London Super Bowl?

4:15 pm EST May 6th, 2009 | Sports | 6 Comments

If that’s even a remote possibility, the NFL should be boycotted.

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6 Responses to “London Super Bowl?”

  1. jr says:
    May 6, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I’m sick of the NFL’s “we’re international!” bs

  2. SpiderJ says:
    May 6, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    I can’t afford the ticket to see it live anyway. Why would I care if it happens in London?

  3. David says:
    May 6, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    If London can’t host the Superbowl, then the winners of the Superbowl can’t call themselves ‘World Champions’.

  4. ed says:
    May 6, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    If London can’t host the Superbowl, then the winners of the Superbowl can’t call themselves ‘World Champions’.

    Really? Who’s gonna stop ‘em? You?

  5. Dirty Davey says:
    May 7, 2009 at 10:42 am

    The stupidest thing is that no one seems to take the time zone thing seriously. The current SB start time–6:30 eastern–has evolved to maximize ratings with the Sunday-night time slot.

    6:30PM eastern is 11:30PM in London. You can’t start a game at 11:30PM local time.

    Given the way the earlier rounds of the playoffs have shifted from 12:30PM/4PM games to 4PM/8PM games, I can only assume that the ratings advantage of a later start time is measurable and known to the networks.

    (The article suggests a 3:30 eastern start time, but that would be 12:30 pacific–which I assume the NFL would really like to avoid. With a 6PM ET start, you can run a six-hour pre-game… I can guarantee that if three hours were shifted from pre-game to post-game, the post-game ratings and ad revenue would be MUCH lower. And that ignores the lower west-coast ratings from the earlier start.)

  6. Soapoint Graphics says:
    May 15, 2009 at 3:26 am

    I agree with you as well. I understand that the NFL is trying to become a global league, however, NFL Europe was not a success, so why would we take the biggest game of the NFL season there. I also agree with the above post with the time difference and lower ratings.