Step 1: Develop to international fan base. Step 2: piss off international fan base

[Ayjent]

Risk/reward - you have no guarantee that the season tickets you buy will be worth the investment.  If you team sucks good luck selling them, and if you have a PSL that may be what is driving you to keep them even if you wanted to get rid of them, bc you dont want to take another loss. The NFL is basically making the investment a bad idea but capitalizing on the popularity of the game screwing fans bc others will line up for the opportunity to get screwed. 

 

Going to a game is a ridiculous amount of money, especially to sit with a bunch of idiots in most venues (Bills games being one of the few places that still feel genuine and not a generic experience).  Home is far more enjoyable week to week, especially when you realize your season tickets are next to the worst of those people.  If you have good people it may be awesome and worth it, but good luck there. 

[Doc Brown]

10 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

So the NFL is telling loyal fans in London they can no longer buy their season tickets for London Series games. The excuse is the league wants other fans to have access to games. But the reality is those tickets are getting sold to US travel agents for excursion packages, which defeats the whole purpose of international games.

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-ends-season-tickets-for-london-games-at-tottenham-hotspur-stadium

I've never been prouder to be an American.

[chongli]

13 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

So the NFL is telling loyal fans in London they can no longer buy their season tickets for London Series games. The excuse is the league wants other fans to have access to games. But the reality is those tickets are getting sold to US travel agents for excursion packages, which defeats the whole purpose of international games.

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-ends-season-tickets-for-london-games-at-tottenham-hotspur-stadium

 

Well, I don't think it's necessarily wrong for allowing American fans of the teams involved a chance to watch their teams abroad in person, as long as a lot of tickets do remain for the locals. They just can't buy season tickets (at least for now).

[Man with No Name]

The NFL is pretty transparent about their greed. I don't support the NFL. I support the Buffalo Bills. I only watch the Bills, until December, when other teams start to matter for the big picture. And when the bills are done, im done. I didn't watch a second of the Super Bowl. 

[SirAndrew]

18 hours ago, Jrb1979 said:

I disagree. My guess is local fans were buying them but a lot were buying them to re sell them. 

I’ve never been convinced European interest is great as many claim.  I’m not convinced it’s enough to succeed year after year without American fans. There are plenty of American fans whose money alone can make this successful as destination games. I’d assume this eventually becomes a glorified exhibition to European fans. If we aren’t placing a team in Europe, how much interest will you cultivate year after year for random games. 

[Herc11]

Curious how this affects teams that require PSLs. Is there fine print stating they can still take it from you and you lose your PSL as well?

[major]

I saw your title and thought it was about what our country did this week after Oval Office debacle:😂

 

Step 1: Develop to international fan base. Step 2: piss off international fan base