Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 89
872 sats \ 35 comments \ @grayruby 1 Oct 2023 meta
It's Sunday Funday! Thus it is poll day!
I started watching football at 9:30am today. That can't be healthy.
The NFL seems adamant on international expansion. What would you like to see them do in terms of expansion?
Two teams in England.0.0%
One in England. One in Germany. 16.7%
A four team European division16.7%
Mexico City + US city0.0%
Mexico City + Toronto50.0%
Two US cities 16.7%
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233 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Oct 2023
I'd rather see them move two teams to Toronto and Mexico City, but those are the best markets to expand into.
If they expand, I'd like to see them beef up the USFL/XFL and Canadian League into a new lower league and adopt a relegation system.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
Which teams should move?
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Oct 2023
The two LA teams have the lamest fan bases, so I'd look at them first, but with that new stadium there's no way they both move. Jags and Panthers seem like decent options, too.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 2 Oct 2023
Agree on the LA teams. When SF plays the Rams in LA 3/4 of the stadium is 49ers fans.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Oct 2023
At least SF is really good every year. Yesterday, it was about 2/3 Raiders fans in LA.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 2 Oct 2023
I vote no expansion at all and just move teams that don't earn any money, like the Jags, somewhere else in the states.
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 1 Oct 2023
International division. Mexico + Toronto + London and Germany.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 2 Oct 2023
I like this but the travel will be insane.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 2 Oct 2023
Hadn't considered travel. Just figured the skill level would be around the same for the divisional games. It does then mean that one team wins a division and is very probably gunna get spanked in the first round of playoffs. But I'm not sure howelse you'd incorporate international teams. The next thing about Int'l teams is drafts, will players want to go to these teams? Lower class facilities? 100/1000s of miles away from home. If the do do an intl NFL I think they need to keep it separate from the US for a while.
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41 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 1 Oct 2023
Anyone in here remember NFL Europe? 😂😂😂
I remember playing Madden thinking who are these teams and why are the so trash 😂
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194 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1 Oct 2023
I had some gear from them, they trained at a local high school. Pretty neat!
Amsterdam admirals, Frankfurt galaxy. Those are the two teams I remember
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
I have some NFL europe cards that someone gave me when I was a kid. They came in a collectors set box and I don't think I have ever looked at them.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 2 Oct 2023
I remember those days
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 1 Oct 2023
I sweated out that Eagles OT
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325 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1 Oct 2023
Whew same
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153 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 2 Oct 2023
That was close. When the Commanders tied it I had flashbacks of my Ravens defeat last week. Not again!!!
I was pleased on both fronts Eagles won so I didn't get eliminated but they didn't look very good so I feel confident, provided they stay healthy, 49ers can get that number seed in NFC.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 2 Oct 2023
I threaded the needle. I needed Commanders to cover in another pool.
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1 Oct 2023
Is Jacksonville really playing in London two weeks in a row? How did that happen?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 2 Oct 2023
Apparently their owner also owns an EPL team so he likes them playing in London.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Oct 2023
TIL! Thank you for that. I would hope they just stay in London for this entire 2 week stint and don't travel back and forth
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 2 Oct 2023
I believe the announcer said that during the broadcast.
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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1 Oct 2023
Are you watching the Toy Story version?
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
Is that what the london nfl games are called?
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1 Oct 2023
Lol can’t tell if you’re serious or not
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
I am serious. I have never heard that reference before. I just looked it up. I am curious now, I am going to see if I can get that broadcast here in Canada.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
Unfortunately only available on TSN plus streaming service which I don't subscribe to. I will see if there are some videos of it on youtube. I want to check it out.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1 Oct 2023
Ah yes. I have it on Disney Plus. It’s neat, feels like watching the old backyard football computer game
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
We have disney plus as well but they aren't streaming it in Canada. TSN has all the NFL rights here so you can't even watch the Amazon prime games on Amazon, I have to watch it on TSN. I do get the CBS and Fox games on their normal channels though.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
Saw TD highlight on NFL youtube channel. Looks awesome. My daughter would love that. Too bad we don't get it.
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 1 Oct 2023
Soooo broncos gunna be hurting a whole loada people outta the survivor pool
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 2 Oct 2023
Really? Why would anyone bet on this terrible Chicago team? They've lost 14 games in a row.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 2 Oct 2023
Think people mighta been betting against Denver. But I don't remember seeing anyone actually bet that way this week.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 2 Oct 2023
No everyone moved on this week. Someone even survived with the Vikings. Shocker. I did say it was guaranteed win week.
Actually I feel pretty good about my prognosticating from week 4. I said the Vikings would win. I said Miami's garbage D would get exposed by the Bills and that the 49ers would dominate the Cards. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 1 Oct 2023
Suddenly the Jags look like a great team after decimating the pool last week. I thought about picking them this week for a revenge game but the international game plus time difference had me skeptical.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Oct 2023
That was karma for so many people trusting the Jags.
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