The Same Thing We Do Every Night, Pinky.

Apparently there was some sort of football game last night. I am not here to talk about the Super Bawwwww but I am going to talk football. Bear with me, though, it is not what you think. Some of you may not know that the NFL over the last couple of years has been experimenting with regular season games in London. Apparently the steady growth in America is not enough for the No Fun League. Most of the core fans are Americans living in Europe, but the big bad commissioner has been optimistic about the results of the handful of games that have been held in London. The talks now are about expanding these games across Europe.


I am here to make a prediction. The NFL will be as popular in Europe as the English Premier League (Big Time English “Soccer” League) is in America, if they are really lucky. Both leagues suffer from the lack of fan allegiance to teams. If you are looking to get into the NFL, the first step you take is to pick a team. Where do you start? Now, I know some of the ladies out there will just pick the cutest/hottest/McDreamiest quarterback and go from there, but the rest of us tend to pick the nearest major city with a team and, boom--instant fan. Clearly, the average Londoner won’t have that same luxury.


Basketball and baseball have started achieving solid international success, and we all know soccer is the world’s game. Why can’t football be the same? I blame it on the kids. For a kid to get the core idea of basketball or soccer, you just need to put them on a field/court and give them a ball. I believe baseball is a bit more complicated than the other two, but Little League has done a great job of getting to the kids!


American football is not a simple game for people to understand just by watching a game or two. With the introduction to the replay system, it has shown how even the experts don’t know everything that goes on. Here's the deal, Commish: if you want to continue with this plan of world domination, you need to take my advice and infiltrate the minds of kids and find a way to get these fans to have a real team to cheer for.