Question for people in the UK

[The Gully Gad]

Wel its come over here a couple of times now and I think its sold out wembley every time, or very close (around 80,000 people).

NFL is popular here.

Is it boot!

It definetly is not popular in the UK at all

[hammerhiem]

It definetly is not popular in the UK at all

It get more air time and probably more viewers than Boxing does on Sky sadly.

[AndyShitHot]

No I don't understand why they do it, bringing the NFL over here to ****ter weather and people who aren't interested. That last game they did I only found out about when I was flicking through the TV channels and it was on BBC2 and I just thought 'This is wierd' and continued flicking.

[Pugilistic™]

Does anyone care at all when the NFL comes over there and plays a game in the Wembley Arena?

I didn't even know that they came to the UK.

[SHB]

16 and to be honest if it lasted much longer than that you probably wouldn't have any live Quarterbacks.

Rugby and American Football are not compairable.

You're right. I shouldn't even have tainted rugby (Union or League) by associating it with that rubbish. I'd love to see the likes of one of these vastly overpaid Quarterback at the bottom of a ruck in the 6 Nations. They'd be crying back to Madden in a matter of minutes.

[Davros?]

It is not a main stream sport in the UK to be honest the majority of people don’t even care about it, but it does have a cult following you might say. The following sport are more popular over here, So the NFL has a lot of competition.

Real Football
Rugby
Cricket
F1
Boxing
Golf
Tennis
Athletics
Horse Racing
Snooker

[hammerhiem]

You're right. I shouldn't even have tainted rugby (Union or League) by associating it with that rubbish. I'd love to see the likes of one of these vastly overpaid Quarterback at the bottom of a ruck in the 6 Nations. They'd be crying back to Madden in a matter of minutes.

I'm pretty sure Jonny wilkinson would be crying back to Rob Andrew if he got smashed by a few blitzing linebackers aswell.

Look i've played League upto County level, i've played Union for 2 club teams, 4 ships and 3 naval bases, and I lasted 20 minutes on an American Football field as a running back, the impacts are on a scale higher and that was for "Manchester All Stars" not teh Dallas Cowboys.

I've never understood this bottom of the ruck thing, it's not like it hurts, you might occasionally get raked if your slowing teh ball down but i would take studs down my back 100 times over a helmet in my jaw once.

it's a different sport, Rugby players would run rings around American football players in a full game because they just don't have the stamina, but a single one on one hit AF > League > Union.

[P4P Opinion]

Love it personally and I'm British. I went to both the Dolphins-Giants game and the Chargers-Saints game. I like the blend of athleticism, tacticality and brute force. I don't know how anyone can say that Rugby is more interesting. Rugby is so vastly more predictable, ugly to watch and backwards. So what if it's continuous, it's continuously boring! I hate the culture that surrounds Rugby teams as well, and this is coming from someone who was a part of one for a period of time. There is an inbred arrogance and lack of concern for others. You'll notice at every university in this country that the Rugby teams always act like wankers.

I play American Football for my university team and you really do appreciate how much of a complete team sport it is from playing. Everyone has to do there job if a play is to work. Sure you get some examples of individual brilliance, but usually if something works, it works because a block was held or a misdirection confused someone. No other sport like it.

[Sir Tom Jones]

Throw reggie bush or someone in a rugby game and he runs circles around everyone

He runs off the pitvh looking for some bloody huge pads.

[Sir Tom Jones]

i went to watch Cardiff V Watford at Vicarage Road (London) the same week as the NFL, they had the san diego cheerleaders there, what a load of crap to be honest with you,