On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:38 AM, JW <[email protected]> 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 reason the NFL is considering a London Superbowl is to drum up interest in the NFL in advance of a Euro-expansion. Whatever they lose from non-prime time television in the US and less glad handing of corporate sponsors in warm-weather locations would be counted as an investment in the expansion. I don't think they will do it, because I don't see Europe as having anywhere near the upside potential for the NFL that it has for the NBA (as Adam points out elsewhere). But I am sure there are powerful people in the NFL office who are convinced there is a way to make it happen. -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
