American Football in London!!

[kellar]

Do you guys care? :lol:

I am quite excited, it is always fun to see how Europeans react to our sports. I have been watching some pregame analysis today and it seems that the general consensus on our side is, "Why are we doing this?" Asking a team to travel across the pond in the middle of the season is a little ridiculous.

Anyway, just curious how you guys feel about it. :D

[Spitfire]

aslong as the turf is changed after.. i dont care...

if i had the chance.. and it wasnt too expensive id go watch.. probably

[kellar]

Not sure I want to know how much tickets are going for. :?

[Elliot]

Sorry, prefer rugby, for that sort of thing.  Then football, cricket, even darts.

[Philly Q]

Do you guys care? :lol:

I don't want to go into a big rant about it, but no! 

I don't "get" American sports, they all seem to have that thing of constantly stopping the clock whenever anything happens - so there are "10 seconds" left, but it takes hours.  :? 

And there seems to be an obsession with scoring hundreds and hundreds of points - which is maybe why Americans seem to have trouble understanding that a 1-0 or even 0-0 football game can still be really exciting.

[Ben_W]

Do you guys care? :lol:

I don't want to go into a big rant about it, but no! 

I don't "get" American sports, they all seem to have that thing of constantly stopping the clock whenever anything happens - so there are "10 seconds" left, but it takes hours.  :? 

And there seems to be an obsession with scoring hundreds and hundreds of points - which is maybe why Americans seem to have trouble understanding that a 1-0 or even 0-0 football game can still be really exciting.

+1 My main problem with American Football (apart from the fact that the game seems to be pretty much based on advertising) is that after every tackle, they stop and have a chat for about 10 minutes!

[Will]

:lol: I am in the not caring camp, sorry.
Why do American sports always have more safety gear?
We don't dress up like that for a game of rounders. (relating to baseball, not US football)

[headtheball]

Whilst the International Rules test is ongoing, I fear I can't motivate myself to care. G'wan Ireland!

[Philly Q]

We don't dress up like that for a game of rounders. (relating to baseball, not US football)

Yeah, there's something very odd about seeing grown men playing a ball game dressed in their jim-jams.

[kellar]

I understand your sentiments,
I am not offended by your criticisms,
And, like most Americans, would just assume that we keep our American sports in America! :lol:

Do you guys care? :lol:

And there seems to be an obsession with scoring hundreds and hundreds of points - which is maybe why Americans seem to have trouble understanding that a 1-0 or even 0-0 football game can still be really exciting.

Uh, the goal of the game is to have the MOST points! :lol:

Seriously, on the other side, I sure as hell can't drive myself to watch a soccer game. We can all just agree to disagree on this one! :lol:
And on the same side, many baseball games finish with scores similar to soccer games, so we DO understand the principle.

Thanks guys. :D

[kellar]

:lol: I am in the not caring camp, sorry.
Why do American sports always have more safety gear?
We don't dress up like that for a game of rounders. (relating to baseball, not US football)

Who wears safety gear other than in American Football?

And, honestly, not sure what rounders is- forgive my ignorance. :D

[AndyR]

:lol: I am in the not caring camp, sorry.
Why do American sports always have more safety gear?
We don't dress up like that for a game of rounders. (relating to baseball, not US football)

Who wears safety gear other than in American Football?

And, honestly, not sure what rounders is- forgive my ignorance. :D

It's what we had to play in school when we were deemed "not good enough" for cricket :lol:

I think it's related to "softball" - is that it? A sort of Baseball-lite :D

[Philly Q]

And, like most Americans, would just assume that we keep our American sports in America! :lol:

And call them the "World" Series....  :lol:

[kellar]

I am going to crawl back into the dark hole that I came from. You guys are no fun! :( :lol:

[AndyR]

Hey, you're not the bloke responsible for us losing our beloved Marathon bars, to have them replaced with something called a "Snickers", are you? :lol: