Why Is There a NFL Ratings Crisis? Look No Further Than London, Thursday Games

October 20, 2016   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

It's 6:30 on Sunday morning, Angelenos. Do you know where your new NFL team is?
Why, it is kicking off in Merry Olde England, of course. The NFL allowed the Rams to return to Los Angeles and figured the best ways to engage a new generation of fans were to: A) take away a home date, and B) schedule back-to-back October games in the morning, local time. Last week's Lions game began before the sports taverns fired up their grills. Sunday's Giants game kicks off before the monsignor even wakes up. 
The Rams were shipped across eight time zones to play the comic foil to Odell Beckham, whose mission is to entice international fans to buy Odell Beckham jerseys without doing anything that would get him penalized, like express an emotion. Europeans love watching Americans get weirdly Puritanical!
But hey, football fans can enjoy the novelty of waking up to images of Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, the only Big Ben they will see this weekend and other B-reel from the ...

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