Pat4DaPack
Cheesehead
Born and raised in Chicago but my dad was born in Iowa and was always a Packers fan.
Coming from Malaysia, the NFL doesn't get a whole lot of coverage. Back in the day, there used to be 30-minute highlight shows of the weekly games. The main reason I'm packer fan is (gulp) Brett Favre. Watching him and some of the spots they did on him, to go along with the standout green and gold uniforms, are probably why I became a Pack fan. Also used to be a little bit of a Chiefs fan in the Green, Gonzalez, Holmes days but as the years rolled by and I got to know more about football and the tradition in Green Bay, I became more and more of a pack fan than just a Brett fan.
As it stands now, I have no doubt that I'm a fan of the right football team. It's gonna be great to see how the legend of guys like of A-Rod and Matthews grows for years to come.
GO PACK!
Do you think American Football could ever catch on in Asia?
Do you think American Football could ever catch on in Asia?
It would be difficult because the region is so dominated by soccer. Basketball is very popular and baseball's been catching on in recent years. Asia is an extremely difficult market for the NFL to break into, but who knows? Maybe they agree to a TV deal that gets the NFL more coverage and things could change but there would need to be a very serious push and commitment by the NFL if it were to ever work.
hmn... heard it somewhere that soccer had actually took over for baseball... But it may be for just the time the World Cup was played in there, though...Japan actually has a football league of its own. It's not very popular since baseball is the national sport, however there is a big audience that enjoys football.
Japan actually has a football league of its own. It's not very popular since baseball is the national sport, however there is a big audience that enjoys football.
It would be difficult because the region is so dominated by soccer. Basketball is very popular and baseball's been catching on in recent years. Asia is an extremely difficult market for the NFL to break into, but who knows? Maybe they agree to a TV deal that gets the NFL more coverage and things could change but there would need to be a very serious push and commitment by the NFL if it were to ever work.
In a word or two, Cost. Money. I don't think the NFL was getting enough back for what they put into it.I just looked it up. There is an American Football league in Asia called Asian Pacific Football League that started in 1999. US is one of the countries involved, Hawaii to be exact. I'm about to look on youtube for some videos of it.
Do you know why NFL Europe shutdown?
My parents...both from Chicago, moved to Wisconsin in the '66, and were die hard Packer fans. My mom's most prized possession was her autographed Fuzzy Thurston picture that she got in person when he was in the LaCrosse area in the early 70s. She never missed a chance to show it to whoever stopped by the house. Then when they had the stock sale in 97, my dad was lucky enough to get a share. Packer games were like holidays in our house growing up, and it's hard to explain the atmosphere to a non-fan, but I'm sure most people reading this get it. I can still hear Mom screaming at the TV, RUN you son-of-a- b!$&h! RUN!, whenever a Packer broke into the open field. And as big of a fan as Dad was, he had never been to a game, but for some reason he decided it was time, and took my brother to the Chargers game for his birthday. I could tell just talking to him on the phone afterward that it moved him more than anything I could remember. He passed away the Monday after we beat the Niners to get back to the SB that season, and he was buried in a NFC Champion blue button up shirt. Mom lost her battle with cancer in '05, and was laid to rest next to Dad with the same "G" on her headstone that is on his (and will some day be on mine). So now my two most prized possessions (after my kids), are that that photo, and the stock certificate. I've toyed with the idea of having my name put on the stock, but every time I look at it and see Dad's name there, I just can't bring myself to do it. I know other teams have die hard fans, but they are only fans.......we Packer Backers are family.