the Miami Sports Dude

It had been rumored for the last two months. And now the NFL has made it official. The Dolphins will play a regular season game against the New York Giants in London next season. The game will be held in Wembley Stadium on October 28.

The NFL is looking to expand it’s tentacles in the world wide market. Which is fine when a game is played in Mexico or Japan or the UK during the pre-season.

But a regular season game? That’s barmy!

Worst part of all this -- naturally -- is that the Dolphins are the ones getting the proverbial short end of the stick in this deal. Miami will be considered the “home” team when they play New York -- which makes zero sense to me, given that the name New York derives itself from the Duke of York of England (ok, I’m nitpicking. But c’mon man! Bloody hell!). This means the Fins will only get 7 games in Dolphin Stadium in Miami next season. That’s 8 away games, one over-seas game that includes a combined 12 hour flight to and from the UK and only 7 games that will be played in their actual home. That’s fantastic.

Thanks NFL!

Now if we season ticket holders want to take a gander at this game in person, we’ll need to pay a hefty archer, which does not include all the bangers we’ll want to eat or fags we’ll smoke.

Blimey!

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