‘Host Ya Premier Sportin’ Event, Guvna?’
“The NFL has had ’substantive talks’ with officials in London about holding the Super Bowl in the city.” [BBC]
Blasphemy! London’s a terrible site for the Super Bowl! Don’t they realize how cold and gray it is there during February? No sir, hosting the Super Bowl should be reserved for real vacation destinations, like Indianapolis. And Detroit.
(Note: The Rog says it won’t happen. But when have you ever trusted a redhead?)
Tags: A surge of tourism that will tarnish Americans for generations, captain caveman, just hold it in Miami dammit
April 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I initially read the post as “Don’t they realize how cold and _gay_ it is there …” I think my misreading make more sense.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
The Super Bowl in London sponsored by Bad idea jeans.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
If they want cold and grey for a Superbowl, fuck it – have it here in Seattle then.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Better in a foreign country than in a dome.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Would the players still be wearing UnderArmour, or would they have to don UnderArmOr?
April 27th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I hope not. They’d want to do it at Wembley Stadium and the field there is atrocious! 800 million pounds (AKA 1.6 billion dollars) and they gotta resod that sucker every other game!!
Remember the Dolphins v Giants mud bowl? Multiply that by 1,000,000 and then add no riots on the streets!
April 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
On the plus hand…imagine traveling to London for a week of pints of dark ales..
….Hmmmm….good beeeeerrrr…..
April 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Just why?
April 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Also, Peter King will either love this or be horrible appalled. Is there a Jillians in London?
April 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
horribly
April 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
This only makes sense if they’ve made prostitution legal in the UK.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
NFL’s perfect world:
Sri Lanka against Sudan in Super Bowl LXII
/held in New Zealand
// world domination bitches!
April 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
If we’re going overseas, it should be Amsterdam. End of argument.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I would genuinely be interested to hear about PK’s visits to Amsterdam’s finest coffee houses during Superbowl week. It would be a perfect storm of douchiness, cluelessness, and indignation. I mean, you try getting espresso at one of these places! Oh the humanity! I hope Mary Beth is available as driver.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Way to be like 5 weeks behind the rest of the sporting news world.
Stick with the KSKaracters.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
@CR
No, but the original Toone P. Wiggins is there.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
If the NFL is determined to hold the Super Bowl in a city filled with people with bad teeth and funny accents, just keep having it in Jacksonville.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
@ pirate
at least there are fans in seattle, and the stadium is very new and nice.
London has soccer turf, no fan base and is across an ocean. How am i supposed to get over there to tailgate?
April 27th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
This is a great idea! (Always wanted to stalk Lucy Pinder)
April 27th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
@ Animal Mother: I resemble that comment sir!
April 27th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Book Motorhead as the halftime act and I’m all ears.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
What, England’s football fans aren’t bad enough, they want some American ones over there too? This sounds like the mother of all bad ideas.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Book Motorhead as the halftime act and I’m all ears.
Book Mötörhead and I’m all tinnitis.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Lemmy will demand that the camera be thrown at his crotch
April 27th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Book Motorhead as the halftime act and I’m all ears.
Book Mötörhead and I’m all tinnitis.
HUHH???….WHAT????….
Saw Motorhead live years ago. My ears haven’t forgiven me…nor my neck…nor my throat….
Great freakin’ time.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Amsterdam, nice city, LOFTY city.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I’ve always wanted the Super Bowl to start at midnight the day before I have to work.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
The Super Bowl in London? Why not shut down America while you’re at it!
April 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Way to be like 5 weeks behind the rest of the sporting news world.
Stick with the KSKaracters.
ZOMG! We talked about a news story from Friday on Monday!!!
Stick with fucking your mother.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
The NFL’s going to roll the dice and bet the weather in London won’t be wet and cold in February. That time London was dark and rainy in November was just a fluke. Anyway, here’s a quick tally of the 43 Super Bowl hosts:
•MIA: 9
•NO: 9
•LA: 7
•TB: 4
•SD: 3
•HOU, DET, ATL, AZ:2
•MN, SF, JAX: 1
LA and No are out. Super Bowl games in cold cities with domes just aren’t as good (I’m looking at you, Indy). Seattle’s a great city with a fantastic stadium, but it’s outdoors and the weather would be like London’s. Fuck it- just alternate between Miami, San Diego and Phoenix.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Book Mötörhead and the field will be dead before the end of “Ace of Spades.”
April 27th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
If Carolina ever hosts the Super Bowl, I hope they get GWAR to do the half-time show.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Fuckin Gwar, I think I had red blood stains on my head for 4 days after their show. My folks thought I was ready for the loonie bin.
Je m’appelle Jacques Cousteau
April 27th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
This is actually a brilliant idea. For no other reason than getting to read the Simmons columns, full of whining about hard it is to get around to all the events and how it’s cold. And there’s the odd chance a hooligan hits him in the face with a pint glass when he starts talking about Tottenham.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
OOOOOOH NO!
I HEAR MEXICO CITY’S WHERE IT’S AT!!
/Swine flu-ed
April 27th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
And, pray tell Gino, why are we leaving NO out?
It’s a GREAT city for a SuperBowl…other than the Dome aspect.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
@ Gino – They should include San Antonio in the rotation. One, it’s a nice city. Two, warm weather. And three, it’ll be like the NFL is smacking Jerry Jones in the face with their penis by having it in his back yard every so often, and he’s never in it.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
next thing we know, jonas brothers will be doing half time and tackling to hard will be a 5 yard penalty
April 27th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
@ TurleyGirlie
New Orleans has proven itself to be a great city for big time sporting events, no doubt. The reason I say N.O. is out of the running for the SB is that, right now, the rich, powerful and glamorous “fans” (NFL’s favorite demographic) are afraid of going to New Orleans- unless it’s for a shameless publicity stunt to make them appear charitable.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Since I’ll never be able to go anyway (barring a miracle bag of Enchiladitos) I’m surprised Goodell hasn’t tried to sneak Toronto in there as a possibility.
As for London, freakish start time aside–it’s not like a majority of Americans can even get seats to the damn game unless they’re willing to sell a child to slavers. London? Sure. Calcutta? Why not? Helsinki? Give it a whirl. Butte, Montana? Go for it.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
As an English person and therefore speaking for the entire nation, don’t just give us a Superbowl. Give us a franchise as well!! We’ll even take the Jags or something….
April 27th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I’ve always wanted the Super Bowl to start at midnight the day before I have to work.
Actually, they could start it at around 11PM London time, which won’t bother anyone attending it, since Londoners don’t give a shit about it to begin with, and all the Americans there will still be on USA time. That would translate to the same old start time for the rest of us.
April 28th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Why haven’t we outsourced the Super Bowl to India yet?