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RE: Chargers dispute report on possible move to London
(11-07-2019 05:58 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Going from zero to four teams in England all at once seems like biting off too much.

Also seems like it would be a big risk of a multi-billion dollar investment to be the first owner to move an NFL team to London full time. The billionaire US sports owners who have bought big Premier League teams haven't stepped up to say they want to own an NFL team over there -- maybe because owning Arsenal, Manchester United, or Liverpool is far more of a sure thing than being the NFL's guinea pig in London.

You're correct. The major soccer clubs over there are much more effective and safe investments.

I guess when I talk about the billionaire mindset, I'm looking at it from an aggregate point of view. The club of owners will get together and decide it needs to be done. When it comes to who gets to be the guinea pig then I don't expect anyone to raise their own hand.

I suspect that the NFL will end up expanding if they decide to pursue Europe. Rather than forcing one of their own to leap across the ocean, they will throw a carrot out to see if anyone not already in the club would like to take the risk. That way they can collect expansion fees and let someone else take the risk...perhaps foreign investors that might have a better grasp on the particular market anyway.

While I wouldn't expect 4 new teams in England, I don't think 2 new teams in London would be out of the question.

Nonetheless, if they consider travel to be a concern then expanding by 4 or even 2 would reduce the frequency of travel for everyone including the franchises in England. They could actually have a few domestic trips and it would be less of a burden on everyone.
11-07-2019 10:10 PM
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