Home field advantage

[Greg F]

I only did one thing for home field advantage.  Instead of a coin flip, I use a 20 sided dice.  1-11 goes to home team.  12-20 goes to away team.

So, that’d 55% instead of 50%.
 

I do make 5 European games like the NFL just for the fun if it.  Those go to coin flip.

Obviously, SuperBowl will be a coin flip.

[Greg F]

Actually, I gave Jacksonville a 51.2% home fiend advantage in London since they play there at least once a year in real life.  This year twice in London in real life.  😁

[nefgm.org]

I really think eventually Jacksonville may move to London. I also believe the next expansion in the NFL will be to Europe. The NFL and American Football is very popular in Europe and every year they are adding more games played in Europe.

[Greg F]

9 hours ago, nefgm.org said:

I really think eventually Jacksonville may move to London. I also believe the next expansion in the NFL will be to Europe. The NFL and American Football is very popular in Europe and every year they are adding more games played in Europe.

I agree

[Greg F]

11 hours ago, nefgm.org said:

I really think eventually Jacksonville may move to London. I also believe the next expansion in the NFL will be to Europe. The NFL and American Football is very popular in Europe and every year they are adding more games played in Europe.

Too much revenue for the NFL to turn down 

[Daryl Collins]

I’m to the point where whatever the NFL does doesn’t concern me whatsoever. I’ll keep up with the NFL because I’ve done so for 50+ years. My favorite years of focus and what I tend to number my teams by are all pre-2000. 

[Terry43]

On 10/5/2023 at 8:39 AM, nefgm.org said:

I really think eventually Jacksonville may move to London. I also believe the next expansion in the NFL will be to Europe. The NFL and American Football is very popular in Europe and every year they are adding more games played in Europe.

Shahid Rafiq Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League, founded in 1879, they are London's oldest professional football club. Khan is also co-owner of the American wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling(AEW), 

Khan is a U.S. citizen so I don't think he will move the Jaguars to London, but he does own the British version of football which is played without pads.

American football may be popular in Europe, but not profitable. Remember NFL Europa? NFL Europa gave us Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme but ultimately NFL Europa failed. "On July 29, 2007, less than a week after World Bowl XV, the NFL announced the closure of NFL Europa. The league had been losing a reported US$30 million a year, and the NFL had decided to shift their strategy in marketing football abroad towards holding NFL regular-season games outside the United States." Wikipedia

I believe the real obstacle to American Football in Europe is soccer. Soccer already has international prominence and in the United States it is becoming more and more popular. Boys and girls can play soccer and soccer doesn't require expensive equipment. In the park across from my house I see 3- and 4-year olds learning to play. It's actually quite funny to watch them kick a soccer ball. The ball kinda of bounces them back. 😃

Finally, the NFL is starting to resemble AEW and WWE. 😪

That's okay. I agree with Daryl.

8 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

My favorite years of focus and what I tend to number my teams by are all pre-2000. 

Enjoy the Journey   T43   ⚡🏈♾️

[nefgm.org]

7 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

I’m to the point where whatever the NFL does doesn’t concern me whatsoever. I’ll keep up with the NFL because I’ve done so for 50+ years. My favorite years of focus and what I tend to number my teams by are all pre-2000. 

Daryl, I am with you. I watch very little NFL anymore. The only team I ever give very much concern to are the Titans and then only after the regular season starts. I don't get all caught up in the draft or the preseason. 

Because I grew up in the 1960's and 70's, that is the only era of professional football that I have extensively studied the history of. It is the era of the pre-merger AFL and NFL and the era of the WFL. My favorite solitaire leagues are composed of the teams and the rosters of this era.

It is also the era of electric football and Tudor Games that brings back my fondest memories of the playing the game.  

[nefgm.org]

Did not realize Khan was a co-owner of All Elite Wrestling. My youngest stepson works for the production company that produces all of the AEW shows. He is the creator of all the cool videos and graphics that they use in their productions. 

[Greg F]

14 hours ago, Terry43 said:

Shahid Rafiq Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League, founded in 1879, they are London's oldest professional football club. Khan is also co-owner of the American wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling(AEW), 

Khan is a U.S. citizen so I don't think he will move the Jaguars to London, but he does own the British version of football which is played without pads.

American football may be popular in Europe, but not profitable. Remember NFL Europa? NFL Europa gave us Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme but ultimately NFL Europa failed. "On July 29, 2007, less than a week after World Bowl XV, the NFL announced the closure of NFL Europa. The league had been losing a reported US$30 million a year, and the NFL had decided to shift their strategy in marketing football abroad towards holding NFL regular-season games outside the United States." Wikipedia

I believe the real obstacle to American Football in Europe is soccer. Soccer already has international prominence and in the United States it is becoming more and more popular. Boys and girls can play soccer and soccer doesn't require expensive equipment. In the park across from my house I see 3- and 4-year olds learning to play. It's actually quite funny to watch them kick a soccer ball. The ball kinda of bounces them back. 😃

Finally, the NFL is starting to resemble AEW and WWE. 😪

That's okay. I agree with Daryl.

Enjoy the Journey   T43   ⚡🏈♾️

I understand what you’re saying, but NFL Europe was a minor league program.  Only my opinion, but I think there is a lot of money to be made in London off the real deal NFL.  
 

I went to one Arena League game and one USFL game.  I didn’t want to go back.  I’d have mostly likely felt the sand about NFL Europe

[Greg F]

14 hours ago, Terry43 said:

Shahid Rafiq Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League, founded in 1879, they are London's oldest professional football club. Khan is also co-owner of the American wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling(AEW), 

Khan is a U.S. citizen so I don't think he will move the Jaguars to London, but he does own the British version of football which is played without pads.

American football may be popular in Europe, but not profitable. Remember NFL Europa? NFL Europa gave us Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme but ultimately NFL Europa failed. "On July 29, 2007, less than a week after World Bowl XV, the NFL announced the closure of NFL Europa. The league had been losing a reported US$30 million a year, and the NFL had decided to shift their strategy in marketing football abroad towards holding NFL regular-season games outside the United States." Wikipedia

I believe the real obstacle to American Football in Europe is soccer. Soccer already has international prominence and in the United States it is becoming more and more popular. Boys and girls can play soccer and soccer doesn't require expensive equipment. In the park across from my house I see 3- and 4-year olds learning to play. It's actually quite funny to watch them kick a soccer ball. The ball kinda of bounces them back. 😃

Finally, the NFL is starting to resemble AEW and WWE. 😪

That's okay. I agree with Daryl.

Enjoy the Journey   T43   ⚡🏈♾️

Do you mean that you think it’s scripted?  I sometimes feel that way lol

[Terry43]

14 hours ago, Greg F said:

Do you mean that you think it’s scripted?

I don't believe that... Yet. Have you watched Good Morning Football on the NFL channel? That's what I mean. I don't watch Monday Night Football anymore because the ESPN announcers have the same 'carnival' persona as WWE.

I do find it interesting that the NFL released a commercial where the tagline was, "You can't make this stuff up."

Maybe the owners are feeling a bit guilty.

Enjoy the Journey   T43   ⚡🏈♾️

[Daryl Collins]

I refused to believe there was no Jolly Fatman before I was ten. Then I chose to believe again later on. I don’t believe the NFL is scripted but then I see a game like the Saints return to the Super Dome. Hmmmm. I’m a lot like Chris. My NFL was a long time ago, and I dearly hold to those memories. BTW. RIP Dick Butkus. He was part of MY NFL.

I just heard the Chiefs referred to as the Swifties.

Yall chew on that one for a minute.
 

[Terry43]

2 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

RIP Dick Butkus.

I too would rather wrestle a grizzly bear than be tackled by Dick Butkus. RIP

2 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

the Swifties

I'd say the name is Taylor-made for the Chiefs. 😉

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