Tea and Football

Nfluk.com reported that the first goal posts were put up on Monday at Wembley stadium. Why is this important? Because this coming Sunday, October 28, the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants will play at the famous stadium in Great Britain. It will be the second NFL regular season game to be played outside the US and the first since 2005 when a record crowd showed up at Mexico City to see the Cardinals trounce on the 49ers. The hype is trying to get built up in Britain where the NFL has been trying to make a base. The NFL's plan will be implemented in the next 16 years when every team will have played a game outside the US. Spreading the great news of the NFL is a great idea but we seem to be so different then all the other nations. We love football while the very closely related game of Rugby a lot less popular. The game of soccer is beloved by every nation in the world, except the US. Yeah, we have soccer and it is decently popular, but compared to sports like football and baseball it doesn't even compare.

So will the plan work? Maybe. The NFL has tried a minor league across the pond as well as a few preseason games and it still is not popular. Regular season games could make the difference though. A real game is so much more intense then a minor league game or a preseason game. Emotions run high and it could spill over to the stands and get some excitement going. This could result in a popularity rise. As a football fan that wants the popularity to rise in foreign nations I for one want to see the boys from Miami and New York put on a good show. I just hope they string some big hits, big plays, and most of all a good game.

So here's to popularity growth, a bright future, and the betterment of the league we all love. Show them what we have got guys!