Mike Florio hatin' on Jags once again...

by JagsCub on Oct 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT Comment 15 comments

In Peter King's MMQB this week, Mike Florio takes a jab at our beloved Jags. The NFL is intent on placing a team in the London area within the next ten years. First, by playing multiple games there with possibly 2 next year, and more after that. Second, by selecting a team to play there annually, which would allow the NFL to develop a following for that team. If all goes well, then there could be a permanent team established there.

This past weekend Roger Goodell had much to say about the possibilities that exist in Europe. With the Jags current inability to fill their stadium on a regular basis... it is concievable to think that the Jags could be picked to play there annually.

I believe that if the front office can continue on a path that would turn this franchise around then I don't think that the Jags will be a candidate. I say this because since Gene Smith has taken over things are changing. I'm not opposed to the Jags traveing over the big pond to play, but not on a consistent basis. Furthermore, I would not like to see the franchise lose out on a possible sell out at home because the game is in London. I would hope that within the next 3-5 years that all of this is behind us, and we're sitting pretty in the Florida sunshine.

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The way I see it

if(big if) the Jaguars are to move anywhere, it better be LA. Moving them even further away from me would piss me off. (Not saying they should move to LA)

by Ewdtrey on Oct 27, 2009 1:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

London would be an epic failure for the NFL

Goddell can’t be serious

Life without knowledge is death in disguise

by Zoltan from Budapest on Oct 27, 2009 4:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

for a once a year event for 3 years, and a ticket sale

at $50-$200 US (much on par with JAX) – That’s not saying much. Do it 8 times a year for 15 years and then tell me the NFL has taken off in London. Goddell… what a joke.

by Jaghomer on Oct 27, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Until actual butts are in our stadium - this kind of talk will NEVER cease

and eventually the team will be moved somewhere.

by OGN on Oct 27, 2009 6:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Correct statement by OGN!

But maybe if we think positively really hard….and keep writing that it won’t happen….maybe….with a little magic….

The Teal and Black are comin' back!

by arthardie on Oct 27, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oops! I forgot to laugh! sssiiiiiigggghhhhhhhh

At least you put your comment under the right post this time! LOL Hey look I laughed! Genuinely!

Duuuuvvvvallllllll!!!!!....Damn, I miss Paul Spicer!

by JagsCub on Oct 27, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I completely agree!

It’s going to take the fan base to change this. Not Norman Vincent Peale’s “Power of Positive Thinking”. Until the city embraces this team win or lose the NFL will not stand by, and wait any longer. Nor should they!

Duuuuvvvvallllllll!!!!!....Damn, I miss Paul Spicer!

by JagsCub on Oct 27, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

London

It’s pretty easy to have 1 sellout a year for an NFL game in London, but can they have 8? I don’t think so. Besides, soccer is the popular game over there, and any NFL team would have trouble competing with that. Vic seems to think that there will be a team over there eventually, but I have a hard time seeing it working. Also, what about the travel issues? Just take the Jags trip to Seattle and multiply it by 8. Having a few games over there a year from a few different teams isn’t a bad idea, but relocating a team there is not a very good one.

by JagsAlex87 on Oct 27, 2009 9:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By the way...

The London Shaguars is pretty funny

by JagsAlex87 on Oct 27, 2009 9:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

now that is funny...

by Jaghomer on Oct 27, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

blah blah blah. this discussion will be beat to death ad infinitum. (hey, i used latin! wow! haha)

Sean Jax Beach Bum

by cuffs007 on Oct 27, 2009 10:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

awww...

It just won’t go away will it. Even with bad jokes and juvenile reasoning. Try again. And squeeze that voo doo doll tight!

The Teal and Black are comin' back!

by arthardie on Oct 28, 2009 7:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nothing you have said so far has been original or intelligent.

Other than to support what OGN commented on which I completely agree with. So use your deductive reasoning skills, and comment with substance instead of “juvenile” remarks. I know you can do it. You didn’t get into law school by chance.

Duuuuvvvvallllllll!!!!!....Damn, I miss Paul Spicer!

by JagsCub on Oct 28, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is only the beginning.....

The media is going to keep bringing up the Jags possibly moving until people start filling the seats at “The Jack”. It’s not Florio’s fault that people are trying to find any and every excuse not to go to the games. So lets buy the tickets, and stop blaming the team, the city, the economy, Obama, and whoever else, and get it done.

by JagsAlex87 on Oct 29, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope the Jags...

Do move! Jacksonville is a pathetic city whose citizens won’t even support the team. Hell, I live in freakin’ San Diego, CA, bought season tickets, and gave them to my sister who lives in Jax. If i’m willing to do that from San Diego, why can’t the peeps there get out and go to the games?

So, my hope is they up and move and do it in the same fashion the Colts back in the 80’s. One of those early morning moves where the people of the city woke up to find the only thing left of the team was the football they used in practice that day.

by Agent 007 on Nov 2, 2009 7:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs