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NFL Europe folds


RowdyFan42

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They were talking about this last night during the game here....

NFL Europe was supposed to be a developmental league for the NFL. It was losing money and was costing the NFL $30M each year. Now, losing $30M per year is no big deal for the NFL which is just rolling in money and they would have been happy to keep spending it *IF* the league actually was working as a developmental league. But there were more guys developing in the CFL going to the NFL than from NFL Europe. Very few star players were coming out of this money-losing venture. Why pour good money after bad?

What they said last night is that this is great news for the CFL as the talent won't be split. There will be more good players looking for jobs here.

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It started out as a European wide league but only the Germans really cared about it. In the end the league consisted of 5 German and 1 Dutch based team. The plan to establish (American) Football Europe wide clearly failed. In many cases they sell tickets only on e 1 side of the stadium and put the cameras on the other side. That is why it looked fuller than it was.

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At one point this was really big.

It lasted like a year.

They used to play games at Stamford bridge, Chelsea FC's ground, until they decided the pitch got so damaged from it that it wasnt in their intrest.

I dont think anyone will care, American football is just seen in europe as "rugby for whimps".

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