American football doesn’t mind moving a regular season game to England because sports here are more transparently commercialized with breaks in the game created specifically for commercials, ads spray-painted on the fields, etc.

Also, winning at home in the Premier League is much easier than winning away, or on neutral ground. Statistics bear this out.

I hope it doesn’t happen. As an American who only watches English soccer on TV, the atmosphere that the fans create is amazing: applauding plays that don’t quite come off, whistling at referee injustice and singing throughout the match. Compare that to the US, where several air horns and the odd drum pass as atmosphere. As much as I’d like to see a Premier League game, I would only want to see it in England.

Looks like we’re debating the word “reason.” Maybe “reason” wasn’t the best choice of words, but maybe it should have been “5 Opinions Why Playing a Premier League Match Won’t Happen in the USA.”

As it is, the Premier League has dismissed the idea of an EPL match being played in the US as I thought.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

1) “It is more likely to happen Asia first.” That is not a *reason* why there will never be a Premier League match in the United States. It may be true, but there is no magical law stating that both can’t happen. In fact, if they have success doing it in Asia, it probably makes it more likely that they will try the US.

2) “They would want to conduct a pre-season tournament first.” Again, this is not a *reason* why they won’t play here. In fact, it is a suggestion that they WILL play here, but that they will try some more friendlies before committing to a regular season game.

3)”They will lose credibility because it is based purely on greed.” First — it is A BUSINESS. Their goal it to MAKE MONEY. Growing the brand globally does this. Second — has the NFL lost credibility by playing in the UK? NO!

4)I don’t live in the UK so I’m not going to comment on the Press. But since the NFL, MLB and NBA have had success and positive press by going global, I can’t see how this would be that different.

5)”How would they decide which game”? Are you serious? How is this a reason that it will not happen? How did the freakin’ NFL decide which game to move to the UK? A bunch of people from the league got together and made a decision. It’s not rocket science.

Hey Gaffer, I’m not trying to be a huge jerk here, and this is an interesting topic, but give your readers some credit and come up with a list that makes some sense next time.

It’s a question of if the EPL wants big tv revenue from the US or Asia they will have to take their product to the public who pays for it.

Lets not start on the Americanization of Europe but it is a global village and tv revenue from around the globe makes the system run.