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  • leffe186 L
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    L leffe186 wrote on last edited by
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    I'm Spurs too - went to school in Edmonton but now live near Akron. I'm Browns through my wife.

    Whatever it takes to get the stadium built tbh, I'm not really that fussed. We get to stay at WHL, so I'm happy. I'm really not interested in the NFL expanding to other countries.

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      gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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      Interesting that the grass surface will be retractable, with an artificial surface underneath, so the turf won't get destroyed.

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        Interesting that the grass surface will be retractable, with an artificial surface underneath, so the turf won't get destroyed.

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        L leffe186 wrote on last edited by
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        @gftchris said:

        Interesting that the grass surface will be retractable, with an artificial surface underneath, so the turf won't get destroyed.

        Yeah, I really hope they don't screw this up. I'm more interested in the impact on the area. Mind you, taking my kids over to see the Browns play at WHL would be all kinds of awesome.

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          LondonBrown - I'm a Spurs fan also - but have only been to WHL about 5 timse sin last 10 years since moving out of London in 2003. It's really all about the Browns for me. In fcat I have been to Cleveland several more times than WHL in that time.

          Well, if teams are going to play here, might as well be under our magnificent history. πŸ™‚ Just like the Browns, we pick a club that needs to look back to the 60s for the last league achievement.

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          L LondonBrown wrote on last edited by LondonBrown
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          @howiedawg said:

          LondonBrown - I'm a Spurs fan also - but have only been to WHL about 5 timse sin last 10 years since moving out of London in 2003. It's really all about the Browns for me. In fcat I have been to Cleveland several more times than WHL in that time.

          Well, if teams are going to play here, might as well be under our magnificent history. πŸ™‚ Just like the Browns, we pick a club that needs to look back to the 60s for the last league achievement.

          A magnificent history indeed πŸ™‚ and hopefully this can be a springboard to further success

          I went to one Browns home game last season and one Spurs so I'm getting there πŸ˜‰

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            I'm Spurs too - went to school in Edmonton but now live near Akron. I'm Browns through my wife.

            Whatever it takes to get the stadium built tbh, I'm not really that fussed. We get to stay at WHL, so I'm happy. I'm really not interested in the NFL expanding to other countries.

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            L LondonBrown wrote on last edited by
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            @leffe186 said:

            I'm Spurs too - went to school in Edmonton but now live near Akron. I'm Browns through my wife.

            Whatever it takes to get the stadium built tbh, I'm not really that fussed. We get to stay at WHL, so I'm happy. I'm really not interested in the NFL expanding to other countries.

            Yeah the potential move to Stratford was terrible, had to stay in Tottenham.

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              The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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              I assume this will replace the games being held in Wembly Stad.?

              And why are all you guys San Antonio fans? πŸ˜‰

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                @leffe186 said:

                I'm Spurs too - went to school in Edmonton but now live near Akron. I'm Browns through my wife.

                Whatever it takes to get the stadium built tbh, I'm not really that fussed. We get to stay at WHL, so I'm happy. I'm really not interested in the NFL expanding to other countries.

                Yeah the potential move to Stratford was terrible, had to stay in Tottenham.

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                @londonbrown said:

                Yeah the potential move to Stratford was terrible, had to stay in Tottenham.

                Never saw that as a good plan. Tottenham is north london. I know you want to move out of Arsenal's shadow, but I thought that was more of a figurative thing πŸ˜‰

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                  I assume this will replace the games being held in Wembly Stad.?

                  And why are all you guys San Antonio fans? πŸ˜‰

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                  gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                  @the-gipper said:

                  I assume this will replace the games being held in Wembly Stad.?

                  I'd assume so, which is a little surprising.

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                    @londonbrown said:

                    Yeah the potential move to Stratford was terrible, had to stay in Tottenham.

                    Never saw that as a good plan. Tottenham is north london. I know you want to move out of Arsenal's shadow, but I thought that was more of a figurative thing πŸ˜‰

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                    @gftchris said:

                    Never saw that as a good plan. Tottenham is north london. I know you want to move out of Arsenal's shadow, but I thought that was more of a figurative thing πŸ˜‰

                    Look at that!

                    I love that our ground is going to be bigger than theirs even by a small amount

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                      I assume this will replace the games being held in Wembly Stad.?

                      And why are all you guys San Antonio fans? πŸ˜‰

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                      @the-gipper said:

                      I assume this will replace the games being held in Wembly Stad.?

                      And why are all you guys San Antonio fans? πŸ˜‰

                      @gftchris said:

                      Never saw that as a good plan. Tottenham is north london. I know you want to move out of Arsenal's shadow, but I thought that was more of a figurative thing πŸ˜‰

                      As the stadium incorporates a permanent artificial pitch purely for the NFL it looks to me like the first step of having a London franchise.

                      Would be weird when I am rooting against a Tottenham NFL team!

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                        @the-gipper said:

                        I assume this will replace the games being held in Wembly Stad.?

                        And why are all you guys San Antonio fans? πŸ˜‰

                        @gftchris said:

                        Never saw that as a good plan. Tottenham is north london. I know you want to move out of Arsenal's shadow, but I thought that was more of a figurative thing πŸ˜‰

                        As the stadium incorporates a permanent artificial pitch purely for the NFL it looks to me like the first step of having a London franchise.

                        Would be weird when I am rooting against a Tottenham NFL team!

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                        gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                        @londonbrown said:

                        As the stadium incorporates a permanent artificial pitch purely for the NFL it looks to me like the first step of having a London franchise.

                        Would be weird when I am rooting against a Tottenham NFL team!

                        If they are the London Spurs I will be rooting for them to fail at every opportunity.

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                          @londonbrown said:

                          As the stadium incorporates a permanent artificial pitch purely for the NFL it looks to me like the first step of having a London franchise.

                          Would be weird when I am rooting against a Tottenham NFL team!

                          If they are the London Spurs I will be rooting for them to fail at every opportunity.

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                          L LondonBrown wrote on last edited by
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                          @gftchris said:

                          If they are the London Spurs I will be rooting for them to fail at every opportunity.

                          What is your problem with THFC. . .

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                            @londonbrown said:

                            As the stadium incorporates a permanent artificial pitch purely for the NFL it looks to me like the first step of having a London franchise.

                            Would be weird when I am rooting against a Tottenham NFL team!

                            If they are the London Spurs I will be rooting for them to fail at every opportunity.

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                            The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                            @gftchris said:

                            If they are the London Spurs I will be rooting for them to fail at every opportunity.

                            They won't use that name. We have the 5 time Champion San Antonio Spurs of the NBA here, so they won't repeat a name. If they do put a team there it will be something different and endemic to London/UK.

                            The Knights or some such. I think we have previously postulated on various London team names.

                            Several teams here have had their names voted on by the populace of a particular city......what name would you all vote for?

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                              @gftchris said:

                              If they are the London Spurs I will be rooting for them to fail at every opportunity.

                              They won't use that name. We have the 5 time Champion San Antonio Spurs of the NBA here, so they won't repeat a name. If they do put a team there it will be something different and endemic to London/UK.

                              The Knights or some such. I think we have previously postulated on various London team names.

                              Several teams here have had their names voted on by the populace of a particular city......what name would you all vote for?

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                              @the-gipper said:

                              They won't use that name. We have the 5 time Champion San Antonio Spurs of the NBA here, so they won't repeat a name. If they do put a team there it will be something different and endemic to London/UK.

                              The Knights or some such. I think we have previously postulated on various London team names.

                              Several teams here have had their names voted on by the populace of a particular city......what name would you all vote for?

                              Could it not be the same name as the football club, Tottenham Hotspur?

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                                The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                By the way, all of the following teams had their names chosen by a fan vote of one sort or another:

                                Falcons

                                Ravens

                                Bills

                                Broncos

                                Texans

                                Jaguars

                                Dolphins

                                Patriots

                                Saints

                                Raiders

                                Steelers

                                Chargers

                                Seahawks

                                Buccaneers

                                Titans....and even:

                                The Browns

                                There’s some debate about whether Cleveland’s professional football franchise was named after its first coach and general manager, Paul Brown, or after boxer Joe Louis, who was nicknamed the β€œBrown Bomber.” Team owner Mickey McBride conducted a fan contest in 1945 and the most popular submission was Browns. According to one version of the story, Paul Brown vetoed the nickname and chose Panthers instead, but a local businessman informed the team that he owned the rights to the name Cleveland Panthers. Brown ultimately agreed to the use of his name and Browns stuck.

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                                  @the-gipper said:

                                  They won't use that name. We have the 5 time Champion San Antonio Spurs of the NBA here, so they won't repeat a name. If they do put a team there it will be something different and endemic to London/UK.

                                  The Knights or some such. I think we have previously postulated on various London team names.

                                  Several teams here have had their names voted on by the populace of a particular city......what name would you all vote for?

                                  Could it not be the same name as the football club, Tottenham Hotspur?

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                                  The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
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                                  @londonbrown said:

                                  Could it not be the same name as the football club, Tottenham Hotspur?

                                  No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.

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                                    MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                                    My international roommate through college was a bug Hotspur fan. All of our IM teams and jerseys were designed after the Spurs.

                                    He might have a new favorite NFL team if one plays there.

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                                      My international roommate through college was a bug Hotspur fan. All of our IM teams and jerseys were designed after the Spurs.

                                      He might have a new favorite NFL team if one plays there.

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                                      The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
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                                      @mld-woody said:

                                      My international roommate through college was a bug Hotspur fan. All of our IM teams and jerseys were designed after the Spurs.

                                      He might have a new favorite NFL team if one plays there.

                                      Well, the Jaguars will be playing one home game there for a year.

                                      Which is OK, because I prefer the way the Brits pronounce the name of that team: Jag-you-ares. As opposed to how many here pronounce it: Jag-warrs.

                                      Still, their derogatory name is good: The Jag-offs.

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                                        @londonbrown said:

                                        Could it not be the same name as the football club, Tottenham Hotspur?

                                        No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.

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                                        @the-gipper said:

                                        No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.

                                        Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !

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                                          @the-gipper said:

                                          No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.

                                          Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !

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                                          The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                          @londonbrown said:

                                          Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !

                                          No worries. If you get an NFL team, it will have to come in with it own unique identity. So here you go.....Trivia time. Of the following names, which ones have never been the name of an NFL team. Just highlight those you think:

                                          Pros

                                          Gunners

                                          Senators

                                          Generals

                                          Colonels

                                          Majors

                                          Knights

                                          Kings

                                          Dukes

                                          Earls

                                          Eskimos

                                          Lions

                                          Tigers

                                          Bears

                                          Tin Men

                                          Scarecrows

                                          Crimson Jihad

                                          Crimson Giants

                                          Brickley Giants

                                          Reds

                                          Greens

                                          Blues

                                          Browns

                                          Maroons

                                          Yellow Jackets

                                          Red Jackets

                                          Dons

                                          Johns

                                          Pauls

                                          Georges

                                          Ringos

                                          Staleys

                                          Stapletons

                                          Rangers

                                          Flyers

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