Psycho4Bud
07-03-2007, 06:49 AM
National Football League officials bet in the early 1990s that the world ?? or at least North America and Europe ?? would embrace a brand of football that was of lesser quality than the one the league??s 32 teams play in the United States.
But N.F.L. Europa, born 16 years ago as the World League of American Football, lost money, ran through television partners, narrowed its trans-Atlantic focus largely to Germany and finally was shuttered yesterday. The N.F.L.??s strategy will shift to playing some of its own regular-season games overseas.
??If we can present two or three games a year, and fans are engaged in that experience, we will grow exponentially overseas,? Mark Waller, the senior vice president of NFL International, said by telephone from Frankfurt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/sports/football/30nfl.html
This bums me out! It was like a quick fix during the NFL's off season. Goodbye to my Amsterdam Admirals.:(
Have a good one!:jointsmile:
But N.F.L. Europa, born 16 years ago as the World League of American Football, lost money, ran through television partners, narrowed its trans-Atlantic focus largely to Germany and finally was shuttered yesterday. The N.F.L.??s strategy will shift to playing some of its own regular-season games overseas.
??If we can present two or three games a year, and fans are engaged in that experience, we will grow exponentially overseas,? Mark Waller, the senior vice president of NFL International, said by telephone from Frankfurt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/sports/football/30nfl.html
This bums me out! It was like a quick fix during the NFL's off season. Goodbye to my Amsterdam Admirals.:(
Have a good one!:jointsmile: