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Old 07-03-2007, 03:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default NFL folds European league after 16 years

Looks like the NFL couldn't convince the Europeans that American football is a great sport. The NFL folds European league after 16 years!
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said it was strictly business, insisting that after "significant investment" it was time to close NFL Europa and concentrate internationally on regular-season games outside the United States.

"A foundation of American football fans in key European markets has been created and the time is right to shift our strategy," Goodell said in a statement. "The next phase of our international growth is to focus on initiatives with global impact, including taking advantage of developing technologies that make the NFL more accessible on a global scale and ensuring the success of our new international series of regular-season games."

The league reportedly was losing about $30 million a season. Five of the league's six teams were in Germany, with the other in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The announcement came less than a week after the Hamburg Sea Devils beat the Frankfurt Galaxy 37-28 in the World Bowl championship in Frankfurt before a crowd of 48,125.
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Old 07-03-2007, 09:39 AM   #2 (permalink)
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From what I have read the NFL teams were no longer sending over their guys to play instead keeping em close to the team and working on the practice squads. I have to be honest I could not tell ya one team name from any of the 16 seasons this league ran. It has no impact on me but I am sure some fans in Germany mainly will be a little disappointed.
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