sleepyCO wrote:FA Cup Final [roughly equivalent to the Super Bowl]
Xaxaxe wrote:Memo to our UK friends: the NFL is not that great. 40,000 tickets bought in 90 minutes for London gameI'm a pretty big football fan, but I'm also the first to admit that it's eight seconds of action followed by 40 seconds of 22 guys standing around.But, man, the NFL can market itself; I'll give them that much credit.
FormCritic wrote:
sleepyCO wrote:Sorry--for those who aren't soccer fans, the FA ([English] Football Association) Cup Final is probably the biggest single domestic match of the year in England {as opposed to the Champions League (usually the league champions of Europe) or the World Cup}. It is the oldest such soccer competition in the world. Clubs from tiny local villages and school teams all the way up to the top teams like Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premiership play in the Cup tournament. (American football's equivalent might be teams from high schools, through all colleges, to the NFL playing a one-off tournament for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, if such a competition existed here.) It is not too far off to compare the importance of the FA Cup Final (to English soccer) to the NFL Super Bowl (to U.S. football). The price comparison in the article was that the seat prices for the Dolphins/Giants game were nearly the same as that for the FA Cup Final, the first at the new Wembley stadium.
gyg wrote:(And as a 20 year Dolphins fan I have to agree with Badmike )
killjoy32 wrote:gimme the jets anyday Al
Deadlord39 wrote:Been a Pats fan for 27 years. Mighty pleased lately.
Deadlord39 wrote:Come now, we spent a fourth-round draft pick for him!I was rolling on the floor when I heard we got him for a 4th. Utterly hilarious. It's quite possible we'll go undefeated this year. The team is sick.