Poll: Could you give a monkeys about watching NFL games?

[Houdini]

I am a Fan of American Football and I am a Giants fan for my sins,for me to have a chance to maybe one day to watch a team that I support for the first time ever would be very special for me, it is just a shame that the Giants are so bad at this point in time.

I will say that the best way to watch American football is going to a game live in a stadium in the US and I would recommend going to watch College football like I did years ago in Las Vegas at UNLV Rebels vs New Mexico match.

Me also, a NYG fan, went to met life stadium a couple of years ago when we were mullered by the Colts....there were fights breaking out all over the place among Giants fans....fucking unbelievable but what an experience!

Ive been to about 12 NFL games in all.

 

[leffe186]

I'm voting yeah, but I kind of have to. I moved to the States 10 years ago - near Akron/Cleveland - and now I'm a fully paid up Browns fan. I'm really looking forward to watching American Football at the Lane, frankly.

As well as that, I'd love for there to be some reflected glory and to have Americans get into Spurs through this. The more the merrier tbh. Make us more money, get us more fans etc etc. I realize that isn't the point of this thread though.

 

[Houdini]

Stayed up to watch the Superbowl once (whatever year Tom Petty did the halftime show). It was one of the worst decisions in my life; it's a terrible sport that involves more standing around talking than it does actually playing. So boring.

The TV coverage of a match is about 3 hours, the match is based on1 hour but the actual amount of playing time ie the ball being in play is about 9 or 10 minutes maximum!
I still love the game...

 

[alexis]

Brother in law, who’s only sport I thought was video games, surprised me by asking what the ground was like. Turns out he’s a huge NFL fan and they buy the full four game ticket for wembley and want to know where to sit at NWHL. Has to be a winner on the money stakes, well done Levy.

 

[Spurger King]

Brother in law, who’s only sport I thought was video games, surprised me by asking what the ground was like. Turns out he’s a huge NFL fan and they buy the full four game ticket for wembley and want to know where to sit at NWHL. Has to be a winner on the money stakes, well done Levy.

The games will definitely be completely sold out. I’m in Bristol and have already had 4 people ask me about the NFL games and getting tickets. There’s an Everton fan at work who has been following the progress of the stadium build almost as closely as the rest of us, ever since the NFL deal was announced.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

The games will definitely be completely sold out. I’m in Bristol and have already had 4 people ask me about the NFL games and getting tickets. There’s an Everton fan at work who has been following the progress of the stadium build almost as closely as the rest of us, ever since the NFL deal was announced.

Same down here in Cornwall mate. One of the older guys I work with (Steve) is a Walsall fan, but he's in some sort of NASCAR race club, and regularly over in The States. Not just because of their race club, but because they're obsessed with all things American.

Steve is constantly enquiring about info for the NFL stuff. And because, for the last 2 years, he's had me forcing daily photos & videos of our stadium build down his throat, they're all dying to get to the stadium & see how it compares to the stadiums they've watched at in America.

I honestly can't understand some peoples disapproval of NFL at the stadium. It really could (and almost certainly will) expose the stadium, and therefore the club to millions of potential new visitors (spenders). Not to mention the potential attraction for interested investors or sponsors.

What's not to like?

 

[EmperorKabir]

Big Raiders fan here. When Raiders Seahawks was going to be the opening game, I was in absolute dreamland. Raiders are coming back next year so it could still happen.

Seeing the full Raiders mannequin in the spurs shop at the entrance is so surreal for me. My main 2 sports teams collaborating (sort of) like that together is something I still have to pinch myself about.

I've been to nearly all of the international series games here in the UK and even got the same seats as my wembley season ticket for spurs.

The ground is built with the NFL in mind as the nfl bit is lower than the raised football pitch so that the first few rows don't have to be wasted. Will be a big pit and a great stadium. A bit early to talk about the Superbowl at WHL but if the stadium impresses enough over some of the terribly designed ones in the US.... it could happen..... (in a good few years yet)

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Big Raiders fan here. When Raiders Seahawks was going to be the opening game, I was in absolute dreamland. Raiders are coming back next year so it could still happen.

Seeing the full Raiders mannequin in the spurs shop at the entrance is so surreal for me. My main 2 sports teams collaborating (sort of) like that together is something I still have to pinch myself about.

I've been to nearly all of the international series games here in the UK and even got the same seats as my wembley season ticket for spurs.

The ground is built with the NFL in mind as the nfl bit is lower than the raised football pitch so that the first few rows don't have to be wasted. Will be a big pit and a great stadium. A bit early to talk about the Superbowl at WHL but if the stadium impresses enough over some of the terribly designed ones in the US.... it could happen..... (in a good few years yet)

Oakland Raiders is who Steve wants to go and watch

 

[si_yidarmy]

I like NFL, so yes

 

[scat1620]

Not just because of their race club, but because they're obsessed with all things American.

I now can't help picturing your colleague and his mates as all basically being Peter Serafinowicz in I'm Alan Partridge.

 

[Romulus]

Big Raiders fan here. When Raiders Seahawks was going to be the opening game, I was in absolute dreamland. Raiders are coming back next year so it could still happen.

Seeing the full Raiders mannequin in the spurs shop at the entrance is so surreal for me. My main 2 sports teams collaborating (sort of) like that together is something I still have to pinch myself about.

I've been to nearly all of the international series games here in the UK and even got the same seats as my wembley season ticket for spurs.

The ground is built with the NFL in mind as the nfl bit is lower than the raised football pitch so that the first few rows don't have to be wasted. Will be a big pit and a great stadium. A bit early to talk about the Superbowl at WHL but if the stadium impresses enough over some of the terribly designed ones in the US.... it could happen..... (in a good few years yet)

The rams and your lot should have great stadiums soon though.

 

[Spurger King]

Big Raiders fan here. When Raiders Seahawks was going to be the opening game, I was in absolute dreamland. Raiders are coming back next year so it could still happen.

Seeing the full Raiders mannequin in the spurs shop at the entrance is so surreal for me. My main 2 sports teams collaborating (sort of) like that together is something I still have to pinch myself about.

I've been to nearly all of the international series games here in the UK and even got the same seats as my wembley season ticket for spurs.

The ground is built with the NFL in mind as the nfl bit is lower than the raised football pitch so that the first few rows don't have to be wasted. Will be a big pit and a great stadium. A bit early to talk about the Superbowl at WHL but if the stadium impresses enough over some of the terribly designed ones in the US.... it could happen..... (in a good few years yet)

I can’t see it ever being used for the Super Bowl. The biggest sporting event of the year in America, held in London? That would be like having the FA Cup final held in L.A. Fans wouldn’t stand for it.

It’s a stroke of genius from Levy to custom build NFL facilities into the stadium. The sport will never be popular enough in the UK for it to build up a demand for multiple NFL-style pitches around the country, and Wembley is...well...Wembley. I can see this being the official UK home of American Football for a long time.

 

[waresy]

I don't really understand it, lasts too long and has too many changes of players from what I can see.

Would have gone to a Wembley game before now so not likely to go up to one in Tottenham

 

[Gringospur]

'kin hand egg.

 

[LSUY]

I like American sports and I like Tottenham so might as well watch a sport I enjoy and contribute to Tottenham's finances at the same time.

I can’t see it ever being used for the Super Bowl. The biggest sporting event of the year in America, held in London? That would be like having the FA Cup final held in L.A. Fans wouldn’t stand for it.

It’s a stroke of genius from Levy to custom build NFL facilities into the stadium. The sport will never be popular enough in the UK for it to build up a demand for multiple NFL-style pitches around the country, and Wembley is...well...Wembley. I can see this being the official UK home of American Football for a long time.

The customised NFL facilities means it's nailed on to be the home for the eventual London-based franchise.

 

[Spurger King]

I don't really understand it, lasts too long and has too many changes of players from what I can see.

Would have gone to a Wembley game before now so not likely to go up to one in Tottenham

Each side has an offence team and a defence team. When a team has the ball they have four ‘plays’ to progress 10 yards, otherwise the ball goes back to the opposition. If the attacking team makes 10 yards the four ‘plays’ start again. The aim is to get to the other end, or kick the ball through the goal for fewer points.

As far as I can see, it’s a more polished and exciting version of rugby. Quick plays where the attacking team try to barge their way through, or throw the ball downfield for a catch. It’s actually incredibly tactical, and almost human chess. You need coaches with the tactical knowledge, and athletes with the skill to pull those tactics off.

 

[Bobbins]

I'm one of those awful fans who generally only watches the Superbowl, though I do try and catch some of the highlights and summaries shows throughout the year to not get totally disconnected from the sport - personally the only way I would ever buy a ticket and physically go and watch NFL is through the new stadium.

The game itself is so long and so stop-start that for me it's the perfect sport to watch whilst also doing something else (a bit like cricket) - if I was watching it live it would need to be on the basis that I was at a familiar place where I want to be for a long time - you could easily step out and take a break, get some food etc at any time during the game. Take a walk around the stadium etc. It'd also be something nice to potentially be able to do in the summer when we're away from the stadium for an extended period.

The sport itself I really enjoy and have come to have a new appreciation of over the last few years - when I was younger I was one of those who wrote it off as a stupid American sport - but it's far superior to Netball and Rounders. It's incredibly tactically complex and - again like cricket - can be decided by long-term strategy over the course of hours (see this year's Superbowl), and also by incredibly short moments of blitzing action and genius.

It's still an inferior sport to rugby for me as it lacks the fluency, honesty and that organic ebb-and-flow momentum wave effect which the two best sports (rugby and football) have, which will always make them the most exciting. There's also obviously absolutely no international scene. But it's definitely much better than people give it credit for and one of those deep team sports you can lose yourself in with the tactics, stats, players etc.

So yeah, I would definitely be interested in watching NFL at NWHL - but probably not anywhere else.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Basketball and Ice Hockey I like, but American Hand Egg and Rounders bore my arse off.

I'd be tempted to attend an eSports event though.

 

[E17yid]

Not for me. Hate it. I suppose I should be glad that out of all the terrible American sports Levy didn’t decide to build a track round the pitch and do some NASCAR shit. That would’ve been even worse than American rugby.

 

[E17yid]

Basketball and Ice Hockey I like, but American Hand Egg and Rounders bore my arse off.

I'd be tempted to attend an eSports event though.

I watched some ice hockey when I was last in NYC. Had no idea what was going on. I couldn’t even see the puck. They occasionally fight, though, which is good.