What do you all think about the NFL going international with regular season games?

[MikeO]

Sweet!!! in 2006 The phins are gonna play a game in Cuba I heard. LMAO, naw, seriously I think the idea is STUPID, and I'd be awefully pissed if that happened to the fins, Oh, and what happens to the people with seasons tickets??? Do they get a ticket for that game???

NO. they just pay for a 7-home game season instead of 8. No big deal

 

[larfo2224]

Keep the regular season games in the U.S. Home field advantage is a big plus and should not be given away for even 1 game over a 16 game season.

 

[yankeehillbilly]

Yes some of the local businesses may suffer, butabout 85 - 90% of the attendance of a home game is people who live in the city that don't need to stay in a hotel, eat out at a restaraunt and will spend the majority of their $$ @ the stadium. Think about the tax dollars spent on crowd control, traffic, and security envolved with just one game. Also think about the number of people going to sports bars and like establishments to enjoy the game. If an extra 25,000 - 50,000 seats can be sold at higher prices to people in those other cities than that is income the NFL and gets redistributed to the teams and then back to each local economy.

The profit and loss for the local economy would just about even out, but the $$ earned for the league and exposure would be very valuable to the sport as a whole. Just my opinion though...

Unfortunatly Paul (DUMBA$$) Tabgli??? ( however you spell his name ) will ultamitelly decide and he will probably base it on whichever way he can possibly benefit the most. He makes some STUPID decisions about the league...

Either way its a loss for the home city. If you are correct, and 85-90% of the people at the game are residents of the city (WAY high IMO) then you are depriving some 60000-70000 people of the opportunity to see their home team play. If the number of actual city residents at the game is much lower, then you are depriving the city and its businesses of an enormous amount of income.
Playing regular season games in a non-NFL stadium may be more profitable for the league but it would be a major loss for the NFL cities.

 

[BlitPhinFan]

Either way its a loss for the home city. If you are correct, and 85-90% of the people at the game are residents of the city (WAY high IMO) then you are depriving some 60000-70000 people of the opportunity to see their home team play. If the number of actual city residents at the game is much lower, then you are depriving the city and its businesses of an enormous amount of income.
Playing regular season games in a non-NFL stadium may be more profitable for the league but it would be a major loss for the NFL cities.

:yeahthat:

Well stated. There are workers, believe it or not, that come to count on the jobs that those venues create to help make ends meet. They don't get paid a salary, but hourly. Not to mention, even if it's the locals attending, the buisinesses in the area around the stadium have one less game that attracts those people to the area to spend thier money(how many do you actually think live next to the stadium and visit the businesses to purchase goods everyday). It definitely affects the local economy. It may not put them under, but it does affect them.

 

[nicksaban rules]

i don't like it screw mexico and there people.