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But there's no good reason why a second tier football league, played during the off months can't succeed. I understand the usual argument - College Football is the minor leagues. Well yes, but from all these colleges you get a huge pool of talented players who will never play in the NFL. There is enough talent there to support a moderate sized second league. Find the next 16 cities that don't have football teams and put teams there. Run the season from March to June. That's all it takes. The NFL has spent the last few years rekindling it's love affair with England, but in reality they're just giving the many many ex-Pats living England a chance to see a game in person. That's all well and good, but Roger Goodell is just leaving easy money on the table.
If the NFL wants to expand properly, they'd can the overtures to Europe and set up a second tier league to rake in additional money, attendance and hype year round. Would the quality be a bit lower? Yes. But people watch ACC games, right?
6 comments:
doubly agreed.
let's start thinking up teams.
Austin Lonestars
Louisville Bootleggers
Detroit Lions
Portland Polites
Omaha Flyovers
Florida Failures
...
Washington Washouts
Baltimore Blue Collars
New England Gnomes
Philadelphia Aneurysms
all of those cities have teams already...
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