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In reply to the discussion: BBC and Superbowl. [View all]

Bad Dog

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16. I don't know why they bother.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:25 AM
Feb 2016

Gridiron never caught on back in the 80s when they started showing it on Channel 4. There was some initial enthusiasm and then it just petered out. There's only so much money knocking about, and while people might pay to see a gridiron match out of curiosity, they're not going to fork out that sort of money week in week out, especially when premiership tickets cost so much anyway. Then there's the cost of the kit, I can't see state schools paying for that.

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