Football Chargers, NFL reportedly considering relocating franchise to London on permanent basis amid L.A. failures

[Jason]

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/chargers-nfl-reportedly-considering-relocating-franchise-to-london-on-permanent-basis-amid-la-failures/

[Biggie]

Wat?  @Keyser_Soze

[Dodger]

B team blues.

[TwinIon]

This kind of move seems extremely unlikely unless there's a TV viewership to justify the move. Due to the time difference, it should be obvious that the London games get far worse ratings in the US than they otherwise would. I can't quickly find any good sources for UK TV ratings, but nothing I've found suggests that those games get many viewers. The recent Rugby World Final reached a peak of 12.8M viewers, making it the most watched moment in UK TV this year. That doesn't compare well to US NFL ratings, and I'm quite certain that the NFL doesn't get anything like that kind of viewership over there.

 

It's not impossible. If there was some idea that a local team could spur fandom and viewers maybe a London team could make sense, but as it stands it would almost certainly mean the London team's viewership would drop significantly from what even the Chargers pull in each week. It would be a huge risk with no guarantee that it would pay off, and that doesn't seem like the kind of thing Spanos is likely to sign up for.

[RedSoxFan9]

The owners used to threaten their cities by visiting LA. They can’t do that anymore.

[Kal-El814]

Before they consider relocating an NFL team to London, they should consider relocating the Jets to the vacuum of space, though I’m perhaps being too charitable when I think of the Jets as an NFL team.

[Brian]

Just make the Chargers the new Harlem Globetrotters. They can play all 8 “home” games in different cities.  Mexico City, Tokyo, London, Berlin, Beijing, Paris, Sydney, and Cape Town. If they miraculously make the playoffs, all games will be based in LA. Let’s make it happen!

 

Spoiler

Make them the LA/Mexico City Chargers. It will help them build a fan base in LA and won’t wreck havoc on tv ratings. 

 

[AbsolutSurgen]

The Chargers have about half the attendance of any other team -- I know, I know, they have the smallest stadium.  But,

1)  They haven't sold out every game

2)  There are more opposing fans than Chargers fans at many games

 

They aren't going to last in LA.  Could London be any worse?

[Keyser_Soze]

8 hours ago, Biggie said:

Wat?  @Keyser_Soze

 

 

Let them go, I don't care, like the other guys said they probably have more fans in London by this point.

[Keyser_Soze]