NFL Confirms Talks to Hold Super Bowl in London

FoxNews ^ | Friday, April 24, 2009

[Joiseydude]

A senior NFL official confirmed that 'substantive talks' have been held with London officials about holding the Super Bowl abroad, the BBC reported Friday.

[Joiseydude]

WTF!?!?!?

[Slapshot68]

Maybe they should start with the Pro Bowl instead.

[theDentist]

this was reported 5 or 6 months ago... Same time they reported they wanted to hold the pro-Bowl before the Superbowl to attract more attention. Frankly, both ideas are stupid.

[BerniesFriend]

wow..super bowl sunday at around noon..great idea..or maybe they can start the game in London around 11pm at nite to keep our early evening start time here in the states..actually..I remember when the super bowl was played in the early afternoon..been over 35 years ago..so who knows..

[Mark319]

I really don’t think this would go over well with the American fans.

[Viking2002]

Double WTF?!?!?!? Kee-rist, not that I'll ever have a chance to attend a Super Bowl, but now they're outsourcing one of our most American quasi-holidays? Blasphemy!

[dfwgator]

Cool, does that mean we can hold the FA Cup Final in the US?

[Lets Be Frank]

That just isn’t right.

[a fool in paradise]

This is some stretch just to get a British half time show.

[Currentriverrat]

Sounds like something zero would come up with.

[dfwgator]

This is some stretch just to get a British half time show.

Too bad Benny Hill is no longer with us.

[Crimson Elephant]

I think it is stupid, but on the other hand, the Super Bowl is so corporate now anyway....does it really matter? Unless a hardcore fanbase gets into the game, how many fans of that team actually go?

Of course, the way luck goes, they would probably wind up with a Cowboys vs Steelers Super Bowl and there would be endless stories of how 30,000 fans can’t go.

If it were, say, Arizona vs San Diego though?

[rbg81]

Sounds like something zero would come up with.

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Yup—he had a “talk” with the NFL commish. Surprised it isn’t being held in Paris, Havana, or Tehran.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Or Freddy Mercury.

[a fool in paradise]

He’s AGAINST us?!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

Dude what is Jane Skinner’s husband thinking?

[massgopguy]

The Islamic insurgency taking over the UK will protest the use of a “Pig Skin”. They will be...................OUTRAGED!

[brownsfan]

I long for the days when the NFL championship was held in one of the team’s home stadium.

The NFL is all about money, just ask any Browns fan. We were taught that lesson in 1995.

I don’t care if they hold the SB on the moon. The Browns won’t make it in my lifetime, and the NFL is getting tiresome. More of a college fan now.

[Leg Olam]

Whats next? The World Series in Kathmandu?

[trisham]

What? This is outrageous.