NFL London Promo at Canary Wharf

[BoilerByBlood]

People are saying American sports were invented in America, but by people from other countries... YOU'RE RIGHT. It's called immigration. They left your country cause it was shit.

[goldenchocolate]

will people stop fucking complaining? ITS OPINION, NOT FACT! Theres no "better sport". Its culture differences that determine these things (which is why in usa american football is popular, in uk football, in canada ice hockey, and in Pakistan its polo). And USA-UK have many similarities, and have a pretty good relationship (although americans dislike brits and vice versa XD). And finally, dont be close-minded! Try new things! Whether its sushi or football, just try before judging!

[Capmcook]

Maybe if you pretentious assholes would stop talking shit about how great your sports are compared to American's, you could come up with a way to prove it. How bout a Man U and Chelsea match(for table points) in New York City? I would much rather watch that than a shitty MLS game featuring your old ass leftover athletes (Beckham). All sports are great and shitty for specific reasons. Its not that Americans hate soccer, we just like a little variety in our diet. Were not all assholes you assholes

[bulgin86]

one thing tho is americans say soocer is boring.... some baseball matches last for days..... or it takes ages for some1 to score a run or whatever..the only reason you like fast sports like basketball is coz ur little brains cant hack it without a little bit of entertainment for to long..

[bulgin86]

the english invented baseball, american football is basically our rugby, no one cares about ice hockey and basketball is the only thing yanks have come up with...

[goldenchocolate]

ur an idiot! what the fuck do u mean "nobody cares about ice hockey? Yes, ur right, after all its only one of the most popular sports world-wide you asshole. And baseball is american, look it up. And basketball was invented by a canadian. and american football doesnt really ressemble rugby that much. so before whining like a little bitch, get ur facts right, and say something intelligent

[bulgin86]

actually english immagrants came up with baseball but it was called rounders in england they moved to america and thats how it begun!! same with rugby tis all to do with immagrants, and you only came up with basketball...plus you are telling me to "look it up" even tho wikipedia isnt great it even states on there that baseball etc was invented over here. so jog on

[goldenchocolate]

fact: baseball was invented on american soil (whether its by british or americans, that I don't know). As for basketball, it was invented by a canadian on american soil

don't argue that, cuz its FACT

[bulgin86]

yes numbnuts as i said it was ivented by immagrants and they changed the format of what we had over here, and plus if you read i said you came up with basketball so take your facts and read before u comment!!

[goldenchocolate]

sorry, I misread

but to go back to your first comment, basketball and baseball were invented by immigrants, yes, but on american soil, which means that they're american sports...as for the ice hockey (which is canadian), I already answered...and american football doesn't ressemble rugby that much

I'm not american, but that doesn't mean I whine just because a country that's not mine has done good things, you prick

BTW, have you ever actually been to the states?

[bulgin86]

right i think it was some irish and british took the games to america BUT they already had the games over here BUT they bought the games to america!!! what dont you understand?!! is it that hard? fuck sake, so there not american inventions are they!!! and saying 'american football doesnt resemble rugby that much' need i say more! and where have i said america hasent done good things you twat!! & yes 6 years ago i went to america

[goldenchocolate]

ok, so baseball was invented by british/irish, ill give u credit for that, but (to go back to ur original comment) basketball is american, american football is american (and NO, ITS NOT THAT SIMILAR TO RUGBY, IT IS A BIT, BUT NOT THAT MUCH!!)...and big deal, u went once to the US? u must really know everything about american culture in that case...

[bulgin86]

right. 1. you asked me if ive been to america i just said yes. 2 i never said basketball wasnt invented in america and 3. your from canada ffs why do you care so much. and 4 i am getting bored on this argument can we just agree to disagree?!!?

[amorizio]

Britain is a small shit island and is very insecure about Americans in general. We've grown to not even regard you as an enemy..like a flea. Its just sad to see you all not realize that america dont give a fuck if you dont like our sports, we love sports, no matter the country of origin. haters

[JANuno10]

thank u for ruining our pitch for a very important european qualifying football match and I mean the one where u kick the ball and don't spend all ur time humping fat blokes.

[warriorprince1010]

NFL was popular 15 years ago in europe, now it is less popular than ever. Football rules because it is the best sport and the most exciting, oh and the most skillfull. Gridiron is an inferior gameto football and always will be.

[EliteXtasy]

There's a reason why no other country besides USA play American sports, yet British sports i.e. football, cricket, rugby etc are played everywhere. The US tried making American sports international before but it didn't work out and I don't think it ever will.

[kncook50]

Probably because GB is a Little older than the USA.....like hundreds of YEARS! Of course everyone will be playing their sports, they f&%$ing colonized the world!!!!!

[bulgin86]

try thousands

[chadheroman]

i don't think it will work out either. I love sports, but I would rather watch Oprah than a soccer game. The reason why we don't do well in soccer is very easy, our best athletes don't play it. There is no money in it. If you are in the USA and a great athelete, soccer is not the sport you play

[bjb91]

yep thats true noone likes soccer here because its boring there is no entertainment in it i cant understand why its such a popular sport around the world

[chadheroman]

oh one more thing, pads and helmets cause more pain than they prevent. when you wear those things you feel invinceable, you hit as hard as you can at full speed. Do you know how many NFL players can't walk today? how many are in a wheel-chair??? It is the most volent sport in the world.

[chadheroman]

and if you english people think that your rugby players are bigger, stronger and faster than the NFL players you have got serious problems

[PadawanOsswe]

Brilliant! a Giant JT! LOL!

if yall want to see a game, watch our College Football games from any of the following universities: Texas Tech,Oklahomah University,and Texas A&M. all good teams that are often better than NFL.

[chadheroman]

by the way, the worst NFL team would kill ANY college team

[PadawanOsswe]

once the players get in NFL, playing hard often fades away. College players play hard, and most definatly a dream college team would kick NFL asses any given sunday.

[chadheroman]

Insanity, so Tom Brady, Randy Moss and the Partriots would'nt have a chance againist college kids???? If you know anything about the game you would know the hardest ajustment from college to pro's is speed. Only about 5 players on a team are there to stay, the rest of the team fight every day to stay on the roster. Take any dream team you want from college and the game would be so fast they would be shocked. Only the best make the pro's, how are they going to BEAT the pro's

[chadheroman]

i don't know if you got my last message, but the Miami dophins would KILL the Sooners or the Longhorns. It would be no contest

[chadheroman]

I hate when the english rag on american sports. we don't hate rugby, we just don't play it. We don't hate soccer, its just a kids game. But you when all you do is put down our sports its bullshit. our players are the highest paid players in the world, if your rugby guys are so good, why not come here and be a millionier??

[chadheroman]

By the way, we have talent to play "soccer" but nobody likes it. "Cricket" what the hell is that? But for all of the english out there, i love your country, I've been there several times, but if you think you have better athelets than america does you insane. We have 280 million people here, it is impossible for you to have better atheletes. If you don't like "american Football" no problem, but after the game, if you see one in a pub, do yourself a favor and don't call him a pussy.

[bjb91]

THANK YOU!!!! Finally someone understands.Some of the Brits that watched NFL called the players pussies but they underestimate their physical appearence even though their physical apperance beats that of rugby and soccer players

[Juggernaught01]

because they play for the passion not the money

[chadheroman]

NOBODY!!!!! passes up money for passion. You can sit there and convince yourself all day that they don't want money, but your an idiot if you really belieave it. Money rules the world, and if your rugby players could get it they would leave their passions behind. thats a fact

[EliteXtasy]

Who said they're not millionaires? A British pound sterling is not the equivalent of a dollar. How does the amount of money being paid to players has anything to do with whether one sport is better than the other? If "soccer" is a kid's game, then why does the American soccer team always fail to qualify for the World Cup?

[bjb91]

Dude, do you read at all? Americans don't like soccer as much as Brits duh. We arent interested in soccer so what if any other country wins the World Cup the USA doesnt care we have so many other interesting sports soccer is a waste of time over here.

[EliteXtasy]

Don't generalise a whole nation - there ARE people in the USA who like soccer. American sports must be boring - why else do you think they put half-naked cheerleaders, live performances, glittery and shiny stuff etc before, after and during the game!?

[Desslar]

It's called good showmanship. And I don't know why you're complaining about the cheerleaders.

[EliteXtasy]

If all that is taken away, would America still love their American sports? I very much doubt it. I'm a straight girl, cheerleaders don't excite me.

[Desslar]

Try watching college sports sometime then. Much less glamour, same intensity. And they often have male cheerleaders as well.

[force987621]

if u think 2 teams running around like a chiken w.o a head kicking the ball n trying to score is better than watching some of the biggest and talented athletes in the world. this sport involves strategizing and more cooperation than u would ever get from rugby

[SamuraiX7]

If the NFL want's to make American football popular in other countries they should at least pit two really good teams against each other like a patriots/colts game...or whatever else...giants are okay..but the dolphins aren't doing that good this season...so sorry if the game dissapointed some of you brits...

[daftintendo]

I definitely agree, although, it shouldn't be a regular season game.

When you match up the Colts and the Patriots, you're not going to want to take it away from the people care about them the most. At least not for a game that actually counts.

Manning vs. Brady is always a good match up.

Manning is my favorite, though.

Not a big fan of Tom Brady.

[1Hutchinson1]

and thats another miami dolphins.....1ST DOWN

[bernyhammer]

1. Soccer = Football, your sport is American Football. Which you had to create because you can't play football.

2. American Football has nothing on Rugby. Pads and helmets are for pussies.

[samoanquarterback]

Buddy... Why don't you step on the gridiron field and let's see whose the pussy???

I bet you don't even play rugby!!!

[daftintendo]

Yeah, well if you hadn't noticed, we live in America, so we're not going to call it "American football."

Within the United States, football =/= soccer.

Nobody is asking you to call your sport soccer, just as you shouldn't tell us to stop calling it that.

You don't like football? Then don't watch it.

There's no reason to bitch about it.

[daftintendo]

I don't have anything against soccer, rugby, cricket or any other of your Brit sports.

So please don't start raggin' on ours.

And I can guarantee you that our football is much rougher than rugby, albeit, rugby is still a rough sport.

[roewedge]

Take a rugby player and take a NFL defensive lineman, he would tear the rugby player apart. The reason pads are necessary in NFL is because the hits are a lot more high impact because of plays. If there were no pads there would be brain damage, spinal damage, etc. A rugby player would need them too

[EliteXtasy]

I've seen those American football players; they have huge beer bellies despite having body amour which makes them look buff. Rugby players uses no amour whatsoever and is naturally mesomorphic. A rugby player could easily beat the shit out of an American football player.

[EliteXtasy]

PS: the rugby player wouldn't need a gun.

[roewedge]

i dont know where your getting the whole beer belly story. You are just talking out of sheer ignorance. Good job.

[EliteXtasy]

I've seen their guts hanging out of their sports gear. Eww.

[aznravechild6i9]

We originally did play them without the pads, but at least a dozen people died every year. It got so bad that President Roosevelt threatened to ban the game if it was not made safer.

[Mikeeram]

You gotta be kidding me. Amour or not, these American football players are huge. I respect the athletic ability of rubgy and other british sports but I think it would at least be a pretty good fight not a shit beating.

[bjb91]

WRONG!!! Look at them WITHOUT pads and you will see that Rugby players would not last 2 seconds with an NFL player

[EliteXtasy]

I didn't say all of the players had beer bellies. Yet, all of rugby players are mesomorphic.

[EliteXtasy]

*armour

[daftintendo]

Oh, and another thing that I noticed while watching the game today...

Soccer fields suck for playing football on.

XD

[daftintendo]

Soccer isn't a bad sport, but I'm always going to take football over soccer.

Of course, baseball is my number one passion, but football is at number two.

Y'all need to stop bitching and moaning, though. If you don't want to watch football, then don't go to the game. But I mean, when an NFL game can sell out in London, then that says something. 80,000 people who probably don't understand anything about the game are going to fill up the stadium to watch.

[Gamezero05]

Yeah.. you brit's are acting like you hate the NFL, but the american football game was sold out very fast. Packed house to see two pretty shitty teams. Y'all don't understand the game. If you all knew the rules, etc, I think you would like it more. 22 huge guys running, throwing, catching and hitting the crap out of each other.. what's not to like?

[dogrockit]

I agree.Well said.

[truedude30]

....er, FYI: I really don't have anything against the brits. Love the Brits. And the Irish. Munster is one of my favorite rugby teams. Just can't take it when someone criticizes my dear NFL. Really gets my dander up. Anyway. Go MUNSTER! Beat Stadt Francais!

[Harpwnyou]

What you guys don't realize is that America isn't trying to spark the sport IN england, it's looking for recruits interested in playing in the NFL. So put your noses down and quit being so defensive.

[truedude30]

In Europe, you may call soccer "football."  But the NFL is football. Why do you ask? Because here in the United Fucking States of America, we call a sport where you kick a ball.....kick ball. Soccer is kick ball to us. NFL is football. GET IT STRAIGHT. AND KEEP IT STRAIGHT, OR I'LL KICK YOUR LIMEY ARSE!

[Andylockett]

Get this shitty sport out of my counrty i dont care about 'NFL' but just please keep it in America as for Football (soccer) let's keep it in Europe.

[200092]

I bet your pretty pissed about how much they tore up the field. or  "Pitch"

[dogrockit]

BIG JT lol.You english blokes are so americanized you dont even realize it.Go suck on some tea and biscuits>)GOD KILL THE QUEEN!

[rickyc775]

Take your shit sport out of our country you thick backward twats.

[dogrockit]

yeah whatever.USA RULES THE WORLD GET OVER IT.GO WANK YOURSELF.

[dogrockit]

THEy spent all that money on a giant miami robot.FUCKIN retards.MIAMI(0-7)Should of been strahan.WAy better player.

[dogrockit]

FUCK the english.They suck arse.Just like miami.Jason Taylor,Gimme a break.He wiil not be a role player today.Giants will win.Keep "FOOTBALL" in USA.These english blokes are trying to call these plays.Go play cricket or spomething.GOD FUCK THE QUEEBN!

[serendipityuk]

They're wasting their time trying to sell this bull shit sport over here. Fuck off back to America with this crap.

[91gt306]

@serendipityuk Haha 4 years later and they are still holding games there. Lol fuck off idiot you dont speak for everyone in the uk.

[TheEnIightener]

This sport will never catch on in the UK.

[liberalsmasher]

...and he wont be there because of a car accident.

[blair9123]

lmfao

[chiquillo3k]

hahaha i bet those people are like "wow, did u see that bloody...sack?? "

[mongobobo]

embarrrassing