Full title: Jon Gruden: “International games is the worst thing in the history of football. You're so excited for the season to start. And then you have to fly on a plane for 17 hours to Australia? Don't they have enough money? It makes me sick. It's not fair to the players; it's not fair to the coaches.”

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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Sounds like he had some money on the Rams....

In all seriousness, I never liked the fact that the push for international games would result in teams losing Home games. When they went to a 17 game schedule, I always felt that they should have included a neutral site game on the schedule. Not only would that be able to accommodate the international games, but some of these college stadiums are huge and I bet they could sell out an annual NFL game at Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, the Rose Bowl, etc....

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I don't know watching Jon Gruden coached teams the last few years seemed way worse to me.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    OK, cry me a river over NFL players having to fly for 17 hours on a chartered jet, where everyone has all the room they need, all the food, snacks and fluids they want all, snd of their needs taken care…..

    Then if the team isnt as stupid as LA was, the team then spends days getting acclimated to the time zone, in really cool places..

    I actually like the International games because it’s cool to get a nine and 10 AM game on Sundays.

    The NFL knows it has to continue to grow the footprint of the sport and it’s brand. The league has to think of ways to grow. There is so much market potential for the NFL overseas.

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