Explain American Football To People From The UK (fan, Europe)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-07-2006, 01:56 PM

Yeah it`s 32 I was just looking at the top half of the list

Ma Cherie · 11-07-2006, 02:01 PM

there also the college rankings i always thought they played abit better while in school..

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-07-2006, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I`ll be interested to know what peoples opinion of franchises.

I mean do you think that 32 professional teams to cover the whole of a country the size of the U.S. is a little small?
I mean England has 92 professional clubs just in the football league with a handful of amateur clubs turning pro outside the league with ambitions to get into the league & play at the highest level , there are about 15 clubs just in London alone

Do you think there should be more openness like there is in British football with promotion & relegation? giving smaller teams a chance to grow & be up there with the big boys? Would you like to see more cities represented?

What happens when a team loses it`s franchise? do they still play at a competative level? Do the fans of the old team follow the new team even though they could be playing their matches hundreds of miles away?

no 32 teams is plenty. it works out well when it goes to the playoffs. most fans of the old team do still follow the new team (ex. Houston Oilers --> Houston Texans). and there is also NFL Europe with i think 20-30 teams. many players refine their craft in NFL Europe before moving to the big time.

~~RHYMEFESTkillah~~ · 11-07-2006, 09:18 PM

this thread sounds like someone trying to demean an american sport.
it's easy to make a sport sound stupid, its easy to make anything sound stupid actually.

MoonlitSunshine · 11-08-2006, 09:25 AM

I've seen an American Football game, And while it was probably nowhere near the calibre of Games in America, I'd say, it was still fun to watch. Live. I'd say it's pretty damn boring on TV.

And Ice-hockey Kicks American Football ass any day.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-08-2006, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine

I've seen an American Football game, And while it was probably nowhere near the calibre of Games in America, I'd say, it was still fun to watch. Live. I'd say it's pretty damn boring on TV.

And Ice-hockey Kicks American Football ass any day.

I guess youve got to be a football fan to ennjoy watching it on TV. And it is 10X better live. Im not really into ice hockey. maybe because i cant keep track of that damn little puck. nut the body checks and fights are pretty entertaining.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-08-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by oojay

no 32 teams is plenty. it works out well when it goes to the playoffs. most fans of the old team do still follow the new team (ex. Houston Oilers --> Houston Texans). and there is also NFL Europe with i think 20-30 teams. many players refine their craft in NFL Europe before moving to the big time.

It`s funny that people are willing to accept that over there because they`ve only francised one team in English football and that was Wimbledon.And that was a total disaster.

They were in the top league but had to close their stadium because it was unsafe. They groundshared for a while with Crystal Palace while they tried to get planning permission for a new stadium.Just as it looked like things were finally happening after about 6 years of legal bullsh*t the club were taken over by a Norwegian buisnessman who announced he would build a stadium for them ... approx 150 miles away in Milton Keynes. The Wimbledon fans were totally against it and boycotted the club attendences went down to just a couple of thousand a game and they plummetted down the leagues.

About 3 years ago they moved into the Milton Keynes stadium and changed their name from Wimbledon to the Milton Keynes Dons (The Dons being Wimbledons nickname) and now they are in the bottom league with hardly any supporters and no money whatsoever .The original Wimbledon supporters put together a new amateur club called AFC Wimbledon and supported them instead. The fans in Milton Keynes don`t care about the club either because they don`t see them as their team.

So yeah , franchising doesn`t work here at all.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-08-2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

It`s funny that people are willing to accept that over there because they`ve only francised one team in English football and that was Wimbledon.And that was a total disaster.

They were in the top league but had to close their stadium because it was unsafe. They groundshared for a while with Crystal Palace while they tried to get planning permission for a new stadium.Just as it looked like things were finally happening after about 6 years of legal bullsh*t the club were taken over by a Norwegian buisnessman who announced he would build a stadium for them ... approx 150 miles away in Milton Keynes. The Wimbledon fans were totally against it and boycotted the club attendences went down to just a couple of thousand a game and they plummetted down the leagues.

About 3 years ago they moved into the Milton Keynes stadium and changed their name from Wimbledon to the Milton Keynes Dons (The Dons being Wimbledons nickname) and now they are in the bottom league with hardly any supporters and no money whatsoever .The original Wimbledon supporters put together a new amateur club called AFC Wimbledon and supported them instead. The fans in Milton Keynes don`t care about the club either because they don`t see them as their team.

So yeah , franchising doesn`t work here at all.

Urban, dont forget that Americans dont give a flying fook about soccer. Maybe thats why our 1 English team didnt work out all that well.

Merkaba · 11-08-2006, 06:11 PM

How long does the American Football season last?

swim · 11-08-2006, 06:12 PM

17 weeks, 16 games are played per each time giving you one week off and I can't remember off the top of my head how long post season is 3-4 games to win everything or something like that.

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~~RHYMEFESTkillah~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 44	this thread sounds like someone trying to demean an american sport. it's easy to make a sport sound stupid, its easy to make anything sound stupid actually.