Arkansas Bengal Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 New lease allows Bengals to play overseas By The Sports Xchange 1 hour ago The SportsXchange The Cincinnati Bengals' new stadium lease agreement with Hamilton County will allow the Bengals to play two international "home" games, according to the team's website. Under terms of the previous lease, the Bengals had to play all eight of their regular-season home games at Paul Brown Stadium, which is owned by Hamilton County. A total of 13 National Football League teams have played in the International Series since it began in 2007, with eight games of the games at Wembley Stadium in London. The San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers each have played twice at Wembley. This season, the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders will play at Wembley for the first time. Cincinnati is one of the 15 remaining teams that have not played overseas. The Bengals will also get a new $10-million scoreboard, a bigger weight room and Paul Brown Stadium will be outfitted with wi-fi under terms of the new lease, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lease-allows-bengals-play-overseas-191350722--nfl.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBuck Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 1) Here's hoping that playing overseas never becomes an issue. (Maybe it's just me, but I'm not a fan) 2) It's strange to see the Bengals and Hamilton County actually working together without much hubbub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 1) Here's hoping that playing overseas never becomes an issue. (Maybe it's just me, but I'm not a fan) Me, neither. ~10 hr flight & 5 hour time difference doesn't exactly add up to quality football. Fine for a preseason game, but one that counts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just say no to overseas games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just say no to overseas games. Right.. I hate everything about teams playing over there. Especially the Bengals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 All I can say is if I were a season ticket holder I would be pissed if they played a home game in London unless free airline tickets came with the season tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 All I can say is if I were a season ticket holder I would be pissed if they played a home game in London unless free airline tickets came with the season tickets. Wouldn't they pro-rate the price of season tickets downward if that were to happen? I'm not a fan either, and I hope it never happens...and I know we have some rabid Bengals fans on here from the UK, but...I'm just not in favor of games overseas for the NFL period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Horrible ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Lucid| Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 So how has this worked for other teams that have spent a home game in London, did the season ticket holders get a rebate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcat Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I'm sure that Goodell is in the process of 'encouraging' all the teams to get out of deals that don't allow London games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I am in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ugh. For a team that went 8-0 at home last year, I am not a fan. Nothing like losing home-field advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalsCat Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I wish hamilton county would have put there footdown and said all 8 games must be played at paul brown. Those international games are a fucking sham. Fuck overseas football............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I am in. Why are you supportive of the Bengals losing a home game to an ambivalent overseas crowd in the UK? Aside from a few posters here that are Bengals fans...there aren't many Bengals fans outside our area by and large. It's not like we are the Cowboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Why are you supportive of the Bengals losing a home game to an ambivalent overseas crowd in the UK? Aside from a few posters here that are Bengals fans...there aren't many Bengals fans outside our area by and large. It's not like we are the Cowboys. Yeah, we've had several winning seasons since 2009. If only we had a QB as elitish as Romo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dautcom08 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah, we've had several winning seasons since 2009. If only we had a QB as elitish as Romo! And an owner like Jerry Jones! "We haven't been to the playoffs in years, but were the most watched on TV!!" Yea that Mike Brown guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Why are you supportive of the Bengals losing a home game to an ambivalent overseas crowd in the UK? Aside from a few posters here that are Bengals fans...there aren't many Bengals fans outside our area by and large. It's not like we are the Cowboys. By "in", I meant I would wish to attend. I also detest the thought of overseas games but, as the saying goes, it is what it is. From my experience with the World League and NFLe, I noticed that crowds tended to be either soccer-like, or almost tennis variety. Depended on the venue. One thing for sure, they didn't have an effect on the game itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 And an owner like Jerry Jones! "We haven't been to the playoffs in years, but were the most watched on TV!!" Yea that Mike Brown guy... Truth. The Toledo Mudhens would be the most watched on TV if they got 6-8 prime time games a year regardless of their record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah, we've had several winning seasons since 2009. If only we had a QB as elitish as Romo! And an owner like Jerry Jones! "We haven't been to the playoffs in years, but were the most watched on TV!!" Yea that Mike Brown guy... :lol: Obviously I didn't mean it like that, I was referring to their popularity ...I hate the boys and Jerry Jones as much as the next guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I think those over Seas are complete Bullshit! Just bring back nfl Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 :lol: Obviously I didn't mean it like that, I was referring to their popularity ...I hate the boys and Jerry Jones as much as the next guy. Oh, i took your meaning, I just couldn't resist taking a shot at the constant media fluffing of a definitively mediocre team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Harley| Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 The overseas games are here to stay. The owners want an NFL team permanently in Europe as they see it as the best path to increasing revenue. Until they add or move a team, they will try to build a following by these games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 The overseas games are here to stay. The owners Goodell wants an NFL team permanently in Europe, and he wants to abolish the extra point, and to allow players to use medical marijuana if living in a jurisdiction that allows it, and to expand the playoffs to NHL/NBA levels with nearly half the teams making it in, and lots of other goofy ideas. Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I don't understand the fixation by the NFL with expansion into Europe or anywhere else outside the USA. Talk about logistical nightmares. If anything, why not a team in Hawaii if the NFL isn't going to be overly concerned with flight times, etc? If I were a player in the NFL I would LOVE to play in Hawaii. I get the idea that the NFL as a business wants to keep increasing revenue, but when does that end? There's got to be a point of diminishing returns. Why can't we get a team in Los Angeles before a team goes to England? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 FixedGoodell is just a sock puppet for the owners. Any move he makes is with the approval and direction of the top-earning franchises. He's an employee & would be gone in an instant if he did something against their wishes. It'd be great if the sport had some semi-independent oversight like FIFA, but that's not how the NFL operates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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