Super Bowl champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.

"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 new Wembley Stadium would make a great candidate for pro football's biggest matchup, given the 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 United States.
The game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City drew the league's largest crowd to date, 103,467.


I like the idea of expanding the game internationally, but I don't know about a Super Bowl yet. But, that stadium is freaking huge.

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Post#2 » by jumanji » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:45 pm

We've outsourced everything else why not the Superbowl?
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Post#3 » by El Turco » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:54 pm

not gonna happen due to timezones. great stadium btw, i ve been to old wembley and it was remarkable.
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Post#4 » by Monkeyfeng06 » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:22 am

bad idea.
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Post#5 » by JaxMagic » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:27 am

It would make for an interesting episode of America's Game.
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Post#6 » by WEFFPIM » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:20 am

jumanji wrote:We've outsourced everything else why not the Superbowl?


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