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Rams most likely to go to L.A.
don bauder, Yes, as I have noted twice in my comments, the NFL game in London will be televised, 9:30 in the east, which I believe is 7:30 in your neck of the woods. Though I am usually awake at that time, I won't be watching either. I sense sarcasm in your description of me as a fan. Yes I enjoy a sporting event from time to time. As I said, I just don't feel like driving into north OC or up to LA that much any more. So instead of spending $150 or so and 4 hrs to go to a game, I spent about the same for the season package and can watch a game when I feel like it and not have to leave home. No different than someone who pays $15 a month per channel just to watch movies.— October 24, 2014 10:05 a.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
don bauder I'm not sure what you mean when you say that I am as enthusiastic as Roger Goodell, but I will certainly take that as an insult. As far as players complaining about ONE short week per season and a couple of cross country plain flights, I can only say this. If they hate it so much, then let then give up that job that pays an AVERAGE of over $2 million a year, spread over 17 weeks, with full benefits, and find a real job.— October 23, 2014 6:23 p.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
Well, I have it. That means I can choose which games I want to watch instead of being stuck with just the network games. I also have the NHL and NBA packages and had the MLB packages. Yeah, that's a lot of sports, not even counting the networks games. But I look at it this way. I had both Dodgers and Angels season tickets and will continue to have them. But I chose not to renew Lakers, Kings and Ducks season tickets. The cost of all of those sports packs combined is no than the cost of 2 people going to probably for or 5 those events, not of each sport, but in total. For me it's just a matter of no longer wanting to drive into LA or up into north OC probably 75-100 times more combined more than I did during baseball season.— October 23, 2014 5:03 p.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
Don Bauder, you're missing one thing. Not every fan follows every team. Are Chargers fans going to get up at 6:30 to watch Atlanta-Detroit play in London this week? I'm not. If you're a a fan of a team that is playing in London, you might. Otherwise when a televised London game is an afternoon game there, it's a bonus game in the States because that Sunday, both networks get 2 Sunday day games.— October 23, 2014 3:37 p.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
Don Bauder, I think it's less than 12 hours from both Los Angeles and San Francisco to London, and a couple of hours less from Seattle, so that's the most a team would have to travel. Obviously, a team in London is going to be in the eastern division, so most games will be in the east. For example, the Jets play 2 games west of the Mississippi, at KC and at SD. The Giants play at Seattle and in Dallas. You get the idea. It's going to be mostly eastern teams that would play in London and the same thing works going the opposite way. A London team is not going to be having 14 hr flights every week. Should a team halve to go to London for the playoffs, I would imagine that they would leave at least 1 and probably 2 days early and they should have no problem.— October 23, 2014 3:29 p.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
Don Bauder, Since you live in Colorado and not London, it shouldn't be a problem as it's om at 4:30 pm in your neck of the woods.— October 23, 2014 3:09 p.m.
Rick Roberts goes on anti-Islam rant
Don Bauder, And Anti-Semitism is again escalating in Germany, alarmingly so.— October 23, 2014 11:48 a.m.
Rick Roberts goes on anti-Islam rant
murphyjunk I think the First Amendment pretty much does that. It not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion, or non-religion over religion. If your religious practice is that of no religion, then you're free to practice that as well.— October 23, 2014 11:45 a.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
I think that when a team is located in London, the games should be played to the benefit of the home fans. When playing in London, play at the normal start times, London time and when the London team is on the road, play at the normal start times for that home team, irregardless of the day on which the game is played. That's how it's done now and I see no reason to deviate more than maybe an hour each way just because the team is in London. Sky sports has the Chargers and Broncos at 1:30 am and the other games are live at their respective times. Atlanta-Detroit play in London this week at 2:30pm London time so if you want to watch the game here, you get up at 6:30. No big deal and you get an extra game this week. And the Cowboys-Jags play in a couple of weeks at 6:00pm there so that's the normal time here. As I said, play 'em at the normal local time. Fans will watch regardless.— October 23, 2014 10:27 a.m.
Rams most likely to go to L.A.
don bauder There is another side to that coin as well. Yes, American football would be taking a backseat to soccer, but then again every sport does. It's played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries. But here we have the home of soccer, the country in which it was first played as an organized sport asking us to bring our puny little game to them. Not only do they like to watch it, they want us to put one of OUR teams playing OUR game in their country. It's always easier to be asked in the front door, rather than trying to kick in the back door. BTW, did you know that basically, you can't find a country in Europe that doesn't have an American football league? Yes, that's true. As of a couple of years ago, there were more than 700 American football leagues spread out thru over 25 countries. Would you be even more surprised to learn that American football is played around the world? the International Federation of American Football has five separate continental organizations. The European Football League has been around for close to 30 years. Yeah, the NFL is the new kid on the block, but American football has been played in Europe, and around the world, for quite a while.— October 23, 2014 9:06 a.m.