NFL approves deal to play games outside US

[ice grillin you]

yous are making way to much sense

[Father Demon]

Somehow, when this happens, the three-week stretch of games for the Eagles will look like this:

MNF @ Seattle
Sunday game in Germany
Saturday game @Arizona

[ice grillin you]

was just reading an article on this plan and found out a few noteworthy items

--each team will be able to protect one game on its schedule that cannot be played out of the country

--division games cannot be played outside the country unless both teams consent

--teams playing these games would have home games the week prior and bye weeks the week after

[PhillyPhreak54]

I think its stupid.

Pre-season games = fine

I hope the Eagles don't have to do that stuff.

[henchmanUK]

why take regular season games international?  they wouldnt know a preseason game from a reg season game!/quote]

This is exactly why there are no international pre-season games played in Europe any more, because the hard core fans do know the difference between a pre-season and regular season game. One of the reasons why NFL Europe was junked in Britain (particularly London) was because NFL fans here considered it second-rate. I'll admit I'd be pissed if I was an Eagles fan in the States or a season ticket holder and you are all right when you say money is the issue, that goes without saying. All the other major North American sports have mass appeal overseas apart from the NFL and they want a piece of the pie too, I'm assuming. Whether there will be enough overall interest, especially in London, for it to be justified is another matter.

[ice grillin you]

I hope the Eagles don't have to do that stuff.

its not if its when

[Seabiscuit36]

If i remember correctly it seemed like the Eagles had a strong following of fans from europe during the SB.  Obviously hte coverage for the eagles was everywhere leading up to the game and i watched more football related tv than i had in my life, but I can see the Birds playing in the UK over any other countries. 

[phattymatty]

i'm cool with an international tailgate.  i don't see the problem here.

[mussa]

this is stupid. I can understand if football was like basketball or baseball with alot of games, but this is ridiculous.  wonder what the players think? I mean who cares what they think...they make millions

[Father Demon]

If i remember correctly it seemed like the Eagles had a strong following of fans from europe during the SB.  Obviously hte coverage for the eagles was everywhere leading up to the game and i watched more football related tv than i had in my life, but I can see the Birds playing in the UK over any other countries. 

I remember during the Super Bowl buil-up, one English writer compared Eagles fans to the Manchester United fans.  And he came to the conclusion that the MU fans were less vile.

[Seabiscuit36]

Watching Euro Trip, I did feel like the MU fans were related to us somehow

[Feva]

was just reading an article on this plan and found out a few noteworthy items

--each team will be able to protect one game on its schedule that cannot be played out of the country

--division games cannot be played outside the country unless both teams consent

--teams playing these games would have home games the week prior and bye weeks the week after

That's huge.

One of my biggest worries for the Eagles having to travel out of the country was being caught in a short week or against a strong opponent the next week.  At least this gives them some recovery time.

[Feva]

i'm cool with an international tailgate. 

in.

[The BIGSTUD]

You can break beer mugs over your heads and sing ole ole.

[Cerevant]

Watching Euro Trip, I did feel like the MU fans were related to us somehow

Yeah, but isn't MU really good?  Don't they actually win championships & stuff?