06-29-2007, 09:00 PM
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NFL Europa....see ya...
As if anyone cares but for those who do....
The National Football League has officially pulled the plug on NFL Europa.
The league, which began operations in 1991 as the World League of American Football, announced the decision on its German-language web site. Although it was originally conceived as a minor league that would have teams throughout the United States and Europe, Germany was the only country where the league gained any traction at all, and five of the six NFL Europa teams were based there.
We thank our fans for the great support in the past years," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was quoted as saying in the statement.
By scheduling regular-season NFL games outside the United States, it was time to develop a new international strategy, Goodell said, adding that folding NFL Europa was the "best business decision."
"From now on, we will focus on regular-season games and use new technologies to make NFL more popular worldwide," he said.
NFL Europa was a failed experiment, and the fact that it lasted this long is evidence of how much leeway the NFL owners gave to the previous commissioner, Paul Tagliabue. But once Tagliabue -- by far the league's biggest supporter -- was gone, it was only a matter of time before this money-losing venture ended.
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06-30-2007, 04:52 AM
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It sucked.
I dont even think the World Bowl was televised here in the States....
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06-30-2007, 06:08 AM
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haha yeah that league did suck...
I went to an Arena League game (Soul) not too long ago (free tix). Believe it or not, it was fairly entertaining.
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06-30-2007, 12:01 PM
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Good now I dont have to see NFL.com report on it
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06-30-2007, 12:33 PM
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being that I never heard of it, I won't miss it.
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06-30-2007, 02:11 PM
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Maybe fuck yourself
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They showed the World Bowl live on the NFL Network. It was fun to watch in the spring and it did a good job of seasoning players, I know 4 guys who spent time in Europe and made it to the NFL because of it. I think football players will be sad to see the league go more than anyone.
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06-30-2007, 02:14 PM
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Jake Delhomme, Kurt Warner and Adam Vinateri all got their starts in NFL europa.
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06-30-2007, 05:38 PM
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you may be right skartissue. but i thought Warner got "discovered" in the AFL.
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06-30-2007, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by skarhead1
Jake Delhomme, Kurt Warner and Adam Vinateri all got their starts in NFL europa.
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Erupoa defined as the NFL development league . . . no what the fuck are up and cummers like myslef supposed to do? Arena? CFL?
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06-30-2007, 09:45 PM
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do what?
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nfl eurowho?
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07-02-2007, 08:53 AM
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Maybe fuck yourself
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Originally Posted by Who is Mike Jones?
Erupoa defined as the NFL development league . . . no what the fuck are up and cummers like myslef supposed to do? Arena? CFL?
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pretty much black
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07-15-2007, 03:12 AM
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looks like i'm goin to the cfl after all lol
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07-29-2007, 11:19 AM
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they were all fucking has beens and wannabe,s anyway
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08-16-2007, 06:43 PM
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ha...the Arena Football League has a new Arena 2 League...can't imagine what the talent pool is gonna be like. The arena league has gotten better though with elway and bon jovi hyping it.
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