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London Super Bowl? Commish to consider idea - NFL
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A future Super Bowl champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that." The commissioner said London's new Wembley Stadium would make a great candidate for pro ...
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The Debriefing: The Rockies are the Anti-Patriots
FanHouse — ... So, Roger Goodell mentioned yesterday that he'd certainly entertain the notion of the Super Bowl being played overseas ... in fact, he's not just entertaining the notion, he says he has a "great deal of interest" in it. ...

A London Super Bowl Still Seems Like a Bad Idea
Dave's Football Blog — ... So I was all set to say something mean about Roger Goodell for even suggesting that the Super Bowl be played in London. It’s the biggest game in American football, and you’re not going to play it in America? Would you play an AFL Grand Final outside of Australia, or an All-Ireland Final somewhere other than Croke Park? How about an FA Cup Final in Istanbul? Would that work? ...

A SUPER BOWL IN LONDON?
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... NFL Komissar Herr Roger Goodell isn't content just taking away the effect of home crowds or moving regular season games overseas -- he's also thinking of taking the Super Bowl international. ...

FOOTBALL: As American As...
Baseball Crank — ... The Super Bowl in London? ...

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Mind Rite Sports -- Quality, diverse sports coverage — ... . I won t even begin to wonder why the NFL really wants to have the Super Bowl in London . Maybe to jack up prices even more than usual? Have the Queen of England decked out in a crown and an American football jersey? Would that be grounds for a treason accusation? Hmm look it up. Zirin s take at ...

Hold the Pro Bowl in London, not the Super Bowl
Cat Scratch Reader — ... I saw the headline and spit out my coffee. Roger Goodell wants to move the Super Bowl to Europe! ...

An annual plea: Move up the Pro Bowl!
Bleacher Report — ... Meanwhile, in October, idea man Goodell began verbally tinkering with the Pro Bowl about the same time he floated his crazy idea about a London-based Super Bowl. (Apparently, he loved the pouring-rain aspect of XLI so much, he wants to assure such weather for every 'Bowl.) He seemed to talk ...

Goodell: Super Bowl In London? Are You High? [Nfl]
Deadspin — ... Of course, these could be mind games by Goodell, who has a history floating this London/Super Bowl story from time to time. I suppose he gets a big kick out of people's reactions. Kind of like all those times you get high and tell the people in the room "Hey man, wouldn't it be cool if they played the World Series in Kansas City?" ...

GOODELL WANTS LONDON SUPER BOWL BID
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... I don’t know what to make of all this courtship from London to the NFL, except to realize the NFL–like any other league–will screw over its loyal fanbases if it means getting dollars from someplace else in the short run. And the League’s constant denial of a London Super Bowl tells us one thing: there will be a London Super Bowl. But the And this is from an ESPN article…from 2007. ...

What teams opted out of the NFL coach pension plan, and how will it damage the NFL?
Stampede Blue — ... The NFL don't have a cost cutting problem, as McNair suggests. When you're talking about a Super Bowl is friggin London, you don't have a cost cutting problem. When ...

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