NFL Reportedly Considering Regular-Season Games in China, Germany

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by English:
I didn't know the Chinese were into football? They will probably knock it off quickly, albeit poorly and do it a lot cheaper.

FTFY.

Originally posted by NeeJ49er:
I hate this to be honest ...., it robs teams and fans of a home game, puts players safety at risk, especially with all this terrorist $hit going on ...the NFL has all the money, how much more money do they need?? ... this is Just plain greedy IMO

Agreed!

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Not cool for 2 reasons

1. The travel
2. Lose a home game

Question about this. Why would a team have to lose a home game? I have been saying this ever since teams had games in Mexico and London. Why does a team have to lose a home game? Why couldnt the game count as away games for both teams? There is literally nothing that prevents this, unless there is some massive oversight that I am missing.

Maybe the visiting team calling the coin toss really is a huge deal?

I haven't drawn it up, but it affects the rest of the NFL schedule. It has to be in balance. If you call both sides away games then you're saying they both get 8 upcoming home games. Somewhere in the league there is a missing away team game that would not be able to fill one of those home games. Each game has to count as home for one and away for the other for the schedule to balance.

Originally posted by 94949er:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Not cool for 2 reasons

1. The travel
2. Lose a home game

Question about this. Why would a team have to lose a home game? I have been saying this ever since teams had games in Mexico and London. Why does a team have to lose a home game? Why couldnt the game count as away games for both teams? There is literally nothing that prevents this, unless there is some massive oversight that I am missing.

Maybe the visiting team calling the coin toss really is a huge deal?

I haven't drawn it up, but it affects the rest of the NFL schedule. It has to be in balance. If you call both sides away games then you're saying they both get 8 upcoming home games. Somewhere in the league there is a missing away team game that would not be able to fill one of those home games. Each game has to count as home for one and away for the other for the schedule to balance.

Yup. In an NFL season, there are 16 weeks * 16 matchups of H - A.
If there is just one London game and both are away (A - A), that means there is one extra A and one less H. Some team is going to get robbed of a home game. Multiple London games that are A-A will just mean more teams get robbed of a home game.

Personally i am against this, for multiple reasons, plenty of them already named.

I just don't see why they need to do this, keep this sport here,

there's already only 16 games, only 8 at home, if one of those has be in another Country with a matchup i want to go see, well so much for that game,

i already hate the London match ups that we've been on. it's so dumb.

Originally posted by zonkers:

Originally posted by 94949er:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Not cool for 2 reasons

1. The travel
2. Lose a home game

Question about this. Why would a team have to lose a home game? I have been saying this ever since teams had games in Mexico and London. Why does a team have to lose a home game? Why couldnt the game count as away games for both teams? There is literally nothing that prevents this, unless there is some massive oversight that I am missing.

Maybe the visiting team calling the coin toss really is a huge deal?

I haven't drawn it up, but it affects the rest of the NFL schedule. It has to be in balance. If you call both sides away games then you're saying they both get 8 upcoming home games. Somewhere in the league there is a missing away team game that would not be able to fill one of those home games. Each game has to count as home for one and away for the other for the schedule to balance.

Yup. In an NFL season, there are 16 weeks * 16 matchups of H - A.
If there is just one London game and both are away (A - A), that means there is one extra A and one less H. Some team is going to get robbed of a home game. Multiple London games that are A-A will just mean more teams get robbed of a home game.

Once again, maybe I am just missing something.....but I dont see how a team is going to be robbed of a home game.

Lets assume we have 2 international games, meaning 4 teams would participate. (H = home game, A = away game, I = international game)

Team 1 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 2 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 3 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 4 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I

That would give each of the 4 participating teams 8 home games, 7 away games and 1 international game. All other 28 teams have 8 home games and 8 away games.

Again, what am I missing here?

There are a lot of great Chinese athletes, imagine this on the football field

Originally posted by NorthBay49er:

There are a lot of great Chinese athletes, imagine this on the football field

CGI is banned

Cuba should be 1st

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by zonkers:

Originally posted by 94949er:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Not cool for 2 reasons

1. The travel
2. Lose a home game

Question about this. Why would a team have to lose a home game? I have been saying this ever since teams had games in Mexico and London. Why does a team have to lose a home game? Why couldnt the game count as away games for both teams? There is literally nothing that prevents this, unless there is some massive oversight that I am missing.

Maybe the visiting team calling the coin toss really is a huge deal?

I haven't drawn it up, but it affects the rest of the NFL schedule. It has to be in balance. If you call both sides away games then you're saying they both get 8 upcoming home games. Somewhere in the league there is a missing away team game that would not be able to fill one of those home games. Each game has to count as home for one and away for the other for the schedule to balance.

Yup. In an NFL season, there are 16 weeks * 16 matchups of H - A.
If there is just one London game and both are away (A - A), that means there is one extra A and one less H. Some team is going to get robbed of a home game. Multiple London games that are A-A will just mean more teams get robbed of a home game.

Once again, maybe I am just missing something.....but I dont see how a team is going to be robbed of a home game.

Lets assume we have 2 international games, meaning 4 teams would participate. (H = home game, A = away game, I = international game)

Team 1 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 2 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 3 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 4 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I

That would give each of the 4 participating teams 8 home games, 7 away games and 1 international game. All other 28 teams have 8 home games and 8 away games.

Again, what am I missing here?

I think there needs to be an equal number of H's and A's. If an H is hosting, someone needs an A slot to show up.
H = someone coming to your house to play
A = will be going to some other team's house to play
I = out of country

Team 1 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 2 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 3 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I
Team 4 - H H H H H H H H A A A A A A A I

In this case, there are four extra H's. There needs to be four slots for an away team (A) to come play at their home stadium.



In a 16-game season, 7 home, 7 away, 2 international would work, but then that gets into season ticket stuff.

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by NorthBay49er:
There are a lot of great Chinese athletes, imagine this on the football field

CGI is banned

I'm down if we get a Sumo out of it

Originally posted by NinerDreamer11:
Personally i am against this, for multiple reasons, plenty of them already named.

I just don't see why they need to do this, keep this sport here,

there's already only 16 games, only 8 at home, if one of those has be in another Country with a matchup i want to go see, well so much for that game,

i already hate the London match ups that we've been on. it's so dumb.

This. The NFL has been trying this for years and it's just a ploy to make money.

If Germany, Japan and China care about American football they should make their own leagues.

Originally posted by English:
Germans are huge supporters of the NFL and deserve something. I didn't know the Chinese were into football? They will probably pick it up quickly and do it a lot cheaper.

With more than a billion people in the country, even what would be considered as "unsuccessful" in the US could be considered "highly successful" in China. If the US captures even a portion of the percentage of fans in the US, we're talking billions of dollars.

Lmao China don't care about the NFL