Been thinking about this when I heard about the game in London today and from previous visits and then saw Ross's excellent post building on John's comments about where football's heading.
Rather than bring that up there, I thought I'd start a new topic, as this isn't directly about City or football, but is a question for our colonial guests across the pond. The football related stuff can therefore sit in the other topic and this is more about the impact on other sports?
Have any of your NFL/Baseball teams been involved in these overseas games yet and how did you feel? What is the general feeling in America about games being played abroad?
When the idea of the 39th game in the PL came up, football fans kicked up a fuss and I think that was the reason for bringing it up. An extra game would never work, as it would be unfair for a relegation candidate to have to face a top 4 team 3 times, whilst another got a mid table side. The answer therefore is either play off finals, like the lower leagues or rugby league (ideal, as would be away from home anyway, albeit not quite as far as Asia etc) or play a regulation game abroad.
Due to the size of America and the area that most teams cover, I suspect there are few, if any, away fans at games. Moving one therefore only inconveniences the usual home supporters. But what's the view of those home fans?
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