On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:38 AM, JW <redbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Once the NFL finds a way to get a team back into LA, they'll be > looking at small markets in the U.S., while billions of non-Americans > are out there to potentially buy tickets and jerseys and watch games > on television. I don't know that an overseas Super Bowl will work, > given the value to American television of a game that starts at their > preferred time. And I suspect that without local teams, a Super Bowl > in London will work as well as an FA Cup final would in the States. >
The English Premier League has 38 games a season - 19 home and away games in a league of 20 teams. Everyone plays everyone twice. A year or two ago there was a serious plan to introduce a 39th game which would take place simultaneously around the world in a number of global locations. The idea was that no club would lose valuable revenue by giving up a home fixture, and the growing popularity of the game around the world could be milked as the NFL (as well as the NHL and NBA) has been trying to do. Teams would obviously end up playing one other team a third time in a season, and not all teams are equal. I can't tell you how much opposition from all sides of the game there was to the idea. It died in flames like no other idea before it. So it's back to pre-season tours and nothing more. Adam -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
