London trip robs Rams fans of home game

CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 13: Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL, stands on the field prior to the game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on September 13, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 13: Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL, stands on the field prior to the game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on September 13, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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London may be a favorite destination for the NFL commissioner, but it continues to rob NFL fans of home games.

Roger Goodell and his globalist agenda claim the Los Angeles Rams as his latest victim in Week 7. LA “hosts” the Arizona Cardinals in London as the NFL continues to validate regular season games across the Atlantic.

Damn the teams, damn the fans.

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For the record, I make no claim of being a fan of the current NFL commissioner. I find him a pompous, arrogant, tone deaf mouthpiece for a league he has put on the ropes with bad leadership.

But that’s me.

The Rams have a” home game” 5,437 miles from its home stadium and fan base against a divisional opponent, and all seem well with this.

It’s not.

But this is the NFL in 2017, and if taking a divisional home game away from fans drives a narcissistic agenda for Mr. Goodell and his global aspirations, then so be it.

Just remember Rams owner Stan Kroenke is fine with all this.

I get that London is a preferred weekly destination for the commissioner and the NFL. But don’t forget, the collateral damage is a fan base the league or team seldom considers. And it’s also a fanbase the league abandoned in 2016 AND 1994.

But that’s just history, here and there.

For the record:

Divisional games should NOT be played overseas.

Frankly, not ANY regular season game should be played in the U.K., Germany, Mexico or anywhere else.

If you want to do meaningless preseason games in those locations, then so be it.

But like many well documented shortcomings, this is an NFL Commissioner deal.

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So, Los Angeles Rams fans, when you are short one home game, thank a commissioner who gets his needs more than your.

Then go find a beach nearby.