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01-20-2012 , 10:04 AM

kevin21

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Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Just been announced that that will be the game this year, Rams home game ldo. Excellent! Oct 28th.

Wow, even sicker is that the Rams will host a game in London for the next 3 years.

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01-20-2012 , 10:08 AM

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rams hosting the next 3 years

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01-20-2012 , 10:10 AM

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Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Just been announced that that will be the game this year, Rams home game ldo. Excellent! Oct 28th.

Wow, even sicker is that the Rams will host a game in London for the next 3 years.

I guess good for you but lol @ St Louis who lose 3 home games the next 3 years.

Couldn't they get a better team?

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01-20-2012 , 10:14 AM

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Mike Florio saying they may try to move the Rams to London permanently in 2015.

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01-20-2012 , 10:16 AM

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Does the fact that Brits are excited for this matchup mean that britain is 11 light years behind America?

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01-20-2012 , 10:17 AM

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There was a rumour doing the rounds before Fisher took over that the Rams might relocate which could have been a sticking point with Fisher because he had to do the same during his last stint as HC (Oilers to Titans?). Im sure he has been made aware of the situation, I honestly don't see them being permanently moved to London or any team for that matter. If it's gonna be anywhere it's gonna be LA.

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01-20-2012 , 10:21 AM

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3 years in a row seems like an odd thing to do unless there are other motives (like a permanent move. I know their stadium deal in St. Louis ends in 3 years.

1 NFL team in Europe still doesn't make a lot of sense though

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01-20-2012 , 10:21 AM

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pretty sure kroenke owns arsenal

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01-20-2012 , 10:22 AM

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Yeah, he's the majority shareholder at Arsenal.

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01-20-2012 , 10:26 AM

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keep this nonsense in america

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01-20-2012 , 10:38 AM

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wow, do OP understand what would happen if USA ppl made a thread every time there's a regular season game?

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01-20-2012 , 10:40 AM

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I wonder if the rumors of them leaving for London hurts their ability to sign FA's over the next year or two.

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01-20-2012 , 10:44 AM

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keep this nonsense in america

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wow, do OP understand what would happen if USA ppl made a thread every time there's a regular season game?

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01-20-2012 , 10:45 AM

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I wonder if the rumors of them leaving for London hurts their ability to sign FA's over the next year or two.

yeah and people think having to pay taxes in Canada is a problem for hockey players, wait until they see the USD/GBP xrate

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01-20-2012 , 11:11 AM

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Please, let me try and control my excitement

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01-20-2012 , 11:34 AM

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I heard some rumors that the Jets were in line for the London game, Rex across the pond would have been pretty amazing.

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01-20-2012 , 11:37 AM

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u mad

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01-20-2012 , 12:09 PM

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kind of a pain for the Pats to have to fly there/break their routine, but it's worth it to play on a neutral field instead of away

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01-20-2012 , 12:29 PM

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Interesting how the Pats get to gain the marketing advantages (2nd game in London) but don't have to pay the price (2nd time they aren't the team giving up the home game).

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01-20-2012 , 12:35 PM

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Pats jerseys were by far the most prevalent at the Bears-Buccaneers match, New England will have the 'home advantage'.

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01-20-2012 , 12:39 PM

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Interesting how the Pats get to gain the marketing advantages (2nd game in London) but don't have to pay the price (2nd time they aren't the team giving up the home game).

I would be interested to know how many teams just flat out don't want to go at all. I'm sure very few teams want to give up a home game, and the travel is a major PITA that throws off schedules (even if BOS-LON isn't much longer of a flight than BOS-OAK or something, the time change and associated things just make it a much much harder trip). it's that much worse for any non East Coast team.

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01-20-2012 , 12:41 PM

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The Rams get their bye week after the game, not sure about the Pats tho. It would make sense to give both teams an extra week to recover from the travelling and everything that goes with playing in London.

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01-20-2012 , 12:54 PM

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I would guess that there is a clear divide between football and business sides on this.

Every owner probably wants to play in London as the road team, I doubt many coaches/GMs want to go though.