BREAKING NEWS: NFL London 2008 Teams Announced

A breaking report from ESPN, it looks like the NFL has decided which two lucky teams are off to London for the NFL International Series. The candidates are....

Seattle Seahawks

San Diego Chargers

New Orleans Saints

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Kansas City Chiefs

And the winners are......

New Orleans Saints vs. San Diego Chargers!

The Chargers are denying this report, and Dean Spanos said he is cautiously optimistic about this. This would mean San Diego is the road team, and the Saints will give up a home game. Breaking report, we'll see how the events unfold in the coming days.

Source: ESPN

Bobbyjim45Draft Pick

673 days ago

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I really don't understand why somebody would want to give up a precious home game to go overseas in the middle of the regular season...

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LASportsblogAAA-er

673 days ago

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Because the NFL tells them to and they don't have a choice becasue the NFL League Office rules all.

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MmyersWaterboy

673 days ago

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If only the EPL would follow suit and send a game or two this way.

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LASportsblogAAA-er

673 days ago

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You mean like the tours that Chelsea, Man United, Everton, Aston Villa, Fulham and others go on every summer in the US?

Staging a Prem match over here is impractical since their schedule and table is strictly built on home and away fixtures. You go to the Premier League heads and tell them "we want to take away a teams home game and stick it in the US where we already get the highest TV viewership of any non-european country, sell the most EPL jerseys in a country not in Asia and where we already sell out exhibition matches.

You wouldn't get the clubs to agree to do it, since they have way more power then any NFL franchise could dream of, and you would have to prove that it makes sense moneywise, which it doesn't.

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MmyersWaterboy

672 days ago

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LA, You'll notice I never said it would be practical. I am aware of the tours but I don't really find them compelling.

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Amilke60Div-I Stud

673 days ago

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But from the NFL's stand point, you are sending LT and Reggie Bush to London where is seems as the interest in football is reasonably high. Plus you add those two guys and you have some big name super starts which should help. It will defiantly out draw the Giants-Dolphins game that was there this year.

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CheezerAll-Star

673 days ago

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and the Saints get screwed out of a home game again.

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Amilke60Div-I Stud

672 days ago

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yeah but they are used to it at this point. nothing that the NFL hasn't thrown at them before. plus with the way they played last year I would venture to say that their ticket sales will probably be down.

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CheezerAll-Star

672 days ago

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I was thinking more of the poor New Orleans citizens that rely on Saints games for their livelihood. The people that run the souvenir shops, concessions, heck even ushers (like Rawb). People like these need home games as their city is still trying to recover from Katrina. The NFL is just stupid sometimes. They're more concerned with marketing the Bush vs. Tomlinson showdown than they are with the people that support their product here at home.

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Amilke60Div-I Stud

672 days ago

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O I completely agree with you. I was being sarcastic in my previous post. I'm from the great state of Louisiana and know first hand what that franchise means to the state.

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CheezerAll-Star

672 days ago

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Missed that. (reaches over to adjust the sarcasm detector)

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Amilke60Div-I Stud

672 days ago

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yeah i re-read it and its a stretch but I meant it as sarcasm. i wouldn't adjust that dial to much.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

665 days ago

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tickets sales wont b down! half a million people aplied for tickets last year, could have sold out 7 times over, will sell out in seconds again this year. yes i went and it awsome! congrats giants.

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SSreportersLegend

672 days ago

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Update: Confirmed report now. CBS will televise the game as well.

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Simms1156Div-I Stud

672 days ago

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I am so happy that its not the Giants again. I think they made the right choice of a good match up out of the teams that were finalists.

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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer

672 days ago

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The Chargers and Saints should each be given an extra preseason home game (just play one less "away" game) to help offset lost home gate regular season revenues.

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

667 days ago

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here's what i think: I think seattle should have been in this vs a bad team and the abd team gives up the home game. here's why: seattle lost a fun china game earlyier and should get this for fun to make up. you put em vs a bad team and then the bad team loses home game because it is not a precious to them because they are not a "contender"

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

665 days ago

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seattle a bad team? dumb ass! 3rd seed in the nfc!

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

663 days ago

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can someone tell me where i can by tickets. ta

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