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I'm not a big fan of the international games (even though I attended the Bills-Jags game in London), but I think that if every team in the league had to play in one international game per year, and it resulted in all teams having 8 home games, 8 road games, and 1 international game, with a bye week following the international game, then it least it would be fair.  Obviously, traveling to Australia is much worse than traveling to Mexico City, time zone/jet lag wise, but the bye week following will help and if the teams rotate the longer distances every season and distance/time zone changes are taken into account, it would still be fair.

 

So the bottom line is that it sucks, but if they're going to do it anyway, they may as well do it in a fair and smart way.

 

Right now, it unfairly favors the teams that don't have to make the trip in a given season.

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17 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

with a bye week following the international gam

They will not have byes all weeks of the year and teams have the option to have their bye after international games now and they pretty much 100% do not take it.

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Keep it at 17 games. Then have 16 neutral games.   So every team has one.   That game should be afc vs nfc.  The "home" team switches every year.    Since you have a games that are far away you need 2 bye weeks.  If you go to Australia you get a bye before and after.  Get rid of one of the pre season games.    Yeah I know owners will hate this.  Goodell does not care about fair so this would never happen.   

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2 hours ago, wppete said:

Are the Bills going to have a Toronto game again? 

 

That should be their 1 game out of the country that counts toward their over seas game they would pack the stadium in Toronto for sure . It would be like a home game but what Roger wants to accomplish .

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FWIW - I have seen the Bills play in London twice and had a great time (except for the results of the game).

 

If the Bills do end up playing overseas again, I just hope that Bills travel earlier to acclimate to the time difference.

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3 hours ago, Lost said:

Bills home game in Russia 2027

 

 

Yeah the Bills are their team.  And Canada's.  But the Bills don't seem to have any interest in actively cultivating a fan base in certain countries like some teams do.   Gotta' get Poland before da Bears.

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2 hours ago, Aussie Joe said:

Everyone says it’s terrible …and that might be the case …but obviously the people that run the League ( the Owners ) are determined to keep building this …my prediction is that by 2040 at the latest  all 32 teams will be taking a game internationally every year …that’s 16 games …

By 2040 there will be an international division in each conference and a 20 game season, that's my prediction. 

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2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Really sick of Roger G.

He’s a cancer to the NFL. Ever since he became commissioner. From the ridiculous rule changes, the penalties, blatant favoritism to certain franchises ie spygate & refgate, and the total pussification of the league as a whole. Oh yeah,  and how can I forgot aligning w/ the gambling companies?
 

He took a game that I loved as a toddler rocking my Bills pajamas in my very first pictures and destroyed it. I lived & died with the Bills every single Sunday. I cherished the losses just as much as the wins because it brought the fans together. The total magic of the Doug Flutie run. The aura & swagger of the early 90s squad. These men helped me make it through a very difficult childhood along w/ my dog Buddy. 

 

I don’t mean to get sentimental, but It was once truly magical to be a fan. It wasn’t just a game to me growing up in Rochester. People took it very seriously. There’s no more mystique anymore. Thank God for Josh Allen who lays it all out on the line, but part of me thinks the NFL doesn’t want him to win. 

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6 minutes ago, Amaru523 said:

By 2040 there will be an international division in each conference and a 20 game season, that's my prediction. 


Not so sure about that ..although the NFL would love it ..

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1 hour ago, BILLS 4 EVER said:

Why do I love the Bills so much and hate the NFL so much.  It literally tears you apart.  The game has gone astray and the officiating and commercial marketing has destroyed what last bit of credibility they had.  

I used to be a Bills fan first, but also, an NFL fan. Goodell has ruined that for me. I love the Bills but have very little interest in the rest of the league. I despise the man.

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16 minutes ago, Amaru523 said:

By 2040 there will be an international division in each conference and a 20 game season, that's my prediction. 


So 8 teams based internationally ? Seems a lot to me … 

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3 thoughts here:

 

1. Why not just fly the couple thousand fans from Australia who actually give a crap about the NFL to one of the NFL cities to watch a game?

 

2. Because I'm a man of a certain age & don't remember the final scores or key moments watching old Bills/ NFL games on You Tube is seeming like a much more enjoyable option as the league continues to alienate its true fans due to corrupt greed.

 

3. Remember when gambling on games was basically just the spread and the score? It's crazy how many ways you can bet on games now! The worst being betting on outcomes or stats once the game has already started. 

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12 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:


So 8 teams based internationally ? Seems a lot to me … 

Maybe not by 2040, but I guarantee Roger wants to do something like this. 

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Once a year sounds too high, maybe every other year or two out of three years.  Think it won't happen till they go to 18 games and add a second bye.  That would make it easier.  Two team every year report to camp a week early to play in the HOF game.  They could add two more teams to report a week early and have those two teams face off someplace on Labor day weekend, then give them the next week off??

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