NBC want two English games to be played in USA

Centurions said:
The Americans seem to move entire teams between cities at the drop of a hat so I'm not sure their wishes come into it either.
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I can think of at least six NFL franchises that have moved cities.

Baltimore Colts to Indianapolis. Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. St Louis Cardinals to Arizona. San Diego Chargers to L. A. The Rams moved from Los Angeles to St Louis and back again, the the Raiders are now in their third city, Las Vegas, after moving from Oakland to L. A. and back to Oakland.

And that’s just off the top of my head.
 
Centurions said:
The Americans seem to move entire teams between cities at the drop of a hat so I'm not sure their wishes come into it either.
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And when you read some of the stories behind moves, they are pretty grim.

People mocked Jim Ratcliffe for talking about Government money for Old Trafford. In the US, their would be cities throwing taxpayers' money at him to get the club to move. He'd be happily slagging off Andy Burnham and Trafford Council, accusing them of not being ambitious enough, while some other city hocked themselves into hundreds of millions of debt to persuade Man United to move.

When you consider the distances involved in the US, if a club moves, then there's usually no chance for the fans to still watch. That's their team gone.

And the winning city? If they don't keep pandering to the billionaire, they'll just move again.
 
bluenova said:
And when you read some of the stories behind moves, they are pretty grim.

People mocked Jim Ratcliffe for talking about Government money for Old Trafford. In the US, their would be cities throwing taxpayers' money at him to get the club to move. He'd be happily slagging off Andy Burnham and Trafford Council, accusing them of not being ambitious enough, while some other city hocked themselves into hundreds of millions of debt to persuade Man United to move.

When you consider the distances involved in the US, if a club moves, then there's usually no chance for the fans to still watch. That's their team gone.

And the winning city? If they don't keep pandering to the billionaire, they'll just move again.
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One of my favourite examples of this is the Carolina Panthers, which received millions from the local and state government to build their (now aging) stadium.

Once that was done, they helped pioneer something called a Personal Seat License (PSLs) as a precursor to their season ticket offering. That required fans to buy a PSL to secure their right to purchase season tickets for specific seats.

So when all was said and done, the fans had paid for their seat three times.
 
Just play the Charity Shield over there. It would reignite interest in it and the winner gets to lift a trophy - the Yanks would love it. The FA and Premier League should have been on board with this years ago.
As for league matches - fuck off!
 
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